Comments on: Post-holiday cleanup, part 3 http://unclutterer.com/2008/01/04/post-holiday-cleanup-part-3/ Daily tips on how to organize your home and office. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:40:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: STL Mom http://unclutterer.com/2008/01/04/post-holiday-cleanup-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-6611 STL Mom Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:46:21 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/2008/01/04/post-holiday-cleanup-part-3/#comment-6611 My tree won't fit completely back into the box it came in, but I squish it down as much as possible then top it with an old sheet. So far, so good. Now when I move in a few months, it will be interesting to see how it makes it on that 500-mile journey! My tree won’t fit completely back into the box it came in, but I squish it down as much as possible then top it with an old sheet. So far, so good. Now when I move in a few months, it will be interesting to see how it makes it on that 500-mile journey!

]]> By: Erin Doland http://unclutterer.com/2008/01/04/post-holiday-cleanup-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-6582 Erin Doland Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:09:12 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/2008/01/04/post-holiday-cleanup-part-3/#comment-6582 @Nate -- My mom's tree is like you're discussing and she just puts each piece in a large leaf and lawn bag. She lays the bags on their sides on a shelf in her basement for storage. I also think that she double bags them, with the first bag being inverted into the second. She doesn't do this, but I'd throw a strip of duct tape over the hole on the second bag and call it a day. It's not pretty, but it is effective at keeping mold, mildew, dust and creepy crawlies out of the tree for 11 months. @Nate — My mom’s tree is like you’re discussing and she just puts each piece in a large leaf and lawn bag. She lays the bags on their sides on a shelf in her basement for storage. I also think that she double bags them, with the first bag being inverted into the second. She doesn’t do this, but I’d throw a strip of duct tape over the hole on the second bag and call it a day. It’s not pretty, but it is effective at keeping mold, mildew, dust and creepy crawlies out of the tree for 11 months.

]]> By: Nate http://unclutterer.com/2008/01/04/post-holiday-cleanup-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-6581 Nate Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:55:53 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/2008/01/04/post-holiday-cleanup-part-3/#comment-6581 These solutions appear to work with trees that fold up into a roughly cylindrical shape. The tree at our house, however, disconnects into three sections. The branches do not lie down very well against the trunk, so these three sections end up being strongly conical. They are significantly wider than a cylindrical bag will allow. Are you aware of any spherical bags that are tear-resistant that might help with this situation? The following URL shows an example of what the bottom (largest) of the three sections looks like, although since the tree has been in use for years the branches do not lie so flat. Even when we first purchased it, however, it would not have fitted into the cylindrical bags, and the tree folded up is perhaps 30% wider now than in this example after having been used for several Christmases. http://www.residential-landscape-lighting-design.com/Image/ASEMB1.jpg Any help you might be able to provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Nate These solutions appear to work with trees that fold up into a roughly cylindrical shape. The tree at our house, however, disconnects into three sections. The branches do not lie down very well against the trunk, so these three sections end up being strongly conical. They are significantly wider than a cylindrical bag will allow.

Are you aware of any spherical bags that are tear-resistant that might help with this situation? The following URL shows an example of what the bottom (largest) of the three sections looks like, although since the tree has been in use for years the branches do not lie so flat. Even when we first purchased it, however, it would not have fitted into the cylindrical bags, and the tree folded up is perhaps 30% wider now than in this example after having been used for several Christmases.

http://www.residential-landsca.....ASEMB1.jpg

Any help you might be able to provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Nate

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