I have a love/hate relationship with gift wrapping. I have tried various ways to have a "gift wrap" station but through the years have learned that the one place I wrap gifts is in our bedroom. We have a high bed that is the perfect height for wrapping plus it gives me plenty of room. I came across this great idea on pinterest from
A Casarella and actually had the supplies I needed to create it.
This was my old storage idea:
This actually has worked well - it's just a laundry basket that I kept in the basement and it held all of the gift bags, ribbons, bows and tissue paper. It just wasn't convenient. Plus, I really needed the basket to use to put Josh's stuffed animals in so they weren't always strewn all over his bedroom floor. :-)
This is the new idea:
The whole cart idea is awesome. The top drawer holds wrapping supplies like scissors and tape. Drawer two holds tissue paper; drawer three is ribbons, bows and tags and the bottom drawer holds gift bags. This cart rolls nicely into my closet for perfect, easy storage. I had already stored wrapping paper in the bedroom behind a nightstand where it fit perfectly so this just completes the whole concept.
A note on gift bags. Years ago, gift bags cost so much money so we all saved them forever. Shoot, I had gift bags that were from our wedding 14 years ago! Now, though, gift bags can be purchased at the Dollar Store for, well, $1.00. I kept the really big ones and a few really cute ones but otherwise, I plan on keeping my gift bag collection to a minimum.
