Build a simple stand using a wooden base and dowels to store Christmas lights. Screw a dowel to each end of a wooden base cut to the size of a large plastic bin. Then wrap your lights around the dowels in a figure eight and place the stand in the bin.

You’ll be amazed how many light strings yu can wrap around the stands without tangles or damage.

You can also turn a cardboard box into a spool to store festive lights.