Although we haven't conduced an official study of how many folks have a fireplace and how many don't, we're going to guess that more people are looking for creative ways to hang their stocking during the holidays than not. We happen to be part of that crowd, so without further ado, here's 7 festive ways to display your stockings!
1. Ladders: Vintage, worn or broken ladders are easy to come by at estate sales, auctions, antique stores and Craigslist. Lean them against the wall and when the season is over, use them to hold blankets, jackets or even hang plants from instead!
2. Window Sills: Commercial weighted stocking hangers can be found at most retailers these days. Simply place them in your sill and you're all set for Santa!
3. Ends Of Your Bed: Hang your stockings from the ends of your bed for a little holiday spark in the bedroom. You can make a loop that will slide over a footboard or tie a simple strong from one side to the other in which to hang it.
4. Coat Rack: Turn your trusty coat rack into a stocking holder (or pick up a spare just for the occasion). They can be free standing or wall mounted, but either way they're sturdy enough to keep things in place, no matter how much loot is in store for them.
5. Dresser: Many dressers have knobs that make stockings easy to be hung by, not even a single nail required!
6. From A Stick: There's not many things we won't hang from a stick, just attach chains to either end and anchor to the ceiling with hooks. Stockings will literally be able to be hung from anywhere!
7. On The Wall: You don't really need anything other than a nail to make a presentation of stockings, try adding framed family photos around them to make it a grouping of holiday cheer!
Do you have a suggestion to add to the list? Make sure to add your traditions or ideas to the comments below!
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We don't have a fireplace, so we have stocking weights on a console table.
My problem with hanging stockings on a dresser is that unless you never, ever need to get to that dresser drawer being obscured by the stocking, you'll spend more trouble than it's worth just shoving the stocking out of the way.
Good ideas! I have a fake tree that's probably all of 4ft tall, we have it standing on an endtable, the endtable has a cloth covering and finally figured out how to get our stockings up hanging from the edge of the table :) They're not full size stockings though, all of them belong to our pets lol... we still don't have any for ourselves heh
A bookshelf works well, as long as you can stay away from one or two shelves for a bit.
We don't have a fireplace so we hang them from the back of the couch
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Over the years and in various apartments I've used a wall mounted peg board/rack, as suggested in #4. It has 6 pegs on it, and I loved the way it looked with nothing but stockings on it. It worked well hanging on the wall above a short dresser, a low book case and between two windows, for example.
Now that I own a house I've thought of hanging one next to the porch light (we have an ample porch roof) just for display. I'd add a pine bough on top of the pegs.
Growing up, I lived in a split-level suburban home with no fireplace. Our stockings were hung by the railing on the "upstairs" part from the foyer, and it was always a big deal to leave the front door unlocked for Santa since we didn't have a chimney!
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I *just* hung them over the little cutout in the wall where my kitchen looks onto a hallway. I have to hang the stockings from ribbons tied to my sink faucet, but I make it work.
bookshelves!!!
Agreed with others, bookshelves are the way we go.
There's a stupid car commercial on TV now where they show stockings hanging on a simple birch branch that dangles from the ceiling. I love that idea ... now if only I could find a gorgeous birch branch in the wilds of downtown Chicago.
We hang ours on the outward facing side of our staircase bannister.
I live in a miniature townhouse and my banister is a U-shaped piece of steel. I attach a binder clip to one edge and flip up the silver "arm" to hold up each stocking.
I take a wide ribbon (3") and tack it to the top of a doorway frame (tack facing the ceiling) but on the side of the doorway and let the ribbon fall close to the ground. Then I hang the stockings with a straight pin all the way up and down the ribbon. This works really well and is even secure when all four stockings are packed by Santa!!
I used to hang them on the knobs of my kitchen cabinets!
Once the ornaments have been retrieved from the attic, there's no need to return the ladder to the garage. Simply incorporate it into one's decor.
on the back of a chair
I hang mine off of a bookshelf. I usually have stocking holders, but my kids keep pulling them off. So this year I have a 1 inch ribbon strung from one side of the bookcase to the other (tacked onto the back) and have the stockings hanging from that. It works pretty well.
I tie ribbons to the stair banister and hang them off of there
We have a divider room divider between our office and living room that looks like the railing of a porch. We almost hung the stockings on the piano, but decided to hang them from the railing instead.
We have a stocking tree. It's basically a 4x4 center pole with dowels of various lengths making up the branches. I make the family new stocking every year so there are quite a few.
Last year we used those removable 3M hooks to hang them on the wall in the living room. Then the hooks were re-purposed during the year and moved to the entry way to hold our umbrellas.
In Australia attics and fireplaces are both very rare, I have never lived in a home with either.
Growing up stockings hung from a cord threaded over some mirrors in the dining room, now I weave a cord through the pelment of a blind. My parents weave a cord around a bannister and hang them there.
In my mother's apartment we replace the occupants of the hat rack next to the door with stockings and a few ornaments. Instant Christmas!