While I was growing up we had a large fish tank and my mom knitted a "fireplace" that framed the tank and gave us a place to hang the stockings.
AsktheDecorator
November 30, 2006
I'm not sure if this will help, but here is a link to the blog post I told you I would write today: http://askthedecorator.com/2006/11/30/christmas-stocking/ It offers many different suggestions of where to hang stockings.
EmilyJayne
November 29, 2006
Yeah. I definately understand this problem! We have a fireplace/mantel, but it's brick. A few years back it took some good thinking on the problem to come up with a solution. Eventually, I ended up wiring a strip of wood molding so there were only two little holes in the wall on either side. The stockings could then be secured to the wood. You could apply this technique anywhere.
If you have a TV cabinetor armoir, you could drap them there for the evening. Under the tree or from the back of a chair are popular too, as I can see from the comments from many others.
You could place a ribbon on your curtain rod, and drape them in a semi circle over your window, as a kind of holiday swag.
I hope you find a great place to hang them!
AsktheDecorator
November 27, 2006
There are many places to hang stockings if you don't have a fireplace:
1. If you have a chair rail, you could hang your stockings off of the chair rail.
2. Use ribbon to tie a stocking on to the back of each chair at your kitchn or dining room table. You could make it even fancier by adding bells, pinecones, etc. to the ribbon you use to tie the stockings on.
3. Hang a stocking on the door to each persons bedroom. Again embelish it in the same way I suggested when tying it to the chairs.
I think my comment will get cut off soon, but if you want more ideas, I plan on writing about Christmas stockings and how to decorate with them on my blog on Thursday. You can check out the post at www.askthedecorator.com.
AsktheDecorator
November 27, 2006
There are many places to hang stockings if you don't have a fireplace:
1. If you have a chair rail, you could hang your stockings off of the chair rail.
2. Use ribbon to tie a stocking on to the back of each chair at your kitchn or dining room table. You could make it even fancier by adding bells, pinecones, etc. to the ribbon you use to tie the stockings on.
3. Hang a stocking on the door to each persons bedroom. Again embelish it in the same way I suggested when tieing it to the chairs.
I think my comment will get cut off soon, but if you want more ideas, I plan on writing about Christmas stockings and how to decorate with them on my blog on Thursday. You can check out the post at www.askthedecorator.com.
i hang mine up on the edge of the bar, we dont use it for anything else but decorating the bar-top anyways =)
hope this helps!
terramia
November 26, 2006
Simply put them under the tree. As a youngster, it was out last sight as we headed off to bed... with anticipation that in the morning they would be filled by ole St Nick himself. Well, indeed he did! We would awake to a feeling of something big and lumpy at the end of our beds. I loved it... there it was on my bed waiting for me! The thought of Santa coming into my room to "hand deliver" my stuffed stocking was magic to me.
roadvermin
November 26, 2006
Stick em to the windows with those suction clips you can buy cheaply in any home/hardware store. Or, make a clothing line inspired wall hang in multiple fishnet style layers of a grid style, or put them in some funky decorated basket.
-RV's Girl
David Fernandez
November 25, 2006
How about putting up an inexpensive decorative wall shelf and then using stocking hangers?
abstinenceman
AsktheDecorator
EmilyJayne
Yeah. I definately understand this problem! We have a fireplace/mantel, but it's brick. A few years back it took some good thinking on the problem to come up with a solution. Eventually, I ended up wiring a strip of wood molding so there were only two little holes in the wall on either side. The stockings could then be secured to the wood. You could apply this technique anywhere.
If you have a TV cabinetor armoir, you could drap them there for the evening. Under the tree or from the back of a chair are popular too, as I can see from the comments from many others.
You could place a ribbon on your curtain rod, and drape them in a semi circle over your window, as a kind of holiday swag.
I hope you find a great place to hang them!
AsktheDecorator
AsktheDecorator
gregoryjohnson
LittlePinkStar
i hang mine up on the edge of the bar, we dont use it for anything else but decorating the bar-top anyways =)
hope this helps!
terramia
roadvermin
Stick em to the windows with those suction clips you can buy cheaply in any home/hardware store. Or, make a clothing line inspired wall hang in multiple fishnet style layers of a grid style, or put them in some funky decorated basket.
-RV's Girl
David Fernandez
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