How To Hang Stockings Without A Mantle

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How to hang Christmas stockings without a mantel is one of the most common holiday decorating questions, especially if your fireplace is stone. A traditional wood mantel makes it easy, but when you don’t have one, things get a little tricky, right?

My friend Jess (funny enough, we share the same name!) has a gorgeous living room with a stone fireplace and a TV mounted above it, but no mantel in sight. That meant we had to get creative and brainstorm clever stocking hanging ideas that would still feel festive and cozy.

How to Hang Stockings on a Fireplace

Jess lives next door to my friend Allissa (you can see Allissa’s Christmas front door decorations here) and a couple days ago, we decided to figure out Jess’s dilemma of where to hang stockings without a mantel. 

Unfortunately tapping a nail into the stone is not an option (normally you would use a nail to fasten hooks into a wood mantel or wall) so we tried Command Hooks with an adhesive backing.

How to Hang Stockings with Command Hooks

How do you hang stockings without a fireplace? We used 3M adhesive Command hooks (we got on Amazon for under $5) as stocking hangers and fastened the hooks to the backside of the TV which worked perfectly.

Command Hooks can be used just about anywhere on a wall, mantel, tv or hanging wall art. 

The cute white knit stockings now had a hook to hang on.

We also hung faux garland (you can use real as well) around the stockings which hid the hooks.

Jess used holiday decor like decorative figurines and Christmas trees in varying heights to create visual appeal and architectural interest on the stone hearth. 

Other Hook Options for Hanging Christmas Stockings

These Command hooks for stockings holders are decorative and would also work if you are hanging stockings or Christmas decor on a wall, bed frame, or piece of furniture like a dresser.

These Command hooks are a little smaller than the ones we used and would also work.

To add a touch of outdoors to your fireplace, you can always add fresh or faux greens around the figurines and faux trees.

Check out this post, where I grabbed some scissors and went for a walk in the woods and decorated for free with greens to see how easy it is to bring the outdoors inside!

Here is an example below at my friend Allissa’s house where you could use command hooks to hang garland outside around columns or a door.

There are several creative ways to hang stockings. If you don’t have a fireplace mantel, try hanging stockings on a stairway or hang stockings on a shelf.

If you’re looking for more holiday decorating inspiration, be sure to check out our Christmas Ideas page.