The stockings were hung...

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care...

Where do you hang your stockings?  We don't have a typical fireplace like most people do.  Instead we have a cast iron wood burning stove.  It looks just like this one...

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We use it as our primary source of heat during the winter and I love it.  We keep the window clean so you can see the fire burning bright and it gets so warm and cozy.  The problem is... where to hang our stockings?  We built a back frame away from the wall and covered it with tile.  We did this to vent the hot hair away from the wall.  Every year I balance our stocking hangers and stockings on the ledge of the frame.  While I love the look of the stockings hanging by the fireplace It got me to searching for different places to hang them...

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I absolutely love this idea... but we don't have stairs

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I think I see a fireplace back there.  And I like the idea of hanging the stockings against the wall... hmm.

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Oh how I LOVE this idea!  What a perfect picture.  Only problem is, our piano is in the dining room.  I shall keep looking!!!!