DIY Holiday Stocking Post

A huge thanks to The Home Depot for sponsoring this post! For more information, see my disclosures here.

As we were getting ready for our first Christmas in the new house, I realized we were missing one thing– a mantel! I began wracking my brain and searching for ideas to create a fun way to hang our stockings, and I am so excited to show your our cute DIY holiday stocking post today!

DIY Holiday Stocking Post

I am thrilled to be joining with Home Depot and a bunch of my bloggy friends for a virtual DIY party! We are all going to be making our own versions of the stocking post– wait until you see how all of the bloggers have put their unique spin on the design! They look so cool!

Supplies

This DIY project can be completed with just a few supplies. Here’s what we used to create ours:

All supplies were purchased at The Home Depot.

• 22/32″ x 2′ x 2′ Piece of Plywood, Cut Down to 16″ x 16″
• 4″ x 4″ x 4 1/2′ Deck Post, Cut to 41″ (to fit the post cap correctly, it needs to be a nominal 4 x 4)
• 4″ x 4″ Pyramid Wood Post Cap
• 4″ x 4″ Wood Post Skirt
• #10 x 21⁄2″ Phillips Flat-Head Wood Screws
• #10 x 1″ Phillips Flat-Head Wood Screws
• Coat and Hat Hooks
• Paint or Stain of Choice

This project was pretty simple to begin with, but we made it easier by having the nice guys at Home Depot cut down our plywood and deck post for us! If we hadn’t done that, we could have used a handsaw or a big chop-saw to cut down our pieces. We also used a drill and impact driver to complete the job, although you could do it without a drill if you don’t have one on hand.

Process

The first thing we had to do was to attach our piece of plywood to the deck post. To do this, we centered the post on the plywood, and then simply used the impact driver to attach the base to the post with 2 1/2″ wood screws. I used four wood screws.

We had two little helpers who wanted to hold the pieces up for us. 🙂

Once we had the post secured to the plywood, we were able to attach our trim pieces: the post cap and the post skirt. Again, we used the impact driver to attach the trim to the post with 1″ wood screws. Pre-drilling these holes helped prevent us from splitting and cracking the trim pieces.

Then it was time to make it pretty! I have been loving the combination of dark wood and white lately, so I chose to do a two-tone color scheme. I used Minwax stain in Dark Walnut for the post cap and skirt and Behr Marquee Cameo White to paint the post itself. (In hindsight, it would have been easier to do the painting and staining before I put the cap and skirt on the post, but I just used a small brush on the edges, and it was fine!)

Then all we had to do was attach the hooks, and we were done!

I’m so thrilled that our stockings have a home for this Christmas season (and a cute one at that)! 🙂

The boys have already been checking to see if anything shows up in their stockings, but they’re going to have to wait a little while!

Workshops at The Home Depot

If you want to make your own cute stocking post, Home Depot can help with that! They host live workshops in their stores all the time, including Do-It-Yourself Workshops, Do-It-Herself Workshops, and workshops for the kids as well. (I just love the adorable little orange Home Depot aprons they give the kids!)

At the in-store workshops, customers can learn how to build decor projects, how to make easy home repairs, and how to operate tools through demonstrations and step-by-step instructions. Head over to Home Depot’s website to find a workshop near you and register!

Click here to find a #DIYWorkshop near you!

For more Christmas DIY ideas, see these posts:

Our DIY Stocking Holder

Red and Green Advent Calendar

Gold and White Advent Calendar

And don’t forget to hop around and see how my other blog friends made these stocking posts uniquely their own! There are some really fun ones!

Domestic Charm

Homemade By Carmona

My Altered State

Smart Girls DIY

Chaotically Creative

Ciburbanity

Lazy Guy DIY

Build Basic

That’s My Letter

Her Toolbelt

The Handmade Home

The Heathered Nest

Designer Trapped

The Chronicles of Home

Cherished Bliss

Just a Girl and Her Blog (You’re here!)

House of Wood

Shades of Blue Interiors

Uncookie Cutter

Ella Claire Inspired

Shine Your Light

Sawdust 2 Stitches

Remodelando La Casa

Paper Daisy Design

Fix This Build That

Do you have a creative stocking holder at your house? I’d love to hear about it in the comments!

Have a wonderful week, friend!

A huge thanks to The Home Depot for sponsoring this post! For more information, see my disclosures here. #sponsored