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How To Make A Blanket Ladder | DIY Christmas Stocking Holder

December 20, 2019

How To Make A Blanket Ladder | DIY Christmas Stocking Holder

Blanket ladders have been all the rage for a while now and I have wanted one so bad!! That is until I saw the price tag! Yikes! I started looking at the cost of supplies and realized I could totally make one myself for way cheap!! So, I did. Here’s how I did it!

Supplies:

  1. (2) — 2×4’s by 7 feet
  2. (1) — 1×4 by 8 feet
  3. Drill
  4. Sandpaper or sander
  5. Pack of 3” wood screws
  6. Circular Saw (optional)
  7. Wood Stain
  8. Cloth and gloves to stain with

Steps:

  1. Cut the wood into the length you want them to be! We had our wood mostly cut at Home Depot. I’d definitely recommend that! It was like $1 to have it all done and saved us the work. Although, we didn’t have them cut the bottoms into the angle we wanted, so make sure you do that too! Hint: to decide how much of an angle you want, lean something of similar size (like a broom) against the wall to give you an idea of what to tell the guys at Home Depot. Or, do this at home after you have your wood cut and cut it the angle you want yourself. For the small pieces (rungs), decide how wide you want them and cut accordingly. Ours are about 16”.
  1. Sand all of the wood! Sand everything until smooth so that your blankets don’t get snagged!
  2. Stain all of the pieces! Make sure to use gloves so you don’t get it all over your hands. I just cut up an old shirt and used that! Make sure to let it dry for at least 24 hours before continuing.
  1. Lay it all out! Once it’s all dry, you’ll want to lay it all out and make sure it looks how you want it! We just eye balled how far apart each rung was!
  2. Screw it all together! We attached our rungs at about a 45 degree angle so that the blankets would hang how we wanted! You could also attach them straight on like a traditional ladder. Up to you!

For Christmas time right now, we decided to also hang our stockings on the ladder! We absolutely love how that turned out! We don’t have a mantle and we didn’t want our baby or dog to be able to pull them down off of our entertainment center on traditional stocking holders, so this worked PERFECT. Try it out and see what you think! (:

If you have absolutely any questions about the process, leave a comment below or send me a message!

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