Stocking Holder Chalkboard made from a Repurposed Headboard

Today’s Christmas stocking holder uses a headboard just like this, except one of the spindles was broken.  I made two projects out of this twin headboard. along with this Christmas stocking holder, I also made a headboard shelf with the lower portion of the headboard.

I used a reciprocating saw to separate the lower portion of the headboard (shelf project) from the upper part of the headboard that will become a Christmas Stocking holder.

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Using the saw to remove the spindle alleviates having another hole to fill had I just pulled it out of the hole.

The reciprocating saw was used to remove another little bit of the bedpost.

I had to do quite a bit of patching with drywall mud. Then it was ready for some diy chalky paint primer applied with my favorite Homeright Finish Max during a small paint marathon.

You can see the stocking holder in the background leaning up against the simple twin headboard bench.

I got this can of red oops Marquee paint for $9. The color isn’t quite as true as the splotch on the lid.

After the black primer I ready the headboard project for a coat of red with the Finish Max.

After several coats of the red.  I taped off the middle piece so it can be—did you guess it? A chalkboard!

I rolled on several light layers of Rustoleum Chalkboard Paint with my IOD foam roller. It worked fabulously well.

To make the headboard stocking holder look a little deeper red, I applied some Heirloom Traditions black wax. Use the code MYREPURPOSEDLIFE to get this month’s deal.

I used my regular method of transferring small pieces of vinyl with painter’s tape.

I simply lay the tape and the vinyl onto the headboard.

I like to remove the painter’s tape by laying it back on itself.

Naughty or Nice was added on the chalkboard, so names can be added to the right list.

As I hung it on the fence to take a couple of quick pictures, I wondered if it it needs something on the top of each bed post. I also noticed that one of the hooks is definitely crooked.

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It’s now available for sale in my booth at Vendors’ Village along with a few other items that came home with me from Glendale 2016.  I love how those three headboard coat racks have chalkboards in the middle of them. 

A few things have sold in the booth since I took this picture. Stay tuned for more great tutorials for some of these other projects!

gail