7 Last Minute Halloween Decorating Ideas
It doesn’t always have to be campy… this year, try decorating with a neutral palette, bringing out your antiques or repurposing some Halloween decor
Don’t cancel Halloween this year, at least when it comes to decorating at home. We’ve got ideas on how to style your home with pieces that can take your Halloween decorating into the remaining days of the year’s last quarter, just before Christmas comes.
Halloween decorating need not be campy at all. Too often, skulls, skeletons, witches, coffins and bats are used as Halloween decorations, lending the home a cartoon-like atmosphere. This time around, temper the festivities with a neutral palette, which is perfect when referencing the Autumn season. A neutral palette also makes a great background on which to style warm colors: ochres, rusts and oranges, alluding to the maturity of the year this season.
Your home need not look like a haunted house in order to partake of All Hallows Eve. Try repurposing your old Halloween decor for subtlety this year, or bring out those antiques to hint at the reference. Our gallery of 7 achievable and inspiring Halloween decorations will give you a last minute idea or two. If not, there’s always next year!
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A Haunted Gallery Wall:
When decorating for Halloween, the entire home need not be turned into a spooky mansion. Often, some key areas are styled for the season: the front door, the hallways and the vestibule are the most commonly dressed up areas for seasonal decor. Your Halloween decor can be as simple as curating an art wall with images that recall the occasion. Edit your choice of art to a limited palette. Here, black graphics and sepia photos in the same orientation and size were used in a grid. White matting and a light wood uniformly frame each piece, making the black and white graphics stand out.
Photo Credit: @ourdailytribe
An Ominous Grand Entrance
A console table at the entrance or foyer is a versatile piece of furniture that can see us through all the seasons, changing with the elements set on it to style it. Here, a distressed, grand mirror that echoes the look of a gothic window hangs above the console, immediately setting the tone for Halloween (think old haunted mansions!). Branches foraged from the garden or nearby woods with its withered leaves are set in a vase, which rests on top of books with black spines. Candelabras complete the vignette, along with a wreath fashioned of twigs. Pumpkins painted in white and gray complete the decor.
Photo Credit: @ourdailytribe
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An Eerie Ceiling
Don’t forget that you can also go all the way up to the ceiling when decorating for the season. Use it as a surface to make a statement. This room is cleverly decorated with witches’ hats that seem to float over everyone walking into the space.
Photo Credit: @burlap_and_bows_home
An Unearthly Antique Grouping
Group some antique mirrors or frames together to create a mysterious effect. Heighten the eerie feel with a paper bat cutout. Templates for these may be downloaded online. Dried leaves complete the Fall look.
Photo Credit: @mylittlewhitebarn
Recycle Your Halloween Decor From Previous Years
You can always repurpose old Halloween decor by giving them a new spin and another context this year. Here, bat decor cutouts were assembled within glass cloches, using floral wires and glue. Taxidermy completes the hair-raising vibe, along with with dried leaves in the background.
Photo Credit: @wayoutinwoodstock
Tapered Candles In An Enigmatic Table Setting
On your dining table, set the mood with tapered candles in candelabras of different heights. Make sure to light them for that requisite spine-chilling Halloween effect. Make use of black and white dinnerware for the occasion.
Photo Credit: @sweetroseandwren
Otherworldly in Monochromatic and Pastel Scheme
Found objects make an imaginative vignette. Black butterfly cutouts flutter about against a crocheted table mantel that is used as a wall hanging, referencing a gigantic spiderweb. On the table, tapered candles set in metallic candelabras and pastel hues from dried flower arrangements are almost as regular a sight as any, until you notice the faux cobwebs weaving them all together in place.
Photo Credit: @houseofvandel
Banner Images and Thumbs by @stephanie_nestor and @sweetroseandwren
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