If you are planning to have a creepy and spine tingling Halloween party at your home this year, why not do something different? Gone are the paper crepe pumpkins and the witch hats! If you want creepy, but not cheesy, here are a few ideas for you to take a look at.
Decoration With Old Sheets
One of the biggest things anyone remembers from watching a scary movie, are the sheets placed over the chairs, tables, clocks and anything else. Why not recreate this decor with a few old sheets strewn effortlessly over your own tables, chairs and television set. In an instance, it gives you that haunted house feeling.
Ambience and Lighting
If you can get together a few old lanterns from a thrift shop and fill them with either real candles that you light or candles that are battery operated, you are sure to give your house that eerie feeling. You can also find some dark colored candle holders and candelabra and use dark colored candles. If you want something a little more on the sinister side, you can also take white tapered candles and melt a red candle and place the red over the white. This way the red drips down the white candle giving it a faux blood look.
Decorate What You Already Have
If you have a shelving unit or bookshelves these can easily and quickly be turned into a spooky area by adding in black roses or black ravens using crepe paper. If you want to go an extra mile you can even create crepe paper branches, hanging them next to windows and then adding crepe paper ravens to them.
Use Cheesecloth
Create spider webs using cheesecloth. Cheesecloth can be found in almost any kitchen utility store and it’s cheap yet.
About Monday West
Monday West has been designing beautiful things for over 20 years. With a degree from UCLA in Landscape Architecture, she is well versed on all classes of design and home landscaping. Her focus is on the client, and what best suits their family. She has designed projects in every style possible, from Contemporary, to Craftsman, to Eclectic. She has an eye for color and style, and she is able to envision the final idea that pulls it all together. Plants are her specialty, and the way they are paired is unique as well as practical. Monday balances the construction business with her husband, Bill West, three kids, three dogs, and a lizard in sunny southern California. Google +