Create an atmospheric Halloween theme this season, with our simple tips for decorations that will complement and not clash with a stylish home.
Choose aesthetic Halloween décor that complements your home
Halloween home décor doesn’t have to jar with your normal aesthetic – it is surprisingly simple to keep to a theme that is both spooky and alluring without sacrificing style. Atmosphere is all when it comes to dressing your home with Halloween party decorations and an effortless way to achieve this is to feed vivid imaginations by dimming the lights and casting shadows. Our tealight house lanterns are perfect for creating mysterious shapes and Halloween garlands of faux greenery can be draped around mirrors and bannisters to blur outlines and create creepy silhouettes. Fill your home with candlelight and choose candleholders of different heights to add eeriness at every level.
Elevate your outdoor Halloween decorations
It is our Halloween garden decorations that will gain the most attention from being on show to passers-by as well as family and friends. Lit animals such as rabbits or deer on the front lawn will delight and enhance that other-worldly feel for children without causing bad dreams. Have fun draping them in white fabric for character-filled glowing ghosts. Warm-toned outdoor lighting will tap into Halloween’s colour palette – intersperse our Amber Globe Wire Light in your pumpkin patch or hang a group of Copper Wire Light Pendants.
How to create pumpkin ornaments
With so many stunning varieties of pumpkin available at the farmers market or Pick Your Own farm these days, they make perfect pumpkin ornaments in themselves - full of character, colour and texture - which is good news for those with neither the time nor know-how to carve a pumpkin. Use several sizes and varieties to create a simple display for your table centre. Foraging for rich autumnal leaves and branches can also be an easy way to create your own Halloween tree decorations. For added drama, spray your branches black or white - or leave them natural for rustic charm. Arrange in a heavy-based vase
for a Halloween table centrepiece - add hanging bats for a whimsical touch.
How to create a Halloween wreath
A faux wreath is a perfect base for decorating throughout the year. For Halloween add lavish charcoal, black or orange ribbon, and secure a clutch of those cute mini pumpkins to the wreath with florist’s wire or suspend bats and spiders from strings. When Halloween is done, switch things up with dried hydrangea flowerheads, flame-coloured rosehips or faux blooms in autumnal hues as a prelude to the final Christmas transformation. A pre-lit wreath will bring all of these displays to life as day turns to spooky night.
How to decorate your door for Halloween
Imagine your whole doorstep as a stage for your Halloween door decorations. Using your Halloween wreath as a centrepiece, draw trick or treaters to your door with a beautiful front step or porch display. Think beyond a traditionally carved pumpkin – artfully filled baskets or planters of different sizes, colours and shapes of pumpkin, squashes and gourds look chic and are longer lasting. Add lanterns for a welcoming glow and frame your doorway with icicle lights for added atmosphere. Fill voids in the arrangement by introducing height through a small table. Top with a lantern and a bowl of sweet treats to win extra points from young visitors.
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