Do you decorate for Halloween? I love seeing how creative some people get this time of year. Here are 5 of my favorite ideas:
#1. Unwelcome Dinner Guests: Eddie Ross.
#2. Spooky Silhouettes: The Pink Peony of Le Jardin.
#3. Black and White Halloween Hutch: Pink & Polka Dot.
#4. Creative (& Creepy!) Candy Buffet: House of Smiths.
#5. Haunted Mantel: Centsational Girl.
Is Halloween a big deal at your house? Besides some jack-o-lanterns on our front porch, there aren’t a lot of signs of Halloween at mine, I’m afraid. My favorite thing about the holiday is trick-or-treating around the neighborhood with my kids…and getting a peek inside a few houses when people open their doors. 
Love Eddie’s the best! Love to decorate for Halloween!
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Yes, Eddie’s table is awesome, love The Smith’s creepy candy too.
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Wow, really fun pictures and very inspiring, but I AM SO GLAD I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT SPENDS ABOUT $20 BUCKS AT THE DOLLAR STORE for the “decor”!!!
lol
Happy Cheap Halloween!!!!
Luciane at HomeBunch.com
Those are great, but no we don’t decorate for Halloween. I’m more of a celebrating harvest type girl:)
Oh and I was thinking of you last night Julia as I was watching No Ordinary Family. Have you seen that yet? The house is awesome. Decorated really cute and different. You’ll have to check it out.
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I mostly decorate for Fall, but I do have Halloween things out for granddaughter. Julia,
have you seen The Middle house? It is how not to decorate, but the show is wonderful. Last night the teen daughter, who tries so hard, is always losing, was standing by her locker when the boy she wanted to go to the dance with came up and told her there was a rumor he liked her but he decided let her know he didn’t. Cheerfully, as always, this girl looks at him and thanks him for letting her know. As he walks away, she turns toward her locker, puts her head behind its door and starts crying her eyes out. Brought back all the memories of junior and senior high. I love the show but hated seeing her hurt.
LOVE that show. One of my favorites. And poor Sue. She always tries so hard and never catches a break! -Julia
I’ve never been big on decorations for Halloween, but pics 2, 3 & 4 make me think my mind could be changed!
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Spooktacular…love Eddie’s table!
Kristen
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The pictures are all very creative and look great, but I have never been a fan of Halloween. I liked going out for the candy but as I grew older I started not to like it so much.
I was born on Halloween Eve and my friends were never interested in my birthday (I’m so selfish, it’s all about me) Well, I got paid back, my daughter, who was due the middle of Nov. was born Halloween afternoon. So no, I don’t decorate for Halloween but I do have pumpkins and other “FALL” decor out. So HAPPY FALL YA’LL! (P.S. we have always called out daughter pumkin and still do even though she will be 36 Sunday.
I love that Eddie Ross dining table. Gorgeous!
We go crazy outside, not inside. This year, we created a graveyard, compete with a fake iron fence and tombstones. It’s very cool. I just posted about it on my blog:
http://www.thedesignfile.net/thedesignfile/2010/10/our-spooky-yard-ready-for-trick-or-treaters.html
I wanted to do more with the inside this year, but it’s so much work to take it all back down!
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Love that candy buffet! I’ve been craving some “pumpkin teeth” lately, trying to hold off until Halloween =)
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So many fantastic displays . . . tickled just to be included! Eddie’s tablecloth kills me, so perfect! Great roundup Julia, thanks so much!
xo
Kate
Ooh, I think I’ll borrow the candy buffet idea for our Halloween party centerpiece! Love the “pumpkin teeth”…
I think when you’re in that stage of life where you’re too old for trick-or-treating – but don’t yet have trick-or-treaters of your own to escort – you tend to overcompensate with a lot of Halloween decorating/parties. OK, maybe that’s just me.
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How funny… I just posted my Halloween favorites too and included Kate’s mantel.
xo,
cristin
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I love the candy buffet! So cute and spooky at the same time.
Eddie’s table decorating is awesome! I love the green drinks!!! Have a lovely day!
Kristin xx
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Love this! I adore Halloween, it’s my favorite and I love all these great Halloween homes. My favorite would have to be #1, such an elegant and creepy table scape! Our entire house is decorated for fall, inside and out, with a few Halloween touches here and there (mostly in my room). I think the silhouettes in #2 are so sophisticated, I’ll have to incorporate those for next year.
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Love the pumpkin teeth!! That made me laugh.
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My family is not a big fan of halloween decor. Pretty much all we do is put those window decorations, (you can get at the dollar store), up.
Those decorations are pretty cool. Thanks for sharing them with us.
The silhouttes are awesome, and I adore the way BOO is spelled out in the 3rd photo.
I decorate for Halloween, but not with the gory stuff, just little pumpkins and cute ghosts. I quilt and cross stitch, so I make Halloween-themed needlework items and display those. I also hang up a painting of a pumpkin my daughter made in 1st grade. Most of our decorations are either things I made myself, or things that my kids made. This is actually true year-round! I just swap out things depending on the season.
Great projects! We do a small amount of Halloween/fall decorations. I try to make them mostly “fall” decor, so I can leave them up through Thanksgiving.
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I LOVE decorating for Halloween and go all out. I’ve been doing Halloween all month on my blog. A different Halloween post every day. I’m only disappointed that I’m in the middle of painting my dining room furniture and can’t decorate the dining room this year.
love eddie’s table! thanks for the shout out! we love, love, love halloween. the more decor, the better!
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I <3 the framed boo!
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What cute decorations! I find myself wishing there had been blogs when my kids were little–they would have loved some of the spooky stuff! Now, I keep things mostly in an Autumn theme. On November 1, I take away the jack-o-lanterns and add the Thanksgiving-specific decor, but the plain pumpkins stay out all through the fall.
The weather here is glorious today–cool and crisp, blue skies and pretty leaves. Hope y’all are having a great autumn!
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