Thursday, October 7, 2010

Halloween Decorating Part 1 ~

Holiday Decorating Inspiration

 Halloween is officially right around the corner and I have started decorating. Today I will show you our family room - spookified! 

Here is the shelf in our family room. 

I had so much fun incorporating my everyday decor with a little spooky. Do you see the sticks? This is just the beginning of my new stick collection.

I just picked up this skull at a local thrift store for 4 bucks - I just love him stacked on the vintage books!


Here is one of my Dollar Tree projects that I showed your here, and the Toxic sign is also from the Dollar Tree. I simply painted it white and antiqued the edges a bit.

I downloaded this great images from The Graphics Fairy. I just crumpled up the paper and placed them in the vases.

And our mantel - do you see more of my new branch collection? I seriously hunted the greenbelt behind our house. My neighbors are now probably so used to seeing me between the trees - there she goes again! Then I spray painted all of the branches with flat black.


I needed a little filler, so I grabbed these guys.

And a final detail on the fireplace.


I am just tweaking the kitchen a little bit, but will show you shortly!


Linked to:
Halloween Mantel Linky Party at Stories of A to Z


24 comments:

Artnova said...

niesamowita aranżacja wnętrza;)) Pozdrawiam.

Unknown said...

beautiful,I love it!

The Soladay Family said...

I love the black and white theme. Looks great as usual!

Becca Bertotti said...

Super spooky, indeed! I love everything ... the spiders ... the cloche ... the branches. Great job!

Michelle said...

I'm loving the sticks!

Vanessa said...

LOVE IT ALL, beautiful work with the textures and soft colors, too. Lovely home you have there!

Anonymous said...

Very spooky.
I bet my Dh wishes I would collect sticks. (an inexpensive hobby)

Krista@RustikChic said...

Love it all! Um, will you just come to my house and decorate for my party? ;) I have those dollar store signs and I was debating how to paint them...love what you did. Great Job!

Wendy said...

Oh my goodness!! It looks awesome. I love how you used the little skulls as fillers! Can't wait to see your kitchen.
Wendy

KM Studios said...
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KM Studios said...

Chelsea - Everything looks fantastic!! - Your sence of decorating is so pleasing to the eye!! - I have started my own stick collection too (giggles)& I love the Dollar Tree guy in the cloche - That looks awesome!!
Looks like your almost ready for your trick or treaters!

Sawdust Girl said...

What an awesome "Spooky" vignette.

Terrell said...

Hey Girly!!! It all looks just AMAZING!!! I love how you took the odd colors of the items from DT and made them your own! Very impressive! I can't wait to see your spook-tified kitchen! :)
~Terrell @ FrouFrou Decor~

Pamela Michelle said...

Love it!

New follower, feel free to return the favor :)

Andrea said...

so cute! I just love the way you incorporated the Halloween ideas in with your 'regular' decor. It is a more subtle touch, but is so effective. Great job!

Forever in my heart said...

Oh my gosh I love it all . Here i thought I was doing such a great job and then I look at yours and I want to start all over again. No seriously I love it all halloween is so much fun. I wish you lived close to me than i could give you lot of mossy sticks also. We have alot of trees.
I love your site don't miss a day.

Kati @ Housewife_Swagger said...

the thrift store skull is incredible!!! you did a great job decorating, as usual! <3

HR Mom said...

I love your decorating! I will have to go back to my dollar tree cause I was there last week and didn't see any decorations just tons of candy. Thanks for sharing!

Finding Home said...

Really well done, gets the point across without overwhelming the decor that you live in. Love the mini skulls filler.

1 Funky Woman said...

I love the dollar store! I found some of those little skulls also. Love how you put them in with the sticks and of course the crow perched on top!

Megan

Jessica @ Simply A Farmer's Wife said...

It all looks absolutely amazing!! I normally never decorate for Halloween but you've inspired me to do so a little something this year! Where did you get the skull filler?

Jane said...

You have such a knack for creating beautiful vignettes and your halloween ones are no exception. I got a lot of great ideas from your pictures. I really like the crumpled images in the glass vases....such a simple but really cool idea.
Thanks for all the inspiration.
Jane

Angie said...

LOVE the mantle!!!

Beth said...

This is fabulous! It has a creepy classy feel to it! So glad you linked up.

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