View of the dining room with the fireplace in the foreground.

Halloween Time at Home

October 3, 2023, 4 Comments

October is here and it is time to showcase our home all dressed up for Halloween! Despite haunting local antique malls, I’ve bought very little fresh decor this year, but that’s fine! The few items we did acquire bring me so much joy, including a fabulous vintage blow mold owl that has been on my…

It’s Halloween Time!

October 5, 2022, 5 Comments

Life has been so busy lately I haven’t had time to photograph our home all decorated for Halloween, despite it being decorated for a month! If you’ve been following the blog for awhile then you may have noticed a few big changes around our living room and dining room from last year to this year.…

The back wall of dining room. On the wall are three frames, the left features a piece of vintage paper tablecloth, with Jack O'lanterns and witches, the middle piece is a witch and skeleton with a guitar, the right piece is also a piece of vintage paper tablecloth with images of a haunted house. Sitting atop the three frames are three black cat die cuts. Below, atop the secretary are various Halloween decorations, including a die cut of a haunted house, skeleton dressed as a pirate, and skull, a small blow mold Jack O'lantern, a ceramic skull mug, a spirit board, and a pirate costume in the box.

All Decorated for the Spooky Season

September 29, 2021, 7 Comments

Here we are, at the end of September and, honestly, I can’t believe how quickly it has has gone by! With October in sight, it’s time to share with you how I’ve decorated our home for Halloween. Each year I add more and more, and was extremely thankful to return to antique malls on the…

A buffet piece sits on the back wall of the dining room. Atop the buffet is a diecut owl, cat atop a skull, a skeleton wearing a pirate costume, in the middle a spirit board themed to the House on Haunted Hill, with a woman screaming, skeleton, and Vincent Price, to the right of it a plastic jack o'lantern with a black party hat with an orange cat atop it, and next to it a diecut skull. Hanging above all of it are themed framed pieces. On the left is a framed segment of a paper table cloth featuring an illustration of a haunted house. In the middle framed witch and skeleton, on the right a framed segment of a paper table cloth with witches and pumpkins. Sitting atop each frame is a diecut black cat.

Halloween is Creeping in Early

September 16, 2020, 6 Comments

Normally I don’t share my Halloween decor until early October, because despite decorating mid-September, I tend to spend the remaining weeks of September combing antique malls and flea markets for fresh vintage finds to add. But, this year obviously is much, much different. I’ve taken COVID-19 extremely seriously, and despite many antique malls reopening, and…

An orange, black, and green decoration of a haunted house sits on a shelf.

Trick or Treat

October 9, 2019, 4 Comments

Per usual, I’ve had the house decorated for Halloween for a few weeks now, but have been procrastinating because I keep stumbling upon new items! But seeing as it’s almost mid-October, I’d say it’s time to share. Recently Patrick and I scored this beautiful vintage atomic shadowbox. It was in shambles, but we restored it…

Safe Ways to Display Vintage Halloween Decorations

October 16, 2018, 6 Comments

If you have frequented antique malls or flea markets this fall then you’ve probably noticed some vintage Halloween decorations for sale, most of which are made of paper, card stock, and thin cardboard. This rather delicate and disposable nature of decorating for Halloween meant a lot of decorations were easily damaged and often tossed after…

Below a painting of a desert scene hang two skeletons and a black cat above an orange and black couch. On the couch spirit board pillows sit.

Hooray for Halloween

October 12, 2018, 14 Comments

While this October makes the second Halloween we have celebrated in our first house, it is the first year I have been able to decorate! It’s hard to believe we have been in our home a year now, and due to the chaos of moving last year the Halloween decoration boxes remained in the garage. So…

Spooktacular Season

October 1, 2016, 5 Comments

It’s October! And with it brings one of my favorite holidays, Halloween! While I decorated last week I am still recovering some a bit of a cold, and just now got around to photographing! I was so happy to add a few new pieces of vintage Halloween decor this year that I acquired between last…

How to Tell Vintage from Repro Halloween Decorations

October 11, 2015, 9 Comments

Halloween in around the corner, and with it many people are shopping for Halloween decorations, including vintage lovers who do their shopping at antique malls. However in recent visits to antique malls I have noticed some dealers selling items that look old, but are in fact new! So, how are you to tell the difference?…

Boo to You!

October 2, 2015, 8 Comments

October is upon us, and over the last week I have ben decorating for Halloween! Last year I didn’t decorate, because we were still settling in, but not this year! So after much hemming and hawing I’ve gotten our place looking pretty spooktacular. I have a lot slated for the month of October, mostly morbid…