It’s been a crazy busy season here at Le Maison Folle’ (our home in Yucca Valley, California) but I managed to put together a little Halloween House Tour for you. No new decorations this year except the creepy big voodoo doll on the voodoo altar, which I made using a child mannequin, a burlap coffee bag, skewers, buttons and hot glue. Enjoy!
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Happy Halloween 2021! Decorations at the New House + Stylish Black Skeleton Torso DIY
,Happy Halloween! Yes I am Waaay late this year, but here it is All Hallow’s Eve and I finally have a minute to get this post up 🙂 Things are still in progress at the new house and with the state of things we are not entertaining this year so our Halloween decor is a bit simpler than in years past but I LOVE HALLOWEEN, so even if it’s just for the 2 of us I had to do it. If you’ve been following my blog for awhile you’ll recognize many of the same decorations from our last 2 houses just used in new ways. The one new thing I added this year is the pair of black skeleton torsos with golden hearts (DIY below) inspired by similar pieces spied on Tik Tok. But first, this year’s house decor!
The Front Courtyard Entry.
Lots of mums and pumpkins! Mostly from Trader Joe’s and Home Depot. The dogs we’ve had for a few years now (a post-Halloween sale find). I put strings of orange lights in the rib cages. The best part is I can easily transition to Fall by taking away the dogs, black fabric and skeletons.
And lastly, the Stylish Black Skeleton DIY
These were very easy. I bought 2 very cheap plastic skeletons, removed the limbs (I painted the arms black and used them on the mantle, the unpainted legs are tucked among the plants lining the driveway with other assorted old skeleton parts), spray painted them black using a gloss plastic spray paint (Home Depot). I bought 2 plastic anatomical hearts on Amazon and spray painted them shiny gold. These hearts I hot glued inside the rib cages. I then added a twist of wire on the back and hung them on the doors on removable sticky hooks.
Until next year! Planning to go really big 🙂 Please follow this blog for more decorating inspiration!
It’s HALLOWEEN!! Part 3 of 3 Spooky Decor 2019: Saved the Best for Last…
It’s HALLOWEEN!! I’ve saved the best for last. I do most of the decorating in the dining area, as it can be seen from every part of of the house and is a pass-through to other rooms. Our Victorian Glam Goth theme is in full swing…
The table, center of it all, is where I usually put the most attention. This year I added a black sequin table topper from Amazon and led candles on sale from Costco. Everything else we’ve had for years.
This is Mistress Tia, our Voodoo Queen, standing at her Voodoo altar. We used to have her in our entry at the old house, but that doesn’t work here. My husband had the great idea of putting her on our covered back porch looking in. I love it, so spooky. (Mistress Tia is a vintage mannequin dressed in one of my old handmade Halloween costumes).
I kept the kitchen bar counter more simple and elegant this year, to go with the table decor.
I still love these little monster portraits I added a plastic spider to cover the pin in the wall. (Artwork by Travis Louie)
Have a Delightfully Spooky Halloween!! Thanks for looking 🙂
It’s HALLOWEEN!! Part 2 of 3 Spooky Decor 2019: Come Inside…
(See Part 1 HERE)
It’s HALLOWEEN!! My very favorite holiday. Come inside for a look. I’m calling this year’s decor Victorian Goth. Every year I try and use our old decorations in new ways. We do have a couple new things this year, cute ceramic creepy eyes from Target, and paper bats from Amazon. Some of the pumpkins came from our own garden, the rest are from Trader Joe’s.
The Front Room
I love these creepy little ceramic eyes from Target. I have sprinkled them all over the house. This is just inside the entry door.
Our old black skeleton has seen better days, but is still having a ball sitting on top of our antique wood stove. He’s sitting in a bit of a forest thanks to an early freeze here in Salt Lake (I had to bring the plants in early this year). (Link to the garland DIY HERE)
Even my desk gets a bit of spirit.
These shiny paper bats from Amazon form a colony across the wall and onto the ceiling. They were super easy to apply, and came with their own sticky pads.
The garden window in the kitchen gets a little touch of Halloween.
…and here is a Sneak Peak of the Main Event (the Best will be Part 3!)
Day & Night on the kitchen bar counter.
My beloved Victorian Halloween collection (all reproductions collected over the years) adorn the side table in the dining room with a couple of framed Monster prints (art by Travis Louie). One of my favorite Halloween tricks is replacing the usual artwork hanging on the wall with creepy art.
I’ve saved the Best for Last…Part 3 tomorrow!
It’s HALLOWEEN!! Part 1 of 3 Spooky Decor for 2019: OUTSIDE
It’s HALLOWEEN!! My favorite holiday. I’m one of those annoying neighbors who puts up the decoration in September. I try to change it up each year, using the same items in different ways. The only new things outside this year are the fresh pumpkins, flowers, and terracotta pots for the crows.
I still love my skeleton howling dogs, snagged at 75% off at Big Lots a couple years ago. The human skeleton was a dumpster find.
I really like the way my planters turned out this year. It’s a combination of mums, ornamental kale and cabbage, ornamental peppers, black pansies and the only surviving plants from the Summer plantings, Creeping Jenny and purple petunias. I added a little dried Spanish moss to cover the edges. This will transition nicely into thanksgiving as well.
This fun scene was my husband’s idea, the crows feasting on the skeleton. The dog skeleton looking at the dead guy was a gift from a Burning Man camp-mate this year.
The Crows! I’ve had these plastic crow decoys for well over a decade. I admittedly stole this idea from the amazingly talented owner of 5 Green Boxes in Denver, CO. I went to a yard sale she had at her gorgeous home about 16-17 years ago where she had these crows in pots on her fence. I’ve finally made it happen, though I’m sure not as well as she did 🙂 The terracotta pots are from Home Depot, I painted them to match the fence.
A couple more crows flank the entry gate. The sign on the gate is another old dumpster find.
I kept it more simple around the door this year, a bit more elegant. All my fancy pumpkins and the mums came from Trader Joe’s, the big orange one from Costco. I made the Victorian-looking banner years ago, here’s a link to the DIY. One of these days I need to create a nice way to cover up those electrical boxes…
That’s it for Part 1! We’ll move inside for Part 2 and 3. Follow this Blog and see it all!
Thanks for looking 🙂
Halloween at the New House
Welcome to Halloween on West Capitol Street, Salt Lake City. It’s my very favorite holiday! We’ve officially been in our new house just over a year, and while we still have a long ways to go things are coming along nicely. Our Halloween decor is scaled far back from previous years but still fun and Gothy. When we moved we kept only our most beloved Halloween decorations and a result I feel our look is more refined.
OUTSIDE
All the pumpkins and gourds came from Trader Joes (except the two giant ones, those came from Costco). The skeleton wolves I nabbed at a 75% off sale at Big Lots last year, and the skeleton by the door was a delightful neighborhood curbside find. (Thank you neighbors 🙂 Everything else we brought from the old house. TIP: The sheer black fabric really makes the cheap plastic bones around the door look great.
Halloween Decor Parts 3 & 4…Outside and Other Spaces
Happy Halloween! I am a bit behind so I am combining Halloween Decor posts 3 & 4 into 1 post…Outside and Other Spaces.
This year the Crawling Eye is attacking our front porch again, with a few changes. I added the blow-up eyes I had around the yard last year around the eye like “babies”, added a black backdrop (heavy black plastic sheeting with white string lights poked through to resemble stars), 2 wierdo “planets” (a neighbor’s science project they were throwing out that I sprayed with florescent paint), and a new color-changing water-type light that makes it all oh so spooky at night.
We did the rest of the yard and porch a bit more refined this year…
Halloween 2016 Decor Part 2 – the Main Room
Welcome to Halloween Decor 2016 Part 2! The Main Room is our party room, the first room in the house through the entry and the one seen through the front window, and so, it is the room that gets the most attention. Ie: all the coolest Halloween stuff. Just about everything is either diy or found at thrift stores and yard sales.
Above is an admittedly crappily pieced-together panorama of the main room. (hey, photoshop isn’t my strong suit)Â (see the Voodoo entry on the right in Part 1) Here are some details:
Looking into the main room from the entry.
Halloween 2016 Decor Part 1 – Voodoo Entry
Happy Halloween! My favorite holiday…I’ll be posting all the fun decor in a 4 part series. Today: The Voodoo Altar! It’s in the entry again, just bigger, badder and more!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! A Video House Decor Tour plus Stills for your Spooky Enjoyment
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Here is a little Halloween House Tour for 2015, with short video and stills. Enjoy!
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the Year of Living Fabulously 
