If your Halloween style is more sophisticated spooks than ghost and blood, prepare to be charmed.
Your chic haunted house will be amazing with these 10 easy ideas!
Not only are these decorating ideas the perfect balance of creepy and chic, but they’re also almost effortless! And this made them even more enchanting.
10 Easy ways to turn your home into a chic haunted house
1. Haunted painted portrait
Add a playful paper mask to a painted picture in your home, as shown above from Country Living. Remember to tape paper accessories to the frame or a glass front to avoid damaging your art.
2. Vintage Vibes
Decorate your home with vintage party decor. Here, a 1930s paper skeleton. Cardstock mini lanterns from the iconic Beistle Company.
3. Matte Black Party Decor
Matte black party decor: bowls, plates, candleholders, silverware,… You can paint dollar store frames and accessories for an eerie but elegant look. It will be a great addition to your Halloween fรชte.
4. DIY Halloween Chandelier
The sight of this sparkling and spooky bat chandelier is sure to thrill your guests, just cut bats from black cardboard and hang them on your chandelier.
Get the tutorial at Heidi Swapp.
5. Black Lace Candle Holders
Set the mood for your spooky party with this lace-covered candle arrangement. Style them on your mantel, in your fireplace (sans fire), on bookshelves, or wherever your home needs a little festive touch. Ps: it’s lace tape!!!
Get the tutorial at The Sweetest Occasion.
6. “Help Me!” Cake and Raven Feather Cupcakes
The eye-catching “Help Me!” cake is a store-bought white cake with a few dark twists. Start with a store-bought frosted layer cake. Cut out a pair of arms and hands in black craft paper and tape to skewers to help them stand upright. Pile on a mound of “dirt”โcrumbled chocolate cookiesโto give it that “buried alive” vibe.
Top vanilla-frosted cupcakes with edible fondant raven feathers. For an extra hair-raising element, add plastic critters around the cake.
7. “Poison” Cocktails & Lace Stamped Coasters
The secret for this inviting witch’s brew? Gin, vermouth, and a couple of drops of green food coloring.
Glasses can rest in lovely peace on these coasters. Here’s how to fashion your own: paint both sides and the rims of three-inch wooden disks. Once the paint’s dry, stamp on a crochet motif using a black solvent ink pad. Let the ink dry for five minutes, then seal with a matte finishing spray.
8. Spooky Crystal Ball Candlesticks
This craft makes it look like eyes, skulls, and spiders are floatingโand it’s magically easy to make.
Get the tutorial at Flamingo Toes.
9. Bat from fireplace
If your home has a mantel, arrange a hoard of bats to look like they just fluttered in through the grate. Sarah of Just the Bees Knees used store-bought paper bats, but you can also craft your own out of black paper.
10. Ghoulish lights
Cast a ghoulish glow by draping black cheesecloth over skeletal ghost lamps, as In the Fun Lane did above.
Ready to throw a legendary Halloween party in your chic haunted house?
xoxo,
Arianna