Tastefully Spooky Decor

My friend Chas has done it again. She is the queen of tastefully spooky home decor. This year she was inspired by the headless horseman. He's even standing watch over her door to greet guests! (Remember: you can click on the pictures to enlarge the view.)

Here's a closer look. I love all the details she added - from the gloves to the Spanish moss he's standing in. She puts a glow stick in his head so it lights up over night. Brilliant!

 

Foyer
I love the weathered signs hanging in the tree most of all.

Dining Room

Notice the faux fence on the wall behind the chairs. Genius!

Simple and Spooky Centerpiece

This gallery of headless portraits is perfection! I believe she got the portrait prints form the Pottery Barn decorating website. The touches of Spanish moss and crow silhouettes give this area personality. Super cute!

Here's Madame

Poor thing lost her head but it's displayed nicely in the breakfast nook.

 

Family Room 

LOVE the mantel and the faux lanterns hanging in the window.

Portraits and More

Even the guest bath gets in on the fun!

Finally, here's the Halloween Hostess in costume for this year. I love this girl's creativity and sense of style - even if she is dating a vampire. Muhahahaha! Thanks for letting me brag on you, Chas! Love it all.

Happy Halloween!

~Southern Fried Gal

Halloween Mantel 2011

I'm still playing catch up around here and BBC is still encouraging me to get the Halloween decorations up. Here's the mantel just in time for the weekend. I do it all for him (OK so I do it for me, too).

BBC has actually been quite helpful in providing inspiring ideas this year. I never dreamed I would ever have a skeleton on my mantel or even in my home for that matter. He begged me to buy him this skeleton a couple of weeks ago. I agreed but only if he kept it in his room. That all went out the door when I was going upstairs one night and found... 

THIS!! That child's sense of humor cracks me up.

I couldn't let his genius go unnoticed so now the skeleton and pose are the center of attention in the family room. Love it!

This jack on a pedestal and few other goodies balance out the other side. Now I'm sad I didn't get this up earlier. BUT I am happy that my creative spells are continuing. Praise the Lord!

How about you - what creative spells have you been up to lately?

~Southern Fried Gal

Joining the fun at...

Halloween Door 2011

 

I'm still not quite back to my creative self, yet.  BBC has been on my case about not having any fall or halloween decorations up, yet (can you say spoiled). Last week I had an idea pop into my head for a cheerfully spooky forest.We started our project by gathering perfectly weathered and spooky branches from around the neighborhood.

 

We added a few vampire bats that BBC found at Walgreen's for just $1 each. 

We bought a total of 13.

 

BBC also begged me to get a spider web ($2.50). We compromised - I let him get the spider web but only if he picked the black web with the black spider (as opposed to bright green). When we got home he put it here and said, " This is where I pictured the spider and it's JUST perfect!" I have to agree - the little dude's got a good eye.

 

Next we added a few friendly ghosts. We were going to get fabric and make our own with wire hangers and Christmas lights. I spied this trio of lighted ghosts also at Walgreen's for $9.99. They were just the right size and all ready to go. Just what this tired ol' momma needed.

I guess really the only thing we crafted on our door this go around is the "wreath." Even that was super simple -  $2 Goodwill mirror. We painted  the frame black and added the vinyl decals to spell out BOO.

Finally we added a few pumpkins, our old faithful jack-o-lantern light and a few crows that we had on hand to complete the look. I couldn't be more thrilled with how it turned out. It was fun, easy and super cheap, too!

Here's how it looks all lit up in the evening.

S-P-O-O-K-Y!

Here's another view of our friendly greeters. I don't know who had the biggest smile - the ghosts, BBC or me!

On a closing note, I hope all is well with my bloggy friends. I miss you all! I've changed my blog relaunch to January. I was a bit too ambitious with the September date. I'll be posting other projects and ideas centered around the holidays here until then. Thank you for all the kind words and blessings! Right back at you all!

~Southern Fried Gal

p.s. I'm joining the fun at Serenity Now with Amanda this week, too...