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Hi Folks,

Just wanted to ask if anyone else out there does what I do by covering ALL the furniture with white bed sheets at Halloween season? I just thought they add a little spookier ambiance

I have never paid for them -- I just ask local hotels for their "old" sheets (I cut off the fitted corners on bottom sheets and cut of the top and bottom strips of flat sheets). I have around 60 or so now.

I do it when we have a party, I think it has a duel purpose, looks like an old house with furniture covered like in the movies and keeps candle wax and assorted food and drink off the furniture.

I'm going to do this for our party in 2010. Gotta get bedsheets though.

First of all love the ceiling

Second of all yes I do only I dye mine grey, it gives it a more haunting look!

Third, love the floors, real hardwood????

I didn't know hotels will give out the old sheets.

Originally Posted by Scott N.

I do it when we have a party, I think it has a duel purpose, looks like an old house with furniture covered like in the movies and keeps candle wax and assorted food and drink off the furniture.

have to agree with scott here, we do it for the party not only for look but to protect them from makeup and spills. the protection part wasnt planned until we noticed a set of green leg marks on the sheets. guess a mermaid sat there.

Originally Posted by gravedigger greg

have to agree with scott here, we do it for the party not only for look but to protect them from makeup and spills. the protection part wasnt planned until we noticed a set of green leg marks on the sheets. guess a mermaid sat there.

Oh no!

In another thread someone who was covered in blood sat down on the couch because it was covered in a sheet... but the sheet was too thin and there were blood stains all over the couch when they removed the sheet.

Originally Posted by Juice

I didn't know hotels will give out the old sheets.

I didn't know they gave out bedsheets either. This is a great tip.

But do you have any tips on how to ask for them.. Dr. Terror Eyes?

Originally Posted by Spookilicious mama

First of all love the ceiling

Second of all yes I do only I dye mine grey, it gives it a more haunting look!

Third, love the floors, real hardwood????

I also love the house.

Also, dying the sheets grey is a great tip.

Have you tried to dye them any other color?

I am wondering is dying them with tea or coffee might give it an old... musty.... type of feel.

Originally Posted by Zeltino

I'm going to do this for our party in 2010. Gotta get bedsheets though.

I get mine free from a local Comfort Inn -- they throw them away after so many washings.

Just be open and tell them that you love to decorate your home for Halloween and any old bedsheets that are discarding -- and you KNOW that they do so every so many months -- would be gladly picked up from at their place of business. Tell them you don't care if stained or ripped (just take off a 4-inch strip where the tear is, for example). I usually score a bag of 20-30 mixed bottom and top sheets each time.