Thread: Indoor Decorations

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Remember that you want to set the tone for the party.
Swapping out regular light switches with dimmer light switches is a start. It's pretty inexpensive & simple to do. You can control the lighting from room to room. If you have a chandelier, add flicker flame bulbs to it. Uplights (vertical cylinder w/ light mounted in bottom) create drama. Put a strobe light on the floor pointing up at the ceiling in front of the drapes, then pull them closed. It will look like lightning, etc. from outside. Sometimes keeping things simple is the best. Ice hand in the punch bowl, pillar candles, pumpkins or Jack-o-lanterns around. Don't forget to theme out the bathroom, maybe a bat cave or something. Hang shreaded cheesecloth from ceilings, etc. with velcro dots. Don't forget to use fax spider webs around mirrors, chandeliers, & even hanging from the ceiling w/ velcro dots. There should be some creepy music like: Midnight Syndicate or Nox Arcana at the entrance to greet guests & set the tone. A fogger w/ chiller outside the door would help too. Don't forget outside lighting to theme out too.

Almost forgot... visit the Dollar Stores. They have cheap black crows to decorate. Can be added thoughout about food, next to pumpkins, or even hung from monofiliment to simulate flight.

try using blue and/or green lights instead gives better lighting and gives definate haunted house feeling. also try cardboard or laminated halloween pictures images and tape stick to front of cupboards; could also use posable cardboard figures.

I bought some nice cardboard cutouts and banners at the dollar tree yesterday. Great deals for a dollar. I plan to use those inside. Kids will love them, hopefully.

Ditto on the Dollar Tree items. They have nice looking paper lanterns with bulbs that are as nice as the more expensive ones. Mirror and Wall decals, banners, cutouts, its all good!
For the kitchen Dollar Tree has a set of signs with creepy menus and such. You can go even further and get Scene Setter type covers for your cabinet doors.

Our party is outside, and I need to work on my inside too...and I agree that lighting plays a big part. Even tho I use candles, and glowing pumpkins, its not enough. People come inside to use the bathroom and even tho there is plenty of light, they turn on all the lights and leave them on (ruining the mood). I think I will switch out my lightbulbs for blue & green ones (thanks cwhitlock ) and hang blair witch-like stick thingys with the velcro dots (thanks haunty ) I was gonna use tacks, but velcro is way better!
Last year I had these glass canisters on my counters, and people loved them.

Barbarella- love your pics! (the one with your kitty on the gargoyle is great!)

Britishwitch - OMG! I sure hope you had help making all that food!
Everything is in nice bite-size pieces, so convienent for everyone.
Great pics....

Britishwitch, Welcome to this Happiest of Haunts!

I haven't got too much space indoors but I will show you a couple of piccies from last years party. Mine tends to be a little cutsie as there are a lot of small children around but there is so much you can do.

Love your decor Britishwitch.

SkellyCat, Last year I had these glass canisters on my counters, and people loved them.


Great canisters, SkellyCat. You gave me some great ideas for items to put in my jars.

I love decorating with the Halloween string lighting, I place them around my windows and entryways along with placing them above my kitchen cabinets. They are great for indoor decorating as well as out. Check out some of the string lighting at Unique Halloween String Lights