[Paul Melniczek]

My cousin has a garage which they converted into a rec room, and she keeps a number of life-size mannequins out all-year long. A few years back I was staying over one night a week during the summer, working up in their neck of the woods, and it was creepy sleeping out there, with the woods and fields all around, plus the garage door only screened. They used to have the most awesome indoor/outdoor Halloween party years back but it became too much work and they stopped having them entirely, which I really miss. Her husband used to have a mini-hayride, with a rickety wagon pulled by his lawn tractor. We would go down the road past the church and graveyard. We weren't so much afraid of ghosts, but of the thing tipping over in the road, since we were all rather "spirited up" ourselves.

 

[Paul Melniczek]

Any new takers to the club this year? Open membership now lol!

 

[Melanormal]

I'm lucky enough to have a small room to the side of our storage building that is dedicated to Halloween stuff. Everything gets a little dusty (and pollenated), so I have to seal it all up pretty well, but it's been nice.

 

[IshWitch]

Wish we had a basement! Very rare in FL, but if I did it would be the Halloween area for sure!
I always wanted a basement with all of the exercise equipment down there and decorate it like a dungeon because it is Torture! LOL!
Now that all of the kids are FINALLY out (fingers crossed, one has a rocky marriage) we've turned the one BR into a workout room, hmmm...possibilities!

 

[Nickthetoyguy]

yep... I do. My youtube channel gores manor youll see it

 

[lilibat]

My kitchen and downstairs bathroom are 100% halloween all year long. Now most rooms have some halloween bits here and there year round as well but you have to understand I am an old goth married to an old gothpunk and we are both geeks, the less said about the Warhammer collection (MORE SKULLS!) the better. There are bats and skulls all over the place, and cats. We have 4 cats.

Also having a Necromancer with a skeleton on a leash in your front window year round really discourages the god botherers.

 

[mrincredibletou]

This is my lab/bar up all year long

 

[mrincredibletou]

More Lab/Bar pics

 

[Paul Melniczek]

Yep, that qualifies. Looks spooky. I have the Dracula Pub sign too.

We moved recently into a larger house with a lot more land on a mountain (see country threads). We have a complete lower level and I made the large room into a rec area with bar and pool table. I'll keep Halloween stuff up all year in that, plus things like classic horror movies lobby cards. This pic is taken from behind the bar. I'll take more recent ones and post.

 

[Paul Melniczek]

Thought to get this thread back as well...There have been some really cool pics. I still have trouble posting them myself, but the rec room maintains its theme.

 

[Oleguy]

Sounds like our whole house. Creepy crap everywhere!

 

[Scarab]

Does anyone else need a second house to store all of their Halloween decorations like I do?

Scarab

 

[wickedwillingwench]

i am working on my space. I have a corner of our basement designated as the Halloween area--I have a big old victorian looking sofa to go in there as well as some family 'gore-traits' and a boney bunch collection. i won't have it ready this fall but next year, we're gonna be ready to go.

AND i might take over a whole nother section of the basement...we'll see how far i can push my dh with my obsession. Lol.

 

[pumpkinpatchbook]

My year round Halloween room. Still needs a little work.

 

[Paul Melniczek]

That room looks really cool. The village is nicely laid out.

With the talk in the other thread about taking down Halloween décor, it seemed like an appropriate time to resurrect this one again. This thread definitely has some (witch) legs to it!

 

[Rigormortor]

Does anyone else need a second house to store all of their Halloween decorations like I do?

Scarab

Thats what my basement has turned into. I also set up a work bench and 2 work tables to work on props during the winter.

 

[yeloowtang]

I have a few props still out
I would like to open up and finish the attic and have all of my props and a game room up there..maybe that will work soon, have to convince the wife.

she on the other hand wants me to sell all of my snakes/ reptiles and free up the spare bedroom downstairs, use that as a Halloween storage room.
but, I'm just not ready to sell my animals that I've put soo many years into.. so the attic plan is my priority for now LOL

 

[Paul Melniczek]

It's been years since this thread was active, but every post-holiday season I see a new one about not putting Halloween away, and it reminds me of the one here that I started. The Rec Room has stuff up year round, also with pool table and bar, and its theme is classic horror and sci-fi with movie lobby cards, vintage Halloween items mostly (blow molds and other), and small lighted decor. Since I write supernatural and fantasy fiction, it also helps to inspire some of my material...good excuse!

 

[01GTB]

We had a Halloween room at the old place but our new location doesn’t have enough space. Our Halloween room is now a 10x15 storage unit. I honestly can’t believe it all fit and had room for the few Christmas pieces too. Its nearly completely full now. We had some lingering decorations at the house until last weekend. The 12 foot skelly, two 12 foot witches and 9 foot werewolf boxes are completely hidden from sight. It definitely well packed.

 

[IowaGuy]

Yes, I have a room in my Blair witch basement i named The Halloween Room. Its basically a Large closet actually but with a tiny window, two tiny closets, a heater/ac vent and a light. My house was built in 1928 and this room was intended to be a bedroom but no one in their right mind would stay or sleep in there. It would make a much better torture chamber honestly.