decorations for all themes

Striving for a multi-sensory experience

A dramatic entrance is the first requirement, with lights on, but nobody home, except maybe some spooky housemates peering through the windows.

A morbid greeter at the door is a nice touch, to direct guests into the home. Maybe a dark-robed figure, extending a glove filled with sawdust.

Keep furnishings sparse, removing furniture, rolling up carpets, and taking down curtains. Don't overdo the black and orange color scheme, as an ashen palette can be much more effective.

Remove live plants and flowers, replacing them with sophisticated arrangements of dried flowers and stripped branches, maybe adding a few black silk roses to the grouping.

Cobwebs

Hang strings from ceiling/doorways where people will walk through

White tattered cheesecloth hanging from ceiling/doorways, tables & lamps*

Black lights or low watt bulbs in light fixtures

Spanish Moss Hanging from Trees

Black plastic spiders on ice

Jack-O-Lanterns cut from pumpkins and squash

Fish tank with red-dyed water and floating eyeball candles

Yard Ghosts

Chiffon Ghosts

Lighted Pathways

Tombstones/graveyard

Dry ice and fog machine

Black crepe paper curtain