Every year I pull out our many boxes of Halloween decorations and spend the better part of a day transforming our home into a haunted house. In order to draw out the holiday, I begin the lead-in to Halloween two weeks ahead of time. Despite the true-to-life details that I attempt to create, my main intention is maintain a balance by keeping the decor elegant, fun, tasteful and ghoulish!!!!

My children are now teenagers and delight in the “spine tingling, eerie” decor.  Each Halloween I add in a fresh, new “home made” collection of treasures.  Over the next two days, I’ll be posting three Spooktacular ideas that are certain to delight your pumpkin-carving guests and Trick-Or-Treaters.