DECORATIVE IDEAS FOR A SPOOKTACULAR HALLOWEEN MANTELPIECE
Halloween is well and truly on its way and it’s time to start decorating your home ready for these hallowed nights. This is an exceptionally fun time of year when you can really get creative within your home with your family and friends. When it comes to decorating your mantelpiece there are many ideas and roots to go down, decide on a theme and style for your mantelpiece considering colours and décor pieces to use. This tells a story in your design and shows a balanced consistent theme in your space.
SPOOKY SPIDEY
Get in the spooky spirit with a spider-themed mantelpiece, create or buy a cluster of hairy creepy crawlies... there’s nothing more chilling! You can get creative with arts and crafts to create the look or keep it simple with paper cutouts. Pair with simple Halloween accents such as pumpkins, gourds and a touch of candlelight.
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PUMPKIN MADNESS
You can never have enough pumpkins! Let your fireplace explode with pumpkins of all different sizes. Start with the large pumpkins and begin to layer the smaller ones over them to create the pumpkin madness. Experiment with different shades and colours to add a balanced variety and depth. To bring in an extra touch you can use craft or tissue paper to cut out pumpkin faces, these can be used as a stencil to go into your mirror or put on a piece of string to create a garland.
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GRUESOME GREEN
The colour conveys the mad science themes of many frightening green monsters such as Frankenstein. Create a cohesive colour palette and pair an eerie green with black and white. Paint your pumpkins and gourds different shades of moody greens to create the look, you can even add a golden sparkle with hints of glitter. Add décor accents of green or black bugs, frogs, insects you can think of, you could even accomplish this through painting some artwork.
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CREEPY CROW
Create a feathered nest of crows with a black and white colour scheme. Use plenty of black feathers to scatter around the mantelpieces and place washed-out orange pumpkins on top. Incorporate eccentric, rusty birdcages and experiment with hanging them using wire or string. You can even create a bird’s nest from plant stem or hay.
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AUTUMN GLOW
If you want something more simplistic and minimalistic opt for an autumnal glow with the gorgeous inviting reds, orange and yellows of autumn. Create a stylish design with coloured fall candles, pumpkins and acorns. You could also incorporate a branch, wreath or garland with autumn leaves and foliage. Add in some elegant metallic elements such as bowls or vases, these can be used for branch features and pumpkins. To bring in some light you could also embed some fairy lights within the foliage.
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BLACK & ORANGE
Black is the new orange! Nothing speaks Halloween more than classic black and orange. combine these colours through Halloween motifs such as spiders, crows, owls, bugs and of course pumpkins! Additionally, you could include spooky art and a suspended spiderweb feature to more depth and layers to the mantelpiece.
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HOCUS POCUS
Put a spell on your mantelpiece and add a bewitching touch. Get creative with household items, arts and crafts to make your own witch, create or buy a witch hat and broom to complete the theme. Bring in pieces of witch art, surrounded by plenty of spooky candlelight and pumpkins, you can even use bottles or jars and label them as positions.
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Are you ready to decorate your home for this Halloween season?
Love Omar x
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