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Halloween decorations will delete visitors to your door this Halloween. Photo shot at the Curious Sofa in Prairie Village.
Posted on Sun, Sep. 13, 2009 08:51 AM
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Creep chic is the theme of Halloween.
With a little imagination and inspiration, spooky can be sophisticated, and wicked can be whimsical.
For decorating tricks, House + Home picked the brain of Debbie Dusenberry, who works Halloween magic on a grand scale inside and outside her Prairie Village home furnishings boutique, Curious Sofa. We loved last season’s (doll)house that had fallen on a witch, leaving only her striped-stocking legs showing. “Freak Show” is the style at the store this year, and we can’t wait to see what that will look like.
For entertaining treats, we spoke to event planner Julie Blanner of Coordinately Yours in Prairie Village. She thinks Halloween is fun no matter what age you are. We agree.
Open this guide and you’ll find their ideas and lots of other goodies sure to thrill both big ghouls and little goblins.
SHOW US YOUR SPOOKACULAR DÉCOR
In the next few weeks as you decorate for Halloween, send us photos of what you create. We’ll show some in an upcoming House + Home section and on KansasCity.com/home. E-mail us at home@kcstar.com with “Halloween” in the subject line. Tell us your name, city and details about your decorations.
In the next few weeks as you decorate for Halloween, send us photos of what you create. We’ll show some in an upcoming House + Home section and on KansasCity.com/home. E-mail us at home@kcstar.com with “Halloween” in the subject line. Tell us your name, city and details about your decorations.
THREE WAYS TO DECORATE PUMPKINS: CARVING KNIVES OPTIONAL
Curious Sofa owner Debbie Dusenberry suggests:
Curious Sofa owner Debbie Dusenberry suggests:
•Disguising them with masks (like these from Curious Sofa, 3925 W. 69th Terrace in Prairie Village).
•Stenciling and filling in the designs with glitter puff paint (like this glass one we found).
•Rubber stamping your address numbers.
BOO ON A BUDGET: TWO BIZARRE WREATH IDEAS
•This grapevine wreath was $2 on sale at Hobby Lobby. “The horizontal oval is unusual,” Dusenberry says. Plus, you can tuck in a Halloween-themed postcard or sign, then take it out and use the wreath until Thanksgiving.
•This grapevine wreath was $2 on sale at Hobby Lobby. “The horizontal oval is unusual,” Dusenberry says. Plus, you can tuck in a Halloween-themed postcard or sign, then take it out and use the wreath until Thanksgiving.
•Spraypaint an old broom — the bristles and the handle — black. You might have to angle the broom or shorten the handle.
STEAL THIS IDEA: MAKE A PUMPKIN OUT OF OLD CLOTHES AND LACE
We confess, we found this pumpkin already made at a store. You can make it by balling up an old T-shirt, wrapping it in black lace and tying ribbon to make the little stem.
We confess, we found this pumpkin already made at a store. You can make it by balling up an old T-shirt, wrapping it in black lace and tying ribbon to make the little stem.
WICKED WINE
Sure, you could make your own, but Martha Stewart’s new Halloween collection for Grandinroad includes 12 haunted wine labels to “make your Pinot really noir” with “Arsenic Cider Mix,” “Effervescing Tonic” and “Poison” decals that create a crackled effect on glass or plastic.
Sure, you could make your own, but Martha Stewart’s new Halloween collection for Grandinroad includes 12 haunted wine labels to “make your Pinot really noir” with “Arsenic Cider Mix,” “Effervescing Tonic” and “Poison” decals that create a crackled effect on glass or plastic.
•Martha Stewart Halloween Mad Scientist Labels (4 of each design), $12, www.grandinroad.com
MACABRE MANTEL
Fill clear glass jars of different shapes and sizes with creepy candy, says Dusenberry, including black licorice and gummy worms. Eat the goodies after trick-or-treaters take your peanut butter cups.
Fill clear glass jars of different shapes and sizes with creepy candy, says Dusenberry, including black licorice and gummy worms. Eat the goodies after trick-or-treaters take your peanut butter cups.
ALARMING ACCENTS
Dusenberry thinks there’s something sinister yet sophisticated about:
Dusenberry thinks there’s something sinister yet sophisticated about:
•Feathers in tarnished silver vessels.
•Black and white pictures (perhaps Poe?) in a baroque frame
•Monogrammed black perfume bottles (bonus if you can find a ‘B’ and two ‘Os.’ $10 each, Hobby Lobby)
•Gauzy scarves thrown over lampshades.
•Spider silhouettes taped inside lampshades.
LOCAL ART
All from Curious Sofa:
All from Curious Sofa:
•Original lettering and hand-cut silhouettes by Diane and Madeline Tompkins, $85
Enjoy 31 ideas from our mad scientist lab (including lots of boos on a budget). Three are on this page and the rest are inside. | E4 & 5
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