Looking for Alternative Halloween Decorating Ideas that are both actually stylish and spooky? We got you.
Gone are the days of the plastic pumpkins and dreaded, threaded spider web that seemed like a good idea until you're hungover and scooping it out from the corners of the room with your fingernails. For the Spooky Season sommeliers like us, it is just the perfect excuse to host a dinner party with some serious drama. Think the lights down so low you need a church-load of candles, pinterest boards packed with halloween food ideas (this year we're obssessed with mozzarella cut out like tiny ghosts) and trick or treat candy tucked into our Uashmama silver metallic paper bags at the front door.
This Halloween we're all about cinematic drama with help from some of our all time favourite scary stories. We've picked five movies and the halloween decor accessories to match that we think the villain would choose. So now all you need to do is decide whether you're hosting a Hannibal Lecter-inspired dinner party for your other half (chianti for two?) or a Shining-style sleepover with friends at the Overlook Hotel. Just make sure you've got your flashlight at the ready when the lights go out..
Host an anatomy-themed Hannibal Halloween Party
Best known for his love of beans and a bottle of red (and just a little bit of murder), we think Mr Lecter would be hosting a not-quite-so-romantic dinner for two with a tablescape palette of wine red, blood red, flesh pink and iron grey. Hosting a Silence of the Lambs themed dinner party? Layer up the table with our Red Metallic Table Linen shot through with a glint of silver metallic thread, Antique-Look Cutlery and a few choice anatomy-themed table decorations like our Feet Candle Holders and Hand Place Card Holders to give your guests a little giggle.. or scare them senseless!
Party like Pennywise with a Surreal Circus Theme for Halloween
Pennywise the Dancing Clown is best known for luring his victims into the sewers but given the choice he’d probably rather be hosting a surrealist circus-themed kid’s party above ground complete with a cacophony of red balloons and picky-tea party food served in our child-friendly coloured enamelware collection. Complete the look with hand-painted acrobat candle holders and lots of circus tent stripes and jester-collar style frilly edges.
This halloween decor theme is not for the coulrophobic - that’s phobia of clowns for you and me!
The Shining Decor Ideas for the Horror Fanatic
The King of Horror strikes again, this time we’re heading to the Overlook Hotel - the snowy, isolated setting of The Shining for a spooky sleepover. Johnny’s on the rampage so time to hole up in your hotel room and order room service!
Have breakfast in bed piled high with Fluffy Ribbed Cushions and Throws as soft as snow, sip writer’s coffee (recipe: blackest black and full of despair) from our Ribbed Coffee Tumblers and tuck into your eggs the way Johnny would have themsunny side up served on Snow White Hana Karim Platters and salted to perfection using our new Teak Salt Cellars.
Just make sure the wood-chopping axe is in a locked cabinet!
Roll with a Vintage Horror Movie Theme with the Creature from the Black Lagoon
Heading out on the water for spooky season? Don that screen siren white swimsuit and share some oysters aboard The Rita with the Gill-Man of your dreams - the Creature from the Black Lagoon! You’ll need a Fieldbar Cooler in Safari White or Sea Boat Blue for keeping your champagne and oysters chilled in the heat of the Amazon rainforest. Want to set the mood for seduction? Light some tapered candles perched in pearly glazed handmade candle holders from HLW Ceramics and serve your seafood in our signature Enamel Oven Trays with it’s rainforest-green edge.
Have a Hogwarts-inspired tea party with Dolores
We all know the real villain in the wizarding world isn't the muggle-hating, nostrilly-challenged Dark Lord, it's the pink tweed-toting, children-despising, cute cat fanatic Dolores Jane Umbridge. We’re not sure there’s any other villain who can make our skin crawl as much as this terrible tyrant but her style really is iconic and we can't fault her for that. Barbie’s got nothing on this woman’s love of pink!
We’re imagining afternoon tea with Teach to be a pretty in pink affair with lots of gold-edged small plates for cucumber sandwiches, ornate handpainted Cockatoo Candle Holders and plenty of silk floral Dagny cushions to soften her up. It’s pastel-hued and ultra feminine but do not be fooled, this isn't cream tea and scones with your Granny, if this woman serves you 'tea' you know you’ll be spilling it soon enough..
Feeling inspired to start decorating for your stylish Halloween party? Shop our Spooky Season collection online now.
