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Monday, October 6, 2008
How spooky is your Haunted home style?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
With three children and a lifetime of collecting, my mother has decorations for every holiday my family celebrates.
Growing up, Christmas was the decor mother-load with an extensive Santa collection, stockings, several trees and Annalee dolls. Easter was awash in brightly-colored eggs and bunnies, while July 4th brought to our home stars, stripes and flags. Halloween was celebrated with friendly-faced pumpkins, whimsical black cats and “spooky” treats. Thanksgiving, of course, was symbolized with vegetable-laden cornucopias, pilgrims and turkeys — the brown paper bag variety my siblings and I crafted in elementary school.
In retrospect, all of this could sound rather gaudy, but as a child those decorations symbolized my mother’s love for her family and dedication to her home. She created a special environment for each holiday that in turn, created priceless memories. She’s much more reserved and refined in her decorating now that we’re grown, though Christmas remains a blow out. (Come early December, the house will glisten with white lights, orange-scented pine, red and gold ribbons and the aforementioned Santa collection.)
I share my mother’s love for Christmas decor, though as a single woman, I rarely acknowledge Halloween in my home. The holiday seems best-suited for children, who get a kick out of fake cobwebs and spiders. (Still, I’m a bit in love with these bizarre pumpkin-head dolls from Horchow.
Do you celebrate Halloween in your home? What elements do you use to make your home a warm, albeit Haunted House?
Need some decor resources? Check out such websites as Ballard Designs, Lillian Vernon and Horchow.
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