Bewitching Halloween Entryways by Houzzers

Houzzers, you answered our call! Thank you for sharing your creative Halloween entryways with us. I have been having a ball checking out all of your decorations, from inviting harvest displays to decor made to frighten off the most intrepid visitors. Here's how you all are spicing things up this October.

Lighting plays a big part in a lot of Houzzers' Halloween entry schemes. Garrison Hullinger certainly has the expertise to create a great Halloween glow and spotlighting for his favorite holiday.


Hullinger also has some toil and trouble brewing on the front porch, giving the place a layer of creepy fog.


Photographer Mary Prince posted this lovely Halloween driveway; autumnal landscape islands are topped off by pumpkins.


Lynda Quintero-Davids of Focal Point Styling has emphasized the vertical with tall branches and bright fall foliage.


Houzz user rgillenwater's display can easily be de-Halloweened on November 1.


This entry transforms after dark, when Houzz user safbham flicks on creepy glowing cat eyes and flickering orange lights.


Gourds and pumpkins are such a great way to decorate for both Halloween and fall in general. The more disfigured and wartier, the better.

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This image, sent by Houzz user cindyp106, is the one that made me laugh the hardest. Apparently, Pumpkinbum is in need of a good belt.


If you want to work that Halloween curb appeal past the stoop area, use a window box or deep windowsill like Smalls Landscaping has here.


You may think this is just a pretty entry decorated for maximum fall curb appeal, but look closely ... it seems the house may have landed on the Wicked Witch of the East.


As impressive as pumpkins intricately carved with Van Gogh paintings or lace patterns are, I prefer to be met with old-school jack-o'-lanterns with personality like these.


It's hard to believe that Houzz user Deborah Price is not done with this spooky entry yet. She promises to reveal the completed design on All Hallows' Eve. You can follow her progress in her Halloween 2012 ideabook.


Front yards–turned–graveyards are becoming more and more elaborate. This one is from Houzz user shannon; the next one came in from Houzz user sunflowerbecky.





Houzz user Kevin writes, "L-O-V-E Halloween! Here is what we do with our entry but we do a lot more with the yard. We get nearly 600 trick-or-treaters every year. So fun!" Kevin's pumpkin-head ghouls look even more menacing at night (next photo).


Here's a close-up of Kevin's pumpkin-head ghouls at night. Pretty scary stuff — I'm amazed 600 trick-or-treaters brave their way up to the door.


Houzz user tenthmile writes, "This is the first year I've really done anything for Halloween, so no laughing." No laughing here; I'm batty over this clever garage door dressing.


Edgar Allan Poe brought out the goth in Houzz user donnasue65, who used his poem "The Raven" as inspiration for a black, white and red scheme.


Houzz user ksflygirl makes sure her lovely fall entryway doesn't get eaten by local Kansas varmints by shining up her gourds with some lacquer.


I certainly would not accept the apple this witch in Boston's Back Bay is offering!


Sunflowerbecky did not miss a detail on this creepy hanging skeleton bride, complete with a veil and a black rose. "We go all out for Halloween ... we live in a 140-year-old house and we bring the kids and parents through the house with each room decorated to be mildly haunted," she writes. Does anyone else get the feeling from this that it's not so mild? I'd love to check it out.


Houzz user Melissa Hedges knows the power of giving people the feeling that there's something scary hovering overhead. One look up at this must produce a terrified gasp.


Houzz user tomnkat has silhouettes in every window of the house.


"I looked for shapes that I liked and sketched them on black fadeless bulletin board paper," writes tomnkat. "[I] cut them and taped them up! I love them and my daughter starts asking me to put them up on October 1st — they are a hit in the neighborhood!"





Houzz user sarelle23 makes sure the little ones aren't scared off by these spooky skeletons and spiderwebs. "We are known as the Halloween House in our neighborhood," she writes. "We replace the white bulb on the porch with red, which really glows behind the cobweb at night. The skeleton on the right is on a sensor and makes noise and moves when people walk by. We can see the trick-or-treaters from our kitchen window — if they're young, I answer the door and it's less scary. If they're older, my husband puts on a monster hand and slowly opens the door, scaring the older kids — they love it!"


At first glance, Houzz user flippingartist's front porch doesn't seem all that scary, until you notice those creepy eyes peeking out from the "hole" in the steps.


Don't be intimidated by elaborate decorations; look at how charming something as simple as Houzz user ikwewe's jack-o'-lantern lights can be, day or night.

Please check out the Comments section of the original Halloween Houzz call to see more great decorating ideas. Also, please keep sharing your decorations in the Comments section below!

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