Saturday, August 25, 2012

A lovely place to rest your bones...

The internet again has provided me with inspiration for seating. Once again Pinterest has shown me lovelies I would have never otherwise seen. This post is going to focus on various chairs that range from glamorous to torturous. Regardless they should fit well in most spooky rooms. Spooky, yes. Comfortable, I imagine not.


This would be lovely in a room where there isn't much color.


This looks incredibly comfy.


I imagine this in a kitchen or on the patio.


I see chairs similar to this at thrifts and yard sales. It could easily be recovered in a suitable fabric and painted or stained dark to match any dark room.


This dark beauty calls to me.


This looks like the chair I would imagine Malificent to sit upon in the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale.


Looks like a chair you would find on the wall of the Night's Watch.


This is a classic piece, that you may find at a yard sale or thrift in those horrible granny fabrics that beg for you to recover.


This is another chair that I see often at thrift stores that perhaps belonged to a long replaced dining set. This chair could very easily be painted and reupholstered to fit your home.


Interesting chair that would fit well in a room with a Ottoman or Moor feel.


Such a beauty. I can imagine the Red Queen taunting Alice from such a chair.


I am not a fan of the wood stain, but this chair is beautiful in it's simplicity. I would probably paint the wood a sleek red enamel and leave the leather seat as is.


Oh my! I would love these chairs to sit at my kitchen table!


This would be lovely in my bedroom, but I would have to be careful to not go overboard with the animal prints.


The beautiful attraction of this chair is the skull print and it's creamy coloring of the fabric. Nicely done.


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Dusting off the cobwebs...

Oh poor neglected blog, I have been bad in maintaining you. As the weather begins to cool and Halloween goodies start to pop back up in the stores, I am reminded of your existence. Forgive me. To get back into this blogging thing, I shall share some of my favorite Dark Decor Inspiration Pins I have pinned on Pinterest. Some you may have seen before, some may be new. But they are all inspirations for the souls who like to stay spooky all year round. This room has so many elements I love. The grey fireplace, the zebra rug, the striped wallpaper, as well as the sheer curtains.


I love the sleekness of this very sexy bathroom. The glossy black molding stands out against the red wallpaper.


What is there to not love about this room?


I really like the adding of color to the backboards of the bookcases.


I'm not crazy about the floral aspects of this room, but I love the glossy furniture and the use of fur.


More animal prints! See a theme with me?


Do you have a Pin of a room that inspires you on Pinterest? Or have you stumbled upon a dark jewel somewhere on the internet? Please share.
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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Ouija Lamp

I have a couple of Ouija Boards that I have picked up at Goodwill that have been sitting on a shelf ignored and unused.
So when I came across this lamp on craftster, I knew I wanted to do the same.
Fast forward months later and I still hadn't begun. I had collected a lampshade, but alas I couldn't find the perfect one used in the inspiration lamp, so I made do. I carefully peeled the paper top from the board and decoupaged it onto the shade. I robbed a black feather boa from an old piece of lingerie, added some ribbon and a dollar store bird and called it done.
But it sat unused until the end of September when DH called me out on my laziness and said I would never finish it. That lit a fire under my butt and I quickly found a lamp at Goodwill that I could robbed the light kit from. DH then promptly attached the light kit, added a red bulb and hung it for me in the dining room.

And without further ado, here is my Ouija Lamp.





























I do admit that I think the original lamp looks better, but I am happy with the end result. I have delighted in my BIL's freaking out, and the admiring glances of friends who appreciate my spooky decor.


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Saturday, November 12, 2011

More Crafty Wreaths

I had to break up my Wreath Pins into 2 posts, because there was such a wealth of people who shared their talents this year.



How Freakin' Awesome is this? Seriously, I love it.


And this one? Yes, it's made from store bought props but it's reuse is one of the best I have seen.



How about this simple beauty?

Or this one that's beyond creepy?

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Wreaths

Pinterest is hands down my favorite site on the web, it's a wealth of tips and tricks and decor ideas. You download an app for your browser and when you come across something you like you "pin" it and it's saved to Pinterest. You "pin" an image as a visual reminder and pinterest saves the original link, so that it makes it super easy to revisit. It's bookmarking but better, because you can access it from any computer, not just your home.

I've been "pinning" my favorite Halloween wreaths and want to share. These are all handmade crafty wreaths that you will not find in any store.











Seriously, why waste your money on fluffy glittery mass manufactured decor? You can totally be inspired by these talented people and make our own.
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Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween!!!

Yay! Zombie Pumpkins has templates of Sam from Trick R Treat! DH and I couldn't resist carving our favorite little Halloween buddy!


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Friday, October 14, 2011

The Best Month of Them All...

October is my favorite month of the year. Seriously who doesn't love it when the trees go from green to such beautiful colors that just take your breath away.
It also brings cooler weather, which means breaking out my favorite piece of clothing. The super comfy hoody.

Most importantly it's the month that brings the best holiday of them all. Known by many names...Samhain, Samhaim, Calan Gaeaf, All Hallows Eve, All Saints Eve, or the more common Halloween.

One of my earliest memories was going out with my older cousins Trick R Treating. I was five or six. I had a pink and white Barbie Cowgirl outfit. It was vinyl and I loved it. We didn't use plastic buckets or fancy bags. We used pillow cases. We would fill the pillow cases, return to the house, dump the candy and go back out again.
When we were older I remember changing costumes and making the rounds a second time. It seemed like almost every house had a light on and was giving out candy. It seemed like every house had some kind of decoration.

As I got older and was too old to Trick R Treat, I helped my Mother decorate our yard and give out candy. We stuffed old clothes to make fake monsters with old masks. Cobwebs covered the yard. Classic Halloween music boomed from our house. A strobe light made it all even more spookier. We delighted in kids saying we had the scariest house in the neighborhood.

Now as an adult, I don't get to Trick R Treat anymore. We live in an apartment and tho there are many kids in the neighborhood, we have never had a knock on the door. Not one single knock. In fact this year our complex newsletter suggested doing a Trunk or Treat event at the local YMCA. No mention of door to door Trick R Treating. That seems so entirely sad.

But we celebrate anyway. We light all the pumpkins and candles, and we have a Halloween movie marathon. It's also our anniversary and we do other freaky things. ;)

That being sad, I love hitting Michaels, Target and other big box stores to see the newest of the Halloween goodies. I love hitting the thrift stores for costume inspirations and I love checking out the fly by night Halloween shops that pop up and are gone so quickly.

But mostly I love the inspiring craftiness of other Halloween fans on the web. I recently became addicted to Pinterest, the best kept secret of the internet. Pinterest has only feed my Halloween and Horror addiction. If you haven't checked it, you should. If you need an invite, leave a comment with your email addy and I will send one to you.

Here are a few of my Halloween favorites courtesy of Pinterest.
Use cookie cutters to carve your pumpkin!


Slithery Spooky Halloween Wreath


A chandelier from a broken umbrella!


Easy Pumpkin cake!
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