haute halloween: spooky and stylish decor

Squash It

Dress up your space with the colors of fall: Katy Elliott collected leaves from her yard to make this festive wreath. She added gourds, squashes and bittersweet along the mantel, with two edgy skulls, to create a look that's festive and colorful.

SHOP NOW: Crown-of-thorns gourd, $2

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Walled In

Despite the skull-and-crossbones motif, there's something unexpectedly glamourous about this velvet-textured wallpaper by British company Beware the Moon. While doing an entire room in the print may be too much, it could add some year-round interest to a guest bathroom or bedroom closet.

SHOP NOW: Black-on-gunmetal skulls wallpaper, $232

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Dashing Pumpkins

Move over, jack-o-lantern: Mixed media artist Alisa Burke transforms plain pumpkins into designer decorations with bright acrylic paint.

SHOP NOW: Liquid Basics acrylics, $15

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Frightening feast

This ghostly breakfast nook, designed by Anna Wulick, layers on the creativity: Create a "dripping" cover by trimming the edges of two disposable table cloths and placing one on top of the other. And a blank chalkboard offers a fun way to draw eerie sketches.

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Green Light

How do you make something ghoulish and tasteful? Take a cue from Jonathan Lo of Happy Mundane and keep the color scheme simple. For this centerpiece, Lo spray-painted bottles and candleholders white, incorporated a few plastic skulls and added some green glass accessories into the mix.

SHOP NOW: 12-inch dipped taper candles, $33

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Head Start

For a minimalist take on the Halloween tradition, try West Elm's candles (available in two sizes and colors) or Cardboard Safari's flat-pack skull, which can easily be stored until next year.

SHOP NOW: Skull candles, $19 and $29; Flat-pack skull, $20

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Spin Cycle

If you're looking for 11th-hour Halloween decor, then cobwebs made from cotton batting remain a classic. The trick is to incorporate what's already in your environment, as with this scooter in NYC.

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Murder of Crows

Writer and DIY maven Laura Fenton created this chic and creepy accent piece using a simple branch, matte black spray paint, fake birds, a large vase and dry black beans to fill the vase and keep the branches steady. The unique arrangement lends an organic goth appeal to an entryway or living room.

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