I am a huge fan of Ghost Adventures and The Haunting Series on TV, so Halloween is a time when we get to see a little bit of that magic everywhere.
People often get their homes decked up during Halloween. To be honest, the preparations start quite early because, for some, Halloween is a chance to renovate their house. From making their dwellings spotless to applying a fresh coat of paint to the walls (perhaps with the help of firms like Contrast Painting- they are considered to be reputed painters perth), some homeowners leave no scope to be in sync with the latest trends of Halloween. However, the most common kind of décor that a house sees during this time is the use of spooky lights. But this is not just it! Some even go to the extent of opting for new furnishings as well! Well, why not! If Halloween is here, Christmas and Thanksgiving are just a few days away as well. I have seen many friends of mine who buy furniture as well – like a Footstool And Table Combo, or those comfy recliners that come with cushions. Let us not stray from the topic at hand though!
Of course, the day is traditionally a Christian/Pagan festival and has evolved over the centuries since it first emerged in western Europe. It’s a day to pray for all of those lost souls in Hell (hence the theme of death and horror that we see today) and was modernised during the Gothic Revival during the 1800’s. Ghosts and ghouls became symbols of the holiday, representing those souls that are lost here on Earth. Modern Halloween decor reflects this, with many choosing to decorate their homes with antique gothic pieces from somewhere like william walter antiques. Now you know why candles and candelabras are so prevalent around this time of year in people’s homes!
The use of pumpkins has only really arisen due to the day’s proximity to Harvest Festival, with pumpkins being in season at this time of year. So, when you see a jack-o-lantern lighting up a window, it’s celebrating two festivals in one!
I was driving down my neighborhood and saw great spooky home decor, the towns near mine in Jersey were filled with haunted, gloomy, amazing displays and I couldn’t just pass them without sharing them with you! See if you can spot those ghosts and ghouls!
So I decided to share some of my favorites! I will let the pictures talk for themselves! Hope you enjoy the Trendy haunted homes as much as I did!
Super spooky! Looks like these guys painted their porch with a coat of flourescent paint that reacts to those lights. Don’t think I’d ever try it, at least not without having to hire someone from https://www.myhousepainter.com/ to come the day after to paint everything back to normal.
Feels a little Christmassy with this one. Jack Skellington probably lives here.
No doubt people walking or driving this house might do a double take. What can I say but yikes.
Now THIS is a house that really feels spooky. I bet a few trick or treaters have to dare each other to approch this house!
A little basic, but the pumpkins are cute!
Actually I take that last comment back. THIS is a cute pumpkin!
Have you decorated your home for Halloween? I can’t wait to hear which Trendy Spooky Home is your favorite? Give us a Trendy Shout!
Those are some Spooky houses! I am planning to decorate our house for Halloween but somehow, this month caught me at my busiest and I wasn’t able to do that.
Those are some pretty great Halloween decorating ideas! Thanks for sharing these.
I love when people deck out their homes for holidays! Halloween is such a fun one too!
Love how people go all out to celebrate a holiday. It definitely creates excitement in the area.
Very creative yard decorations! I hide out and binge watch horror movies, it gets too dangerous around here at night on Halloween Night, so I avoid the chaos and stay indoors!
Those house are looks so creepy, but this is perfect for halloween.
I honestly don’t get into Halloween. However, it is always fun and exciting to others decorate for the holiday!
I never decorate my home. However my ex-husband and my son decorate my ex’s home, and also have a small haunted house area inside. They let people into it for free.
this is so much fun! i decorated for the first time in years this year.
I love decorating for Halloween! We always have so much fun with it!
Those are so awesome! We have decorated our house, I should share some on the blog.
I just love seeing people decorating for Halloween! When I lived in FL everyone decorated… Here in NY… Ughhhh…. People are so boring and don’t do a thing -_-
Those are all really nice. It always delights me to see houses that are well decorated for Halloween. I’m so excited for Halloween! 🙂
We just have one home in our neighborhood that is decorated. I hope that’s not indicative of who is participating for Halloween, lol
I have never seen Halloween lights in person, only on the internet. I wish I was that creative and had the time to do something like this!
I love the third one down–the one with a ghost standing at an upstairs window!! That would make me go run for cover for certain!!
If I had the budget, I would also go out with my decorations. These are great houses.
Excellent spooky Halloween yards! Fun photos and no since my son moved out, we don’t decorate for this fun time – actually where I live no one comes down our streets – in the dark, cold mountains “where nobody can hear you scream…” – we’re a bit off the treats beat! 🙂
We have a great spooky house in our neighborhood. My husband wont let me decorate outside because we wont be home
I love how they’re all lit up for the holidays. We have one in our neighborhood and no one else has decorated. Party poopers. 🙂
I have friend who really get into decorating for Halloween. It’s fun to see all the great displays. Me, I throw a pumpkin on the steps and call it a day 🙂
We do not celebrate Halloween. We do enjoy looking at the homes of those who do and seeing what creative things they are able to come up with.
That’s awesome! It’s so fun to see pics of houses decked out for Halloween. My neighborhood doesn’t have many house that do that, so at least I can enjoy vicariously 😉
Wow some people really go all out with the Halloween decors! My family just makes sure we have a lot of treats to give out to the kids and maybe don a costume too.
wow! great job! thanks for sharing these spooky creations. I’ve never been one to decorate for halloween, but I always enjoy looking at everyone else’s work.
Those are some great decoration ideas. I can not wait until we purchase our home to be able to decorate like that.
I haven’t decorated for Halloween yet so I guess I should get to it, huh? It’s almost time for Christmas decorating!
We already started planning our Christmas drive around tours and this is so fun to see everyone getting into the Halloween spirit. I love these pics. Cute blog post idea.
Our neighbors go all out for each holiday. The kids just love it! Looking at all these pictures I’m inspired to do more at our home too.
We mostly only do pumpkins and halloween cookies, but these houses look amazing and we love seeing the spooky and scary decorations every year as we go trick or treating!
We haven’t decorated for Halloween yet, but I still want too. These houses all look cool, especially the second one.
I don’t normally decorate for Halloween (we don’t have any kids yet) but our next door neighbor does a bit. No one here goes all out for Halloween unfortunately, but they do go big for Christmas!
You really do have some great Halloween displays in your neighborhood! We love decorating for Halloween and definitely get into the holiday. I wish our neighbors were a little more into it, but we live where there are a lot of older couples. Our house is definitely the most dressed up! lol
Decorating is so much fun! I can’t wait until my kids are old enough to not be scared of things like this! I love how detailed this house looks!
Look at those decorations! I think people or companies are getting more creative each year. Great post, Claudia!
It is amazing how creative people get for Halloween! I love to drive around and look at decorations!
OMG! Creepy decoration. They are all creative. Perfect for the halloween.
Love the 1st house. Looks very scary. I haven’t done anything to our house.
Oh my gosh people are so creative. I think the house with the red lighting is the winner in my book!
I have not decorated my house this year, but I will be driving around the neighborhood to see what everyone else has come up with. It will be a fin night.
I have noticed some homes over the past few weeks around here that are decorated as well, and look pretty cool.
We love exploring around the neighborhood to see who did what. It’s fun to see al the lights and creative juices flowing! These people did a great job.
My husbands favorite holiday is Halloween. He would love seeing this post. How cool.
So many great lawn and home decorations for Halloween. I am getting ton s of inspiration!
Halloween in NYC is crazy. People go all out trying to top one another. These are some cool decorations
We used to go all-out and even build a haunted house in our garage. Need to get back to that tradition!
Halloween is our favorite holiday. Our house is decorated top to bottom, in and out! I can’t get enough of the holiday!
These are great! I love the one with the guy looking out of the top story window!
Those houses look great. We never do much Halloween decorating, but I think that needs to change.
Although we do not participate in Halloween decorating contests at home – we do at the campground. Some of the campsites build some really elaborate full structures and plan 5 years in advance for the event. I wish I had that kind of time but we are there every year to support their efforts, admire everyone’s work and ingenuity and lastly of course vote.
We only do pumpkins here, but we trick or treat by a house with a moving spider. It freaks the kids out!
This year it seems that people have gotten more creative with their yard decorations than ever before. I love it.