This year for Halloween I wanted to decorate more than we had before. With apartment living comes smaller storage space and less room for unnecessary things, which decor seems to fall under sometimes. So I elected for more of a DIY style, and am pretty proud of myself. I can reuse it next year and it won't take much space to store. Of course I used Pinterest for some ideas, it is such a great place to look for inspiration and I am probably on it way too much. But I do use the ideas I pin, so at least I am not wasting all of my time. Anyways I made two banners one saying, "Spooky" and another "Happy Halloween". I so wish I had some machine to cut things out for me but I don't (maybe Christmas, someone please tell my husband, haha) so I did it all by hand. But I don't mind this kind of thing, it is therapeutic to me and something I do for "me" time. So while the kids were napping I cranked out the decor.
For the front door, it isn't much but just a few pumpkins by our doormat and a little pumpkin welcome sign. I want a fall wreath so bad but haven't really looked or found one I liked. So eventually that will happen! I just don't know when!
As soon as you step into the apartment, to your left I have our chalkboard (which I change out seasonly or for holidays) I spent a good while working on it. I am a perfectionist so it takes a little longer for me, but I do it because it too is therapeutic. I know for most people they would not have the patience to dedicate so much time to seemingly meaningless things, but for me it is a chance to let my creative juices flow.
Then we come to the "bat wall". Yes I did hand cut them all, but I did have a template. So it wasn't too bad and yes as you can guess, therapeutic. And there is one of the banners I made. I put it above our tv because there is just so much empty space and this helped to fill it up. Also not pictured is a little glittery pumpkin I have sitting on our end table. Which Boston just loves because it lights up and he knows how to turn it on.
Lastly in the kitchen I have the "Spooky" banner hung across the window with some little wooden pumpkins I made at a Super Saturday a few years ago, that I just have sitting on the window sill. And next to one of the pumpkins in an 11x14" frame with a Halloween print that I also got at the same Super Saturday a few years ago.
I love that I have time to decorate for the holidays and spend extra time doing these little things that I enjoy. While I was in school I did not have the chance to do this so much, so it is nice to still use some design sense I have honed in on, but be able to do it when I want and not worry about homework. It helps makes the holiday spirt stronger for whatever season.
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