Halloween Lust, Luster & DIY

Ways to Spook Things Up

listening to "I put a spell on you"-Nina Simone

I am delighting in the creepy skulls that would stay on in a prominent place in our home after El Dia De Los Muertos! These fit our aesthetic perfectly and they're cast not real so they're vegan friendly, found objects upcycled and repurposed!

I want to make this or buy it. It's amazing! It was on etsy but I forgot where. Forgive me, please! I am way too busy to focus.

So smitten with black feather wreaths

anatomically correct decorating

A Bit of Freaky Fashion

Who say's you can't dress the part while you are out buying supplies or making these creepy creations? Check out etsy for most of these cool wares all over this post! Google skull, vintage vase, feather wreath or pumpkins and great things pop up. I found some great things under Halloween decoration...etc.!

Some DIY Halloween Inspiration

Throw some black roses in these or stick with the black and white theme and find some white flowers that suit your fancy to display, but display all these vases together for full impact. These have to be in a prominent place on a table with some glitter covered skulls and/or painted pumpkins. I also like the idea of hanging black crows on fishing line and/or using them in a centerpiece on your dining room table with these vases and some dark curly willow branches or maybe dried spiky flowers like thistles. Ghoulish.

Bedazzled and painted pumpkin perfection! You can do it if I can!

I can paint or stencil. This is way too cool for school!

Who wants to decoupage pumpkins? I do!

I die! This is so major!!! Black glitter everything. It's almost as good as sequined everything! Dope show!

A cool idea from The Martha Stewart Show! It's on her website with video and a tutorial. I would do them all in white or black with white candles or black candles since I want a simple color scheme.

I would probably do this with black tissue paper or paper doilies. I think the vintage creepy factor is what I am going for this year. However, the upcycled coffee filters are pretty cool and have an effect that I like. I also love the idea of a DIY black feather wreath. I love how chic and sleek that look is and black turkey feathers are really cheap! I would go to the fabric district and buy a black feather boa and attach it to a foam, floral frame using floral pins that can be purchased in DTLA in the floral district or at any basic craft store. You have to buy some acrylic paint and glitter anyways. Right? Right!

Supplies That Look Appetizing

Have fun and happy crafting! Happy Halloween! This is by far my favorite Holiday! I can't wait to show you all my tricked out treats and treasures. I am going to make some decorations this weekend and I am going for a theme. This year, I can focus on the home and not my costume since my snow white costume is done. I made it last year. I am going to go as a post-poison apple, zombie state, snow white and the hubby is going as a legalize Dopey dwarf! All he needs is his purple beanie and a pot leaf patch! Too funny! He's very straight laced so it's an oxymoron. Te he!

There's a lot more to come. As a theatre gal, I have a good time with costumes and the whole Halloween "event"! I still have to post a few pre-Halloween outfits, jewelry by a dear friend and some Polaroid play! I will try not to get too bogged down at work, teaching and producing our fall play! I am staying on top of all my responsibilities in order to post! Have fun & Happy haunting!

Set-Up on Sunday: our loft's interior & the inspiration

-Our Loft, Our Home-A Project & Our Work in Progress-

-Revision-

These absolutely are not working with our new space. the colors are all wrong and I need to add some interest with stripes to our couch, chairs and love seat. I already updated the bedroom with the red and white pillows, but these two floral throws above are next. I have chosen the fabric, cut and designed them. I'll sew them this week.

The updated bedroom pillows. I think they brighten up the space a  lot. Sorry it's a blurry photo. I really need that new camera. This is getting ridiculous.

-The Inspiration-

There are a lot of similar components going on in that space. The hide rug, the natural wood colors and washes, a variety of textures, the rustic juxtaposed with ultra sleek modern and the abundance of slick white. We are simply missing stripes and our space desperately deems stripe support to be the appropriate and most simple fix. I plan to set-up the striped pillows and show them to you by next Sunday at the very latest. Wednesday, I celebrate my birthday and I know that I already plan on keeping myself very busy celebrating the entire week. I have Birthday related plans and a grown up, champagne, tea, crafts, treats and delicious foodie inspired, super girly, fancy, Happy Un-Birthday Party slated for all day Wednesday at our loft! This is followed by a wine bar excursion with all our guys since the day-time party is girls only! I hope to finish the stripe swap out before the party, but I am doing a load of decorating too. I have paper lanterns to hangs, food to prepare & planning to passionately ponder! 

I always include clothing when seeking inspiration for a color scheme in our interior in addition to simply interior visual images. I like to combine and blend things I like so I get a fuller sense of what I am aiming for in our interior's look. Dressing onself is so similr to dressing the bones of one's home!

-The Set-Up for the Swap Out-

This is the stripe I am bringing into our space. The before picture is just below along with the step by step progress one needs to know to make your own throw pillows.

The way our window seat is right now, but won't be for much longer. We need a change. The striped fabric above and below will be integrated into out loft's look this week. I am setting you up for the change. I sure wish I would have documented the massive changes in the living, dining, kitchen, bathroom, and especially are bedroom! I overhauled the color scheme completely from an olive green, mustard, rusted orange, off-white, yellow and black all over to this new color scheme. I made the transition before we moved, but I have not accomplish a fully cohesive look in the color composition I am working with now. 

Obviously, the loft allowed me to choose my paint colors and that has made a world of difference. The color on the walls anchors the space and allows me to work from there. I have added and removed pieces since we have been here, but it keeps getting better. Before, in the former palette, I felt trapped and nothing ever came together seamlessly the way I wanted it.  Currently, we are working with the following colors: Dark slate gray, light gray, crisp clean bright white with sheen, light blue, pale yellow, turquoise (sparingly in four areas), bright orange (in two painting), red (as an accent in the bedroom only contrasting with navy blue and white), slick shiny black and a paisley print that integrates two shades of green and the former colors (moss and sage) are used sparingly on the pillows only. At the bottom, I will pull the swatches for you to see how the colors are paired in each specific area.  

  

So, I got the machine out and began ironing the hems for the openings. I will sew them tomorrow! Now, you have a great set-up and know that you get to see the final product!

Inspirational Interiors

Perusing Other Peoples' Homes

The beams and the casters, oh my. I love this dining area and this loft.

I was browsing the Style-Files blog and fell in love with the furniture in this post.

I think this chair is teak, but I love the form. I bet it as just as functional and comfortable as its delightful shape.

Even dorm dwellers or studio tenants can make their space livable. I think this is enchanting.