This welcoming fall entryway is decorated with an antique wooden bench, styled with fall-colored pillows and an array of neutral pumpkins. Above the bench is a white shiplap wall styled with a golden mirror and arranged with spooky black bats.
31 Spooky Décor Ideas that will Shiver and Delight
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Published: February 17, 2023
Updated: November 29, 2023
Spooky décor is a great way to bring fun and mystery into your home. When adding spooky décor, consider playing with colors, textures, and lights. For instance, you may want to opt for traditional blacks and oranges, or go for a neutral oranges, greens, and greys. When playing with texture, think about draping a piece of black or white tattered cloth over dining tables, coffee tables, and entryways for an easy way to instantly add an eerie element. Beyond traditional overhead lights, consider adding string lights and candles to create a dim and glowing effect.
Other popular accessories you’ll see reflected in the images below include crows, spiders, skeletons, bats, and skulls. One way to create a great visual illusion is to mount bats to your wall in order of small to large, for the appearance of flight. Another technique is to place a creepy skull or multiple skulls of different sizes in a glass dome or jar.
Continue reading the collection for numerous ideas on how to optimize spooky décor in spaces throughout your home!
02 of Spooky Home With Rustic Scary Décor
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A minimalist farmhouse home is decorated for Halloween and features a creepy skeleton on a white antique chair, sitting below a wall light draped with shackles. A light wood console table is decorated with sheer black fabric, and an empty frame draped with cobwebs. A skull in a glass canister with black fabric rests on a vintage stool.
03 of Farmhouse Living Room With Spooky Décor
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A farmhouse dining room table features a delightfully spooky centerpiece, with a black cobwebbed table runner and a crow, resting on a marble pastry stand. A beaded vintage chandelier hangs over the crow and a black branch. In the background, a rustic shutter holds a glowing candle.
04 of Spooky Vintage Décor on White Cupboard
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A spooky farmhouse features a white vintage cupboard with an array of eerie decor. A stack of books is decorated with cobwebs and has a skull and crossbones sign on top. A square wooden storage unit is decorated with cobwebs and an eerie skull in a clear glass dome.
05 of Rustic and Spooky Halloween Décor
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This table is styled with a white, ripped cloth for a creepy cobweb effect. On the cloth are centipedes and spiders, arranged in front of potion bottles and an antique book with dripping wax. A collection of small skulls rests in a glass jar under glowing purple and black branches.
06 of Home With Spooky Decorations and Cobwebs
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This creepy room features a gray cabinet decorated with tattered black cloth. Displayed on top of the cloth is a myriad of spooky accessories including framed bat diagrams, skulls and skeletons, crows, and potion bottles. A white floating shelf above the cabinet above the cupboard features antique books and is draped with cloth for a spooky cobweb effect.
07 of Bright Pumpkin and Spooky Skeleton Door Decorations
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This creepy home entryway features bright orange and white pumpkins and a tombstone to greet guests if they dare to enter. At the top of the stairs, a skeleton leans over a cauldron and a wooden sign leans nearby. A white and black skeleton wreath is mounted to the front door.
08 of Sinister Fireplace With Skeletons and Brooms
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This home features a sinister, distressed white brick fireplace and a spooky skeleton resting in a pile of wood. Beside the fireplace is a witch’s broom and a collection of candles mounted to the wall. A large hairy spider is creeping down a vintage mirrored window pane that rests on top of the mantel.
09 of Black and White Piano With Spooky Décor
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A spooky family room features a beautiful white piano, decorated with a creepy skeleton hand playing the keys and a large black cobweb cloth with spiders cascading down. Above the piano hangs a piece of farmhouse decor arranged with more crawling black spiders. An array of neutral-colored pumpkins rest on top of the piano.
10 of Spooky White Table Décor on Wooden Tray
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This creepy display has a wooden tray with a stack of neutral books and a bowl filled with white apples, with a black spider crawling on top. Beside the bowl, a spooky skull rests inside a glass pastry holder. Hairy black spiders creep and crawl along the tray.
11 of Home With Spooky Black Décor in Living Room
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A neutral grey living room is styled with ghostly Halloween decor. A ripped and snagged black and white cloth stretches across a wooden dining room table and is decorated with a skull and thin black candlesticks with black candles. In the background, creepy black bats are flying on the wall.
12 of Antique Desk With Spooky Décor
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This home features a spooky Halloween desk, arranged with ripped-up papers, antique books, and black ravens. A wooden parts cabinet has a spooky skull and skeleton hand and rests on an eerie vintage window framed, styled with a sheer black cloth. There is a distressed white brick accent wall, with a floating wooden shelf styled with cobwebs and potion bottles.
13 of Taupe Living Room with an Oval Coffee Table
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In this taupe living room, a distressed light wood oval coffee table is accessorized with a jar candle with a wide base and a vase of fresh flowers. A white mantel is draped with black cobwebs, while the built-in shelves feature Halloween decorations.
14 of Home Entryway With a Spooky Haunted House
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This home features a spooky entryway table with a glowing black haunted house arranged with cobwebs, tombstones, and a creepy skeleton horse. A black, circular mirror is mounted above the house and black bats fly above it. Lit candles in silver candlesticks complete this creepy look.
15 of Spooky Black Bats Over Farmhouse Fireplace
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A white fireplace is draped with a tattered black cloth and an array of golden maple leaves. On top of the leaves, there are miniature pumpkins, a spooky skull in a jar, and black and white candlesticks with glowing candles. Bats of all sizes are mounted to the wall above the fireplace for an extra eerie effect!
16 of Spooky and Sinister Coffee Table Centerpiece
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This Halloween home features a wooden coffee table decorated with interior design books topped with a spooky black haunted house and glowing skeleton candle. Dried brown flowers rest behind the skull, in amber jars. Bats swing in the air behind the table.
17 of Floating Ghostly Dining Room Table Décor
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A farmhouse living room is decorated with wicked floating ghosts, suspended above the table. The table features a sweet and spooky centerpiece, with dried grasses, and cute white ghost candleholders. A smiling white pumpkin rests on a white wooden shelf in the background.
18 of Spooky Coffee Table Décor With Spider
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This neutral grey living room has a warm wooden coffee table decorated with spooky Halloween decor. A tattered grey cloth hangs over the table, under a white enamel tray holding a haunted tree with cobwebs, skulls in a cage, and a small orange ‘Boo’ cup. A white ‘trick-or-treat’ pillow rests on a couch in the background, under a creepy, hanging spider.
19 of Spooky Black and White Décor in Haunted Home
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This sinister entryway features an antique console table decorated with a wooden tray, holding a spooky skull, and branches with crows in a grey jug. Beside the tray, a rat is crawling out of an antique glass lantern with candles. A framed black and white Halloween photo completes this delightfully frightening home.
20 of Spooky Skeleton Waves Hello in Home Entryway
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This white mudroom is designed with a rustic wooden bench decorated with a friendly, waving skeleton and black and orange accent pillows. Above the skeleton is a wooden shelf styled with black and white pumpkins and gauzy black cloth. A spooky witch’s hat and a trick-or-treat sign are mounted to a white wall.
21 of Spooky Living Room Décor With White Pumpkins
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A spooky Halloween dining room features a skeleton sitting in a wooden dining chair, very patiently waiting for dinner! The table is decorated with a black and white table cloth, and set with black wooden chargers and white plates with a paper spider on top. White pumpkins are arranged on the table and styled with an array of succulents and flowers, skeleton hands, mini pumpkins, and a juicy black spider.
22 of Golden Spooky Décor With Skulls
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Close-up fall decor is decorated with plaid orange and brown vases, decorated with golden grasses, pinecones, and a small skull. In front of the vase is a large, spooky skull that rests on a bed of cobwebs. A hairy spider is climbing the pinecones near the skull.
23 of Mid-Century Modern Table with Halloween Raven Decor
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A black mid-century modern side table with woven doors is accessorized with a large framed mirror with lattice, floating witches hats, and a large ceramic jug filled with branches. Four crows are perched on these branches next to a bronze skull.
24 of Spooky and Cozy Home Display
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This spooky but cozy corner features a wood and glass cabinet, decorated with an antique typewriter, a skull head, and a creepy skeleton hand. The basket wall is decorated with drapes of cobwebs and black crawling spiders. An orange and silver cobweb pillow rests on the floor in a woven basket.
25 of Haunted Living Room Décor With Witches Hat
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This decorative fall living room features an eerily designed dining table, with skulls, spiders, and champagne flutes with sinister silver skeleton hands. A gold chandelier and black witch’s hats hang over the table. In the background, a white credenza is styled with a golden mirror draped in creepy black cloth, a white pumpkin, and other spooky accessories.
26 of Cozy House With Ravens and Spooky Décor
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This cozy farmhouse living room is decorated with spooky decor, including two chattering black ravens and a spread of lit pillar candles arranged on a tray. The candles rest above a sweeping, tattered black cloth strung across the mantel. Other creepy touches include small skulls on the built-in cabinets.
27 of Black and White Centerpieces with a Halloween Motif
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Black and white centerpieces with a Halloween motif are placed on a warm wood dining room table underneath a black candle pendant light. Pictures of plants hang on the light grey wall above a black lamp sitting on a wood console table.
28 of Spooky House Décor With Bats and a Skeleton
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A creepy fall entryway is designed with a wall of black bats and a curved black-trimmed mirror decorated with cobwebs and spiders. A spooky skeleton sits on a wooden bench, with a pumpkin in his lap. Black and white pillows rest on the bench nearby.
29 of Skeleton Halloween Decor on Entryway Bench
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A white bench is set on grey hardwood floors in this entryway. Two full-sized skeletons are seated on the bench, one draped in a black and white plaid blanket and the other with a small skeleton placed on its shoulders. Large black spiders add to the spooky decor.
30 of Vintage Amber Jug Centerpiece
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This wood dining table is accessorized with several vintage amber glass jugs in graduating heights. Branches protrude from the center three vases with black bats set on various twigs. Buffalo plaid table clothes are placed at each spot under a light fixture draped in black cheesecloth.
31 of Modern Farmhouse Living Room Décor With Spooky Flying Bats
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This beautiful farmhouse dining room features a white accent wall with an array of black bats, going from small to big to give the illusion of flight. The wooden table is decorated with a black skull holding a spider plant, black candles and candlesticks, and small cauldrons with potions oozing out. The table also features branches in a clear glass jug and a piece of wooden art.
