This blog post features the details I put into making my Haunted Mansion inspired room. In this case it happens to be my kitchen since that is where most people hang out when you throw a Halloween party. The pictures below are broken down into sections and I'll share some tips with you. Throughout I'll reference the links to some print outs I found that helped me create the room.
The above picture showcases how easy it is to use things around you to keep costs low. The branches I took from my back yard were already dried out and dying. The roses you see in bottom right picture I already had dried out a while ago. All the frames you see in the picture were on that cut out ledge already I just swapped out the pictures with things I printed out from Pinterest. I chose the original Disneyland entrance sign, the ghost at the organ, and a Madam Leota in the seance scene. I like how the pictures almost look like they are glowing.
Moving on to the other side of the pictures I put some print outs I found on the blog Sugar and Soirees. You should check them out as the pictures don't do justice to how beautifully detailed they are. I happened to have the candelabras from a party I hosted before and then I just added some fake spiderweb to dirty them up. I like how in the dark the spiderweb looks almost like a fog, something hard to capture in pictures.
I have another cut out in between my kitchen and my living room. I bought a bunch of odds and ends at some picker stores that were covered in dirt, which was a plus :) I decided that this ledge was more of a witches theme and added the Double, Double Toil and Trouble print out from Ella Claire Inspired to a frame.
As you can see this ledge was a work in progress. I added creepy cloth to break up the open space between the rooms and then put some fake spiders in the net. I put darker flowers and branches I bought at Michael's in the vase and the wine bottle. Lastly I put spiderweb up on everything trying again to give it the look of fog, which I especially like coming off of the small cauldrons.
I really wanted there to be a strong tie in to the Haunted Mansion so I printed off the transcript and picked some of the seance phrases to write up and put up on the walls. Of course I couldn't leave out the Grim Grinning Ghosts line from the song!
This seance table is my favorite. I found the lamp at a thrift store for $10 and put creepy cloth over it. Next I framed a nicely done art piece of Madame Leota (check pinterest as I lost the original link) and an 8x10 of the "When Hinges Creak" line. I also wanted to honor the Haunted Mansion library by having a few Spell Books and luckily I found a fun printable from The Idea Room.
