A Hauntingly Delightful Halloween

Welcome to my hauntingly delightful table!  I think it's such fun to style tables for Halloween where your imagination can take flight! 

 

 

So you know how excited I am to be joining friends in a blog hop hosted by the incomparable Rita of Panoply to share our ideas for Halloween tablescapes. Whether you regularly visit or you've come from My Thrift Store Addiction — I'm glad you're here! After you've explored my table, you'll find all the info for the participating designers.

 

I began my table with black metal chargers edged with bats in silhouette. The chargers also include skulls which are hidden by the dinner plates rimmed in black and a thin gold accent. On top I placed salad plates that feature jack o'lanterns paired with Halloween archetypes.

   

   

 

I set the plates and chargers on a jacquard tablecloth in creamy tones, then laid a runner on top of it. The runner is covered with a series of eerie scenes in profile, such as haunted houses, bats, ghosts, witches, and trees. 

  

Down the center are bowls serving tasty spiders and crunchy bones. A delightful beginning for any Halloween dinner!

For the table, I stayed within the black and orange color families, accented with a bit of silver for shimmer.

    

I love using interesting salt and pepper shakers, and these sets are playfully iconic.

  

 For a centerpiece I filled two vintage glass vases with black silk hydrangeas and sprays of sparkling pumpkins.

  

  The vases were described  in Halloween in Black and White which has a very different feel. 

 

A delightful Halloween table is full of details that enchant, such as silverplated candlesticks and lovely black-stemmed water and champagne glasses, 

 

     

where bats swoop down carrying glittering pumpkins, 

   

black cauldrons await the first course, and bold napkins are held by silver-toned rings.

 

And to bring the shivers to the buffet, I've gathered fall flowers in a striking vase bracketed by potions, books of spells and delightful figures that set the tone for Ghostly Hollow.     

  

  

  

 

I'm so glad you joined me at my Halloween table! Now for more spooky, fun, or eerie inspiration you'll want to delve into these tablescapes!

 

Panoply - There's a Little Witch in All of Us   

Home is Where the Boat Is - Halloween Rules   

Hyacinths for the Soul - Pumpkin Wishes and Candy Corn Kisses

Everyday Living - A Grand(s) Halloween Party 

Pandora's Box - "Hey Pumpkin, What's for lunch?"  

The Bookish Dilettante - October Vignette: Think Pink!

Thrifting Wonderland - Dinner With Ghoulish Gourds  

My Thrift Store Addiction - Elegantly Eerie Arachnophile Tea Party  

Dinner at Eight - A Hauntingly Delightful Halloween  (you're here!)

The Cats' Whiskerz - Quoth the Raven "Nevermore"; a Halloween Tablescape  

Life and Linda -  Happy Boo Tablescape  

The Painted Apron -  The Witch's Hat  

Me and My Captain - Black is the New Orange  

Corner of Plaid and Paisley - Broom Parking - Halloween Tablescape  

Celebrate and Decorate - Black & White & Red All Over for Halloween!  

Red Cottage Chronicles - Orange and Black Halloween Tablescape  

My Hubbard Home - As the Crow Flies | a fun tablescape to celebrate autumn

                          

                       

Wishing you . . .

 

 

Table details

Dinner plates | Mikasa 'Onyx'

Salad plates | Williams-Sonoma 'Vintage Halloween'

Stemware | Cristal D'Arques-Durand 'Domino Signature'

Napkin rings | Crate & Barrel 'Wrap Silver'

* Table details are provided for identification/information only. Dinner at Eight is not affiliated with nor compensated by any other entity.