Halloween is not just another day for kids’ treat, candies and costume parties. It is a playful kick-off to fall where we enjoy being crazy and welcome chilling vibes into our homes. So, why just decorate the front porch, leaving the rest of the areas untouched? Celebrate the spookiest day of the year by adding fun and scary to the living room too. There are a variety of things you can do to fill your living room with a festive spirit. Likely, you have to decorate walls, coffee table, fireplace mantel, etc. We have summed up 70+ Halloween living room décor ideas in seven broad categories for your inspiration, have a look.
Induce Vibrant Colors
Colors can bring life to any space, and when it comes to Halloween, the bloody red is our all-time favorite shade to cast the spell all over. No, we are not suggesting you to paint your walls red, instead, decorate your living room with spooky candles, flowers, wreaths, garlands, painted pumpkins, curtains, rugs, and lights scattering red ambiance throughout the place.
Apart from traditional pumpkins, you can also use tomatoes or apples as part of the décor. Place tomatoes in a bowl and draw scary faces on tomatoes to intensify the effect. You can also go with green or fall-colored decorations.
Create a beautiful display overflowing with flowers and forage natural foliage!
Skull bowl used as a vase for a fall centerpiece.
The Nightmare Before Christmas feel with layered bold black and white patterns.
Orange Habanero peppers add the orange fall color without the traditional pumpkin.
Gothic black skull-shaped vase with red roses.
Berries in a vase and yellow flowers add a charming look to coffee table.
Plan a Pink-o-Ween Halloween ghoul’s night party.
Gothify your home this Halloween with creepy bloody candles!
Add a pop of color to your living room with curtains.
An orange colored carpet is perfect for living room Halloween décor.
Cushion Covers and Pillows
Halloween-themed cushion covers for your throw pillows on the couch can liven up the living room for the Hallow’s Eve. You can make spooky covers yourself or buy them from a store downtown or online store. Indoor decoration doesn’t look complete without Halloween pillows and cushion covers.
Halloween flannel face pillows look really cool.
Pillow covers featuring Halloween-themed lettering like “Boo” and “Trick or Treat”.
Make your own Halloween pillow with a spooky “Boo” effect.
Also Read: Halloween Bedroom Décor Tips for a Spooky Celebration
Add a Pumpkin Patch
Pumpkins can be placed all around the living room on Halloween, signaling a festive accent. You can also use alternative pumpkins made of felt, fabric, wood, etc. Else, you can stick to the real ones and paint them, decorate them with glitter or add some inspiring/scary words to them. Adding pumpkins to decorate mantels in the living room is a good idea also.
If you’re missing scary jack-o’-lanterns around you, you can carve some from pumpkins and place them around the furniture, if you may.
Modern farmhouse Halloween mantel with little pumpkins placed on gauzy fabric.
Mercury glass pumpkins and vases in black and white theme.
Place a stack of pumpkins on your fireplace hearth or anywhere you like.
Pumpkins with Boo words placed in different heights on a side table.
Baby pumpkins in a wooden tray make an elegant centerpiece.
Cute little pumpkins displayed in a cloche and on a wooden pedestals.
You can even display a collection of wood and fabric pumpkins.
Skull, Spiders, and Other Halloween Props
Artificial skulls and skeletons are standard Halloween props to make living room intimidating and frightful. It is not necessary to use standard white skulls. You can make use of paint and glitter to add a quirky touch to the skeleton decoration. The coffee table, storage cabinets, and shelves in the living room are ideal areas to showcase skulls and other props.
Skeletons can be set up in different themes, you can have them sitting on a chair or holding a picture frame. Puppy skeletons can also be used to add a fun element to the decorations. Likewise, spiders, web, ravens, bats and other Halloween props can be used accordingly. Hanging them in the living room will symbolize the presence of evil spirits. Take inspiration from the list of ways to display skeletons outdoors for Halloween.
Creey spiders and cobwebs on the walls.
Pumpkins, skull and spiders showcased on a cabinet.
Crows making a nest on a metal chandelier.
Hanging paper bats around your home is a quick way to add Halloween essence.
Glittered black skulls and candle holders with pumpkins and crows make a spooky display.
Make a skull topiary with a few styrofoam skulls and a metal rod.
Halloween décor with bejeweled skull.
DIY chic skulls in shiny colors and pattern.
DIY skull candle holder is an amazing Halloween decoration piece.
Making skull succulent planters is a fun DIY project.
Skull and bones wreath from Dollar store salad tongs.
What about grabbing a beverage from DIY skeleton drink bucket.
Skeleton king sitting on a pumpkin stack.
A skeleton puppy sitting on a tray adds a playful touch to our coffee table décor.
Spooky Wall Décor
Walls of a living room are perfect to be decorated with sweet yet creepy Halloween decorations. Use Halloween signs, garlands, banners, photo frames, and wall decals. The living room is usually considered the ideal spot in a home to deck with family photos. For Halloween, try to replace family photo frames with spooky photos of a haunted house or Halloween artwork.
Use command strips to hang picture frames without making holes in the wall. There should be an interconnection between picture frames. Arrange them in a precise grid rather than in a square or rectangle. You can also set up a gallery wall.
Bat and skull garlands along with ghost and bat stickers on the wall.
Create a Halloween gallery wall on a theme that represents your style.
Add some creepy picture frames in Halloween theme to a wall.
Halloween themed wall with chalkboard and frames.
Display your family photos on the wall with Halloween-themed bats flying underneath.
Eclectic gallery wall with a mix of picture frames covered in black cheesecloth.
Create a spider web gallery wall for Halloween.
Spooktacular Halloween Gallery Wall in black and white theme.
Simple Halloween pumpkin gallery wall with DIY faux plaster pumpkins.
Create a vintage style gallery wall of spooky Victorian images.
Picture frames swarmed with bats on a wall.
Also Read: Easy Tips and Ideas to Spook Up Your Kitchen for Halloween
Decorate The Coffee Table
Decorating your coffee table for Halloween is an exciting way to infuse a spooky, festive vibe into your home. Start by laying down a themed tablecloth and then place a centerpiece which could be like a cluster of faux pumpkins, black candles in creepy holders, or a tiered tray. Finally, don’t forget a tray of Halloween-themed treats like candy corn or caramel apples.
Coffee table styled in a black and white theme with skull in the center.
Halloween table décor with buffalo check accents.
Spend Some Time in Decorating the Fireplace Mantel
Fireplace mantel is the focal point of a living room and you can not deny it. Thus, you should give it the due time it deserves to be decorated creatively. Give a classic and spooky makeover to the mantel with Halloween-themed garlands, banners, black cloth, spider web, pumpkins, and other small props. Try using what you have readily available at home to make keep the décor real personal. You can also have some jars full of candies on the mantel for kids to have their pickings.
This simplistic mantel will give you major fireplace envy.
Mirror dressed up with spider web along with ripped cheesecloth and frayed fabric garland.
Fireplace mantel decked with bat garland.
Glass cloches and black wreath displayed on fireplace mantel.
Lights add a cool charm to Halloween fireplace.
Intensify the Space with Lights
Lights can add intensity to home décor, be it for a modest gathering or a Halloween party. You can use light strings and spooky candles for a warm glow or add some fancy lights for a daunting look. Make use of lights in a way that they highlight other decorations you have placed with effort. Decorating the living room with floating candles is also spooky idea for sure. You can even buy some Halloween-themed light strings or decorations in shape of bats, spiders, skulls, etc.
Stranger Things-inspired lighted Halloween display.
A clutter of spiders scurry up the fireplace.
Add colorful lights in around your living room.
Light strings can be a simple and cool way to add Halloween punch.
A lighted fireplace filled with skulls symbolize hell.
Black candles displayed in front of a large mirror create a witchy feel.
Floating candles on the ceiling is a tricky Halloween décor.
