Fall Outdoor Decorating Ideas

For many, the turning leaves, fall colors and change of seasons is their favorite time of year to decorate. You can find inspiration in nature, with container gardens for your porch, lighting, garlands, wreaths and outdoor pillows. Inspiration awaits!

The Bellagio Conservatory and Botanical Garden in Las Vegas hosts spectacular displays revolving around seasons and holidays and is open 365 a year. Take a look at the Bellagio's autumn Harvest Show, on display through November 29, 2008. While it's going to be hard to copy the spectacular Vegas-style design techniques of the conservatory's 140 horticulturists, you might grab an idea here and ther…

There is a wreath that suits every door: modern, country, neo-classical, traditional. If you make a wreath for your door -- or wherever else you want to hang it -- the style and materials used are entirely in your hands. While basic rules exist, you can change out materials depending on what's available either in local stores, from online crafts...

Have you hit a 'dead end' when it comes to decorating your yard for Halloween? Britta Peterson, 'Webmistress of the Dark,' guides you through Halloween prop design and party planning in her book, Eerie Elegance . Friends have described Peterson and her decorating style as a cross between Martha Stewart and Tim Burton, which she rightfully takes...

Home haunts or yard haunts have become increasingly popular in the past decade. Die-hard do-it-yourselfers and Halloween enthusiasts often start on next Halloween's project in November, and ramp up their carpentry, design, animatronic and crafting skills in the months and weeks before turning their homes into haunted houses. Discover some of the...

Fans and visitors of Roger's Gardens in Corona del Mar, California, look forward to the upscale garden center's annual Halloween display. No, it's not a bunch of pumpkins and bales of hay. The talented designers and buyers at the internationally known home and garden destination in Southern California's Orange County create a production that...

Ample or limited, your outdoor space needs to be transformed into something more supernatural for Halloween. Spooky, terrifying or family-friendly Halloween decorations adorn people's front and backyards, porches, entryways, doors, windows, patios, balconies and wherever else they can find to decorate. Halloween is second only to Christmas in...

Beware! Halloween home haunts are coming to a neighborhood near you! The popularity of turning your home into a haunted house has proliferated in the past few years and makes Halloween the second-biggest holiday for which to decorate. While many props can be bought at stores and online, the die-hard enthusiasts love to go the do-it-yourself...

Anyone can throw a white sheet over a pole in their yard and call it a "ghost." But how about lightweight ghosts that appear to be flying? Follow this easy step-by-step using store-bought or DIY ghosts to learn the "magic" of making your spirits soar.

Sure, you could make a fall wreath if you had the time. But if you're like many of us who buy the materials but somehow never seem to get around to making a fabulous decoration, then maybe it's time to give yourself a break. How so? Buy a fall wreath We've done the shopping for you!

Maybe you live in a region that's known for its brilliant fall foliage. Then again, maybe autumn is more like Indian summer, with some of the year's hottest days occurring after Labor Day. Wherever home may be, you can celebrate the change of season by decorating your porch, entryway, balcony and other outdoor living spaces with the colors,...

Nothing announces the change of seasons more than your home's front door, entryway or porch. People are anxious to celebrate autumn by decorating the outside of their houses. Take a walk in your neighborhood to see what others are up to. This photo gallery captures some spectacular outdoor decorating ideas you can take home with you.

If you had just one nice Halloween decoration to buy this year for your porch, patio, balcony or yard, what would it be? Scary flamingos? A screaming ghoul sure to knock the orange-and-black socks right off of you? An attractive Halloween-themed door mat? Before making a spooky choice, consult our reviews of some of the outdoor Halloween...

If you had just one nice Halloween decoration to buy this year for your porch, patio, balcony or yard, what would it be? Scary flamingos? A screaming ghoul sure to knock the orange-and-black socks right off of you? An attractive Halloween-themed door mat? Before making a spooky choice, consult our reviews of some of the outdoor Halloween decorations available this year from places like Pier 1, Pottery Barn, Target, and online retailers.

If you had just one nice Halloween decoration to buy this year for your porch, patio, balcony or yard, what would it be? Scary flamingos? A screaming ghoul sure to knock the orange-and-black socks right off of you? An attractive Halloween-themed door mat? Before making a spooky choice, consult our reviews of some of the outdoor Halloween...

If you had just one nice Halloween decoration to buy this year for your porch, patio, balcony or yard, what would it be? Scary flamingos? A screaming ghoul sure to knock the orange-and-black socks right off your trembling toes? An attractive Halloween-themed doormat? Before making a spooky choice, consult our reviews of some of the outdoor Halloween decorations available this year from places like Pier 1, Pottery Barn, Target, and online retailers.

If you had just one nice Halloween decoration to buy this year for your porch, patio, balcony or yard, what would it be? Scary flamingos? A screaming ghoul sure to knock the orange-and-black socks right off your trembling toes? An attractive Halloween-themed doormat? Before making a spooky choice, consult our reviews of some of the outdoor...

If you had just one nice Halloween decoration to buy this year for your porch, patio, balcony or yard, what would it be? Scary flamingos? A screaming ghoul sure to knock the orange-and-black socks right off your trembling toes? An attractive Halloween-themed doormat? Before making a spooky choice, consult our reviews of some of the outdoor...

If you had just one nice Halloween decoration to buy this year for your porch, patio, balcony or yard, what would it be? Scary flamingos? A screaming ghoul sure to knock the orange-and-black socks right off your trembling toes? An attractive Halloween-themed doormat? Before making a spooky choice, consult our reviews of some of the outdoor Halloween decorations available this year from places like Pier 1, Pottery Barn, Target, and online retailers.

If you had just one nice Halloween decoration to buy this year for your porch, patio, balcony or yard, what would it be? Scary flamingos? A screaming ghoul sure to knock the orange-and-black socks right off of you? An attractive Halloween-themed door mat? Before making a spooky choice, consult our reviews of some of the outdoor Halloween...

If you had just one nice Halloween decoration to buy this year for your porch, patio, balcony or yard, what would it be? Scary flamingos? A screaming ghoul sure to knock the orange-and-black socks right off of you? An attractive Halloween-themed door mat? Before making a spooky choice, consult our reviews of some of the outdoor Halloween decorations available this year from places like Pier 1, Pottery Barn, Target, and online retailers.

Halloween yard haunts have replaced full-sized candy bars as the big draw in neighborhoods across the United States, Canada and other countries that celebrate Halloween. Nobody knows this better than Dave Gugel, a Florida resident and extreme DIYer who started transforming his home about five years ago into something more macabre for an annual...

When it comes time to decorate for Halloween, not everyone goes for the gore. If your style is more elegant, eerie, retro, whimsical or even cute, there's no reason to allow spewing monsters and worm-infested ghouls to scare you back into your house until after Halloween. Whether you buy Halloween decor or go the route of the homemade Halloween...

Get your Halloween spirit on! Big or small, your outdoor space needs to be transformed into something festive for Halloween. Spooky, terrifying or family-friendly Halloween decorations adorn people's front and backyards, porches, entryways, doors, windows, patios, balconies and wherever else they can find to decorate. Halloween is second only to...

Outdoor Halloween decor

What is a home haunt? What's a yard haunt? What's a Halloween yard haunt? All three terms are used interchangeably to describe a residential-based haunted house, haunted yard or Halloween-decorated yard to be enjoyed and visited by neighbors, young trick-or-treaters, parents, friends, and the community, etc. Another way of looking at it: home...

What is a home haunt? What's a yard haunt? What's a Halloween yard haunt? All three terms are used interchangeably to describe a residential-based haunted house, haunted yard or Halloween-decorated yard to be enjoyed and visited by neighbors, young trick-or-treaters, parents, friends, and the community, etc. Another way of looking at it: home...

Halloween comes early each year at Roger's Gardens in Orange County, California. The world-famous home and garden decor center in Newport Beach stages a themed Halloween display with several indoor and outdoor rooms that boast amazing and unique Halloween decorations and fall plants. Enjoy this picture gallery featuring three years of some of...

Every year, it seems like the Halloween decorations pop up earlier and earlier on store shelves, in catalogs and online. For many, decorating outdoors -- whether it's festooning a front porch or entryway with fall decor or staging an all-out home haunt -- has become one of the most enjoyable things about autumn. While some of your neighbors may...