Halloween Outdoor Decorations: Pottery Barn Halloween Doormat

Whether your haunted house is not much more than a door and entryway or a near-replica of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, this doormat from Pottery Barn will dress-up your digs. By no means flimsy, this heavyweight doormat is at your door to stay, even if devil winds or trick-or-treating pranksters come your way. If properly stored, it's the kind of decoration/furnishing that should last Halloween after Halloween.

I've bought a few Halloween doormats through the years, and they invariably get left out well into November, become faded, and find their way into the dumpster. This one's here to stay.

My one surviving Halloween doormat is an orange foam-backed spider cut-out with edges that curl up. It starts out at the front door, only to get further smashed and bent and kicked around until it's a thin, almost unrecognizable orange thing that sort of resembles a placemat. I end up rescuing it before someone trips on it and put it in some low-traffic (and hopefully out-of-sight) area. My daughter loves it -- otherwise it would be "recycled."

Pottery Barn's sturdy coir doormat is high and hefty, and looks quite attractive in front of double doors. Hand-tufted from coir, a natural fiber derived from coconut shells, the mat is a simple tan/beige coir color, with a black graphic created in the silhouette style that was popular in early 20th-century Halloween illustrations and designs. The scene depicts a haunted house with picket fence, clouds and all the details.

The mat is simple, striking and a keeper. Who can argue with that?

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