DEBBIE-DABBLE BLOG

I am a Victorian Soul, who lives in a small townhouse that was built in the mid 1970's, not a huge Mega Mansion!! I just recently lost my Hubby Joe, who was a Retired Letter Carrier. I worked night shift as an RN on a Hospital based Rehabilitation( Physical Medicine) Unit for 37 years before I had Knee Replacement Surgery and officially Retired in 2019 after 41 years working in Direct Patient Care ... I am so glad that we retired at 62 years of age and got to spend that time together before he passed....I still do love Retirement!!!!

I DABBLE IN A BIT OF THIS AND THAT!!!!

" IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN"
George Eliot

George Eliot was actually a pen name for a woman named Mary Anne Evans......

BLOGGING FOR FUN AND FRIENDSHIP!!!!!!

Monday, October 21, 2024

Halloween Tree & More in the Dining Room, 2024

Welcome to Debbie-Dabble Blog!!

I am so happy you decided to stop by!!

Blogging has always been a stress reliever for me along with an avenue to share my passions which are my home and my garden.....

Joe would want me to continue doing what I love to do so with that being said.....

I am going to start posting again on a regular schedule.....

I will be posting on MONDAYS and THURSDAYS....

And when I can, I will add a Saturday Snippets post on SATURDAYS...

As always, click on each picture if you would like to enlarge it....

PINTEREST

If you would like to Pin my pictures, please click on them to enlarge them to do so....

A NOTE ABOUT COMMENTS

I enjoy reading your comments and will return the favor by visiting and commenting on your blog or reply to you directly here if you do not have a blog but I do have my comment section set to Moderation due to spammers and hackers so your comment will not appear immediately...

And since I have a very busy life, like most of us do, it may take me awhile to return your comments but I promise I will....

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In my last post, I shared the Apothecary Cabinet that I set up in my Hutch in the Dining Room....

And Minerva.....

Click HERE if you missed that post!!

Today, I will be wrapping up my tour of the Dining Room decorated for Halloween....

I will begin where I left off, working my way around the room....

In the corner across from the hutch......

This cabinet was up in my bedroom on the side of Joe's roll top desk......

I moved it down to the Dining Room after cleaning it out so I could use it to store glassware, vases, etc. in it....

The finish on it matches well with Joe's Grandmother's Dining Room furniture.....

I placed a black vintage Mantilla Chapel Veil over a white lace place mat.....

I bought the battery operated black candles at a local close out store for $1 each and my friend Anne Mare gifted me the pumpkin head box.....

To the side on a pedestal is a cute witch ...

I bought her several years ago in Wegman's....

A pumpkin that matches the witch's dress and an antique Victorian shoe ( witch's boot) that I filled with florals are on the floor..

On the soffit above, hangs a framed piece of a vintage Halloween crepe paper that my friend Anne Marie gifted me.....

She framed it herself last year....

This year, I decided to use the black spider web tablecloth, that I usually use on the Dining Room table, as a table topper for the table in the corner.....

My Halloween Tree....

Dollar Tree signs hang on the antique window that divides the Living Room from the Dining Room....

This is a 4 ft. silver tinsel tree that I bought on clearance in Big Lot's several years ago after Christmas.....

I topped it with a simple witch's hat pick...

And a bow I made from 2 different types of ribbon.....

I made a lot of the ornaments for this Tree.....

There is a silver and black beaded garland on the Tree that was bought after Christmas at Target....

And I wrapped a wired silver skeleton face garland around the Tree....

On the table under the Tree.....

2 large silver mercury glass pumpkins in the back of the table on each side of the Tree....

My Yankee Candle Pumpkin People tea light holders.....

Joe used his comp points from the Mohegan Sun Casino here in Wilkes Barre to "purchase " them for me ....

Joe quit going to the casino when he retired and also quit smoking then too.....

Apparently these pumpkin people go from $30 to $60 a piece on Ebay!!!

The skeletons are from Dollar General for a Buck a piece and the leaf lights are from Dollar Tree....

On the marble topped stand next to the table, is a spooky bird cage......

Hanging from the wall clock is a tassel witch, also gifted to me by Anne Marie....

I placed this bird cage, that I spray painted black, topped with a bow and raven and placed a silver skull inside of, in a vintage milk glass compote ball.....

I wrapped orange berry garland and silver skeleton wired garland around the bottom......

Underneath it....

Do you see the teeth in the glass jar?????

Guess who they belonged to???????

My " May I Play?" Home Interiors picture.....

Black skeletons hang from the sconces.....

On the shelf are 2 Trick or Treat baskets I made from peat pots.....

Two Halloween trees from Dollar Tree and I made the jar in the center.....

In the corner by the Kitchen.....

On the shelf to the side of the curio......

My vintage Funeral Basket on a marble topped stand.....

I change up the floral arrangement in this basket for each Holiday......

A cemetery scene ......

A tombstone, a casket and an antique Funeral card gifted to me by Anne Marie....

On top of the Curio....

I bought the candelabra in Gabes several years ago.....

A pumpkin that I embellished......

An Edgar Allan Poe plaque....

A framed picture from a calendar sits on the floor in front of the curio.....

An Edgar Allan Poe display on the cabinet my Dad made to match Joe's Grandmother's Dining Room set....

I framed graphics that I printed out and embellished this silver clock set to Midnight.....

"Once upon a Midnight Deary"....

That is a salt and pepper set from Big Lot's....

A spider web runner was placed over the white lace runner......

I bought this typewriter in Ross many years ago.....

"Quoth the Raven NEVERMORE!!"

And that completes my tour of the Dining Room decorated in a Spooky Halloween theme....

I hope you enjoyed seeing it as much as I enjoyed doing it....

Some consider it "work" but I consider it "PLAY"!

And that also ends my room by room tours of my house decorated for Falloween this year....

I hope you will visit again on THURSDAY when I will be sharing a simple Halloween tablescape, the outside of the house lit up at night for Halloween and my annual Falloween whole house tour!!

Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!

Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

If you do not have a blog, PLEASE give me some way to reply to your comment, maybe by including your email in your comment. If I can not find a way to reach you, I will reply on the post where you commented so please check back......