Halloween Styling How-To

Halloween is a time to shine for moody moments throughout the home. Dig into our styling guide for how we create a curated, chic and spooky atmosphere! *Updated 2026

A styled Halloween display on a rustic wooden chest with open drawers, featuring Coral & Tusk Halloween embroidered decorative objects including felt pumpkins, blackbird figurine, and bat doll propped up in a slightly open drawer, and several lit taper candles in brass holders against a warm beige wall.

START STYLING

It can be quite frightening to think about decorating the entire house, so breaking down areas into small vignettes helps to keep it fun and easy! It also allows the eye to move from “scene to scene” in a nice way.

For the foyer, we made these two moments- one is a cabinet surface, above, and the other is the small corner with a vintage rocking chair, below. For the cabinet, we wanted varying heights of the objects and a really stunning scene for when you first open the door. Antique books, tombstone salt and pepper shakers and brass candlestick holders with lit candles and dripping wax all set the scene. We added in our adorable Bat Surprise doll, Blackbird of Mystery, Mouse House, and Witches Brew pumpkins for a spooky set up!

A corner scene of a wooden rocking chair with a decorative Coral & Tusk embroidered Magic Workshop Pocket Pillow on it, next to a Scaredy Black Cat Bag and Full Moon Masquerade Bucket on a dark wooden floor.

In the corner, of course we had to add our Scaredy Black Cat Bag with Magic Workshop Pocket Pillow in the rocking chair, and next to it a Full Moon Masquerade basket to store a throw, and again just to vary the heights nicely.

LIVING ROOM

With almost every space we style, there’s going to be texture, pattern and odd numbers of things! The back pillow is a block print in a deep indigo and black colorway which makes a great contrast to our stitched linen Haunted House pocket pillow and Graveyard pocket pillow. They are definite conversation starters and such a playful treat for your room.

Two embroidered Halloween pillows from Coral & Tusk sit on a cream sofa in front of a black patterned pillow, one is the Haunted House Pocket Pillow and the other is the Graveyard Pocket Pillow. A black throw is draped over the sofa and a dark wooden cabinet stands in the background.

A cozy throw is always useful and again we brought some brass ochre candles and baby gourds and pumpkins to finish the look off.

A cozy living room featuring a beige sofa decorated with patterned animal pillows, a soft linen pillow, and the Coral & Tusk Scaredy Black Cat Pillow. A wingback chair sits nearby, while a rustic wooden coffee table is styled with pumpkins, books, tall lit candles, and understated Halloween accents. Soft lighting and the playful touch of the Scaredy Black Cat Pillow by Coral & Tusk create an inviting autumn atmosphere perfect for relaxing evenings.

CHILDRENS' ROOM

In the kids' rooms below we added black square throw pillows for a spooky feel and contrast in color but also for a different shape layered against our rectangular 12” x 16” Full Moon Masquerade pillow and either a Blackbird of Mystery or a Bat Surprise doll. On Halloween night, the bucket gets stuffed with their candy haul but for the rest of the season it’s a cute small storage decor piece!

A Halloween styled bedroom nook featuring a built-in bunk bed with cream paneling, a forest-patterned wallpaper backdrop, a lit wall sconce, and a Coral & Tusk Full Moon Masquerade decorative pillow. A small wooden stool with books and a blackbird figurine sits beside the bed.

Coral & Tusk Halloween decorative Full Moon Masquerade Pillow, Bat Surprise Doll, and trick-or-treat bag styled in a bedroom on a bed with rust-colored bedding and black accent pillows, with pumpkins on a side table and candy spilling from the bag.

MORE TIPS FROM THE TEAM:

*On shelves or cabinets, books can be turned sideways to make any object at a higher level

*Small groupings help decor to look intentional and not messy

*We scour Ebay, Etsy, vintage shops and estate sales for special props like old children’s books, tarnished candlestick holders and snuffs, and oil paintings