Place SettingsNo. 2199 · The 2026 edition
Halloween Decorating and Table Setting Ideas
Set a spooky-chic table with these creative Halloween decor ideas from top designers and home magazines.
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Get inspired by a roundup of Halloween table setting ideas featuring monotone color schemes, broomstick place cards, spider glassware, and other unique touches. Curated from Martha Stewart, Country Living, and reader submissions, this collection offers tips for a memorable and stylish Halloween party.
About this
A Tablescape Thursday post rounding up Halloween decorating and table-setting inspiration. It shows a Pottery Barn skeleton display and several Martha Stewart tablescapes, including a fall/white pumpkin table and an eerie all-blue table, plus broomstick place cards from Country Living. It also features a reader's (Sandra's) whimsical Halloween dining room, entry table and glassware, and asks readers to guess what book the skeleton was reading.
Tips
- Turning platters on their ends is a great solution when you don't have room to display them horizontally, and it adds height and dimension.
- Making everything on a table a single monotone blue gives the table a creepy, scary feel.
- A table in soothing, understated tones can work for either fall or Halloween.
The plan
- To participate in Tablescape Thursday, link your post's permalink (not your blog's general address) and include a backlink to the party in your post
- To get your permalink, click your post name and copy the address from the address bar into the url box when linking up
- You may copy and paste the Tablescape Thursday logo button to your computer and upload it to your post like any photo
- Avoid ALL CAPS post/blog names when linking up since they create big spaces between rows of links
Decoration ideas
- Pottery Barn store display: a skeleton seated in a chair with an open book
- Turn platters on the top shelf on their ends (Martha Stewart tablescape) for a fall or Halloween hutch display
- White pumpkin centerpiece tablescape that works for fall or Halloween
- Make an entire table monotone eerie blue for a creepy, scary feel
- Use a curvy, wobbly candelabra for a whimsical Halloween look
- Broomstick place cards (from Country Living)
- Make each place setting at the table different
- Trick or Treat plates (found at HomeGoods)
- Striped flatware
- A little ghost peeking out of an orange cup
- Spider glassware to finish off a Halloween place setting
- An entry table decorated to greet unsuspecting guests
- A Halloween tree placed under the stairwell (reader Sandra's home, built 1833)
- Silver pumpkins at Pottery Barn
- Treats displayed in buckets at each place setting (reader suggestion)
- A sheer black table skirt (reader suggestion)
Activities
- Guess what book the skeleton was reading when he met his demise — a comment-prompt game for readers
More photos
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