Halloween Decor Ideas for Your Cedar Decking - By: Dave C. Nichols

Nothing says magic quite like Halloween in Portland. It's the time of year when the air is crisp but not too cold, the leaves of trees look as though they are bursting into flames, and the overall city is brimming with the splendors of fall. All of these are perfect components for a fantastic All Hallows' Eve.

If Halloween is something you're passionate about and enjoy, you can join in the holiday spirit by decorating your cedar decking. To get into the fall season spirit, here are a few ideas on how you can transform your decking materials, Portland homeowners:

Add natural color. Add some color to your cedar decking by incorporating lush fall flora in colorful containers. Mums thrive in the autumn weather and come in a grand collection of colors to complement your decking materials. Portland residents can use this classy and subtle decoration idea to spruce up their cedar decking.

Transform a corner. Smaller decks may not have enough room for grand decoration displays. Instead, choose and transforming a certain corner of your cedar deck. Portland homeowners can gather natural adornments, such as pumpkins and corn stalks, embellish them with fall-colored ribbons, and prop them up in a corner of the deck.

Include holiday lighting. When decking out their decking materials, Portland homeowners can drape strings of orange and yellow lights along the deck rails or on vertical deck pieces in order to make a wonderful Halloween light spectacle.

Spruce up your outdoor furniture. You can easily transform your cedar decking by simply displaying seasonal cushions or cushion covers on your decking furniture.

Build a cemetery on your cedar decking. A fun way to bring Halloween to your deck is by constructing a graveyard. You can buy or make headstones, prop them up with mini-pumpkins and add a strobe light or fog machine and some creepy music to add to the spooky factor. To help you create this atmosphere with your decking materials, Portland party stores sell the lighting supplies and such you will need.

Make your deck an entrance to a haunted house. For all of you Halloween decoration enthusiasts, you can transform your cedar decking into the entrance of a spooky haunted house. Dead wilted flowers in pots and fake spider webbing are a couple of ideas to incorporate around your cedar decking to help with the haunted house vibe.

Design a jack-o-lantern pumpkin patch. You can never go wrong with the classic pumpkin lineup on your decking materials, Portland-style. You can also add a bit of pizzazz to your cedar decking display by incorporating gourds, squashes, corn stalks, hay bales and other symbols of fall along-side your jack-o-lanterns.

There are so many options to choose from when it comes to bringing the fall to your cedar decking. Portland homeowners should remember to care for maintain their decks while all of this excitement is going on. Don't forget to remove all the debris from your deck after Halloween, and place pumpkins on stands or pieces of plastic so as not to stain your cedar decking.

About the Author

For more ideas on Halloween and other holiday decorating for decking materials, Portland residents know to visit the website for Rick's Custom Fencing and Decking at http://www.RicksFencing.com, Portland's top vinyl and cedar decking provider.

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