Nayak is also a fan of incorporating less-expected pieces into Halloween decor, meaning you don’t only have to shop the holiday-specific shelves. As shown in the Halloween decorating ideas above, curating a candle collection, embracing amber tones, and laying out a moss table runner all go a long way in DIY’ing the perfect seasonal tablescape. Additionally, consider combining black and metallics for your color scheme, strategically placing gourds of various shapes and sizes across the table, folding white napkins like little ghosts at each table setting, using plastic skeleton hands to hold down a hand-written menu at each place setting, or using old-school plastic vampire fangs as napkin rings.