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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Julia Demer

I’m Stealing Shea McGee’s Simple Trick for a Never-Tacky Halloween – ‘It’s One of the Easiest Holidays to Overdo’

Halloween tablescape featuring bat-motif plates, gourds, and lit taper candles.

If you’re still terrified to decorate this Halloween, you’re not alone. There’s a fine line between a spook-scape that’s freakishly fierce and one that’s frightening for all the wrong reasons, so it takes an intrepid tastemaker like Shea McGee to clear the right cobwebs without sweeping away the spirit of the season.

‘Halloween is one of the easiest holidays to overdo because so much of what’s available feels disposable,’ she admits. Shea's goal, during this decidedly kitschy holiday and forever, is timelessness. ‘My approach to Halloween decor has always been to decorate for the season the same way I’d decorate any other time of year – with beautiful materials, thoughtful craftsmanship, and pieces that feel like a natural extension of your home.’

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