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Halloween porch decor: 9 ways to create a spooky scene
Halloween porch decor is a must for anyone hoping to frighten up their front yard. The porch is a prime piece of real estate for creating a spooky scene, and there are plenty of ways to go about it. For simple Halloween decorating ideas, you can add Halloween-themed touches to your existing front porch ideas, and in particular, your fall porch ideas, which are easily tweaked. Or, you can go all out by turning your porch into a scene straight from a horror movie. Somewhere in the middle? That works, too. Whichever direction you prefer for your outdoor Halloween decor, we’ve got an idea for it, below. Halloween front porch…
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Home improvement | Journal Scene
The best part of renovating a 1955 brick ranch? One hardly knows where to begin. One could start by smacking oneself in the head with a ball-peen hammer until one faints, thereby being exempt from everything that follows, such as: ripping up ancient shag carpet; ripping out bathrooms that were current when “Pal Joey” was a hit, and ripping off faux-pine paneling GLUED TO brick walls. (The last item involved weeks of applying solvent, using heat guns to soften the glue and chisels to pry it off inch by agonizing inch. We should have just painted the paneling.) By smiting oneself into a blackout, one also avoids calling dozens of…
