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A house front decorated for Halloween with a hanging figure beside the door
William Murphy · CC BY-SA 2.0

Do something to the porch

One good idea beats an aisle of plastic.

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What you need

  • One orange bulb
  • Whatever you already own
  • Restraint

The trick

Change the light before you add anything

A single bare orange or red bulb by the door does more than every inflatable on the street. Start there and you may find you are finished.

Try this

  • Something tall and still beside the door, rather than many small things on the ground.
  • Leave the path clear — people have to walk up it in the dark.
  • An hour