Halloween/Fall

The Addams Family-inspired Citi Performing Arts Center Gala in 2011 was ridden with graveyard imagery.

Interior designer Leah Pickler interpreted Showtime's Dexter series when the network partnered with Metropolitan Home in 2008 for an experiential show house. Pickler's dining room included plates, chairs, and walls splattered with blood and a centerpiece comprised of vials of red liquid.

At this year's Dining by Design in New York, the table styled by Alexa Stevenson had rather a macabre centerpiece that included moss, succulents, and a skull inside a glass cloche.

Edward Gorey's morbid illustrations were the inspiration behind the design for the 2006 Central Park Conservancy Halloween ball. Inside the dining room, Grayson Bakula (a company that has since changed its name to Bakula Design) decorated the walls of the tent with projections of barren branches and hung menacing hooded figures from the ceiling.

At each place setting, plastic vampire teeth stood in for napkin rings. Guests dined on warm burrata and balsamic-braised short ribs, followed by mini cheesecakes paired with gummy worms and candy eyeballs for dessert.

Hatch Creative Studio's tabletop decor incorporated pieces from Target's own line of Halloween-theme products and home decor items. At the head of each table sat a ghoulish guest: a plastic skeleton.

Eyeballs decorated napkin holders.