Let’s just keep the Halloween theme going. The previous post was driven by our annual Halloween Cookout Party. While I was gathering up the materials for the fire pit patio, I decided to go ahead and pick up some extra items in order to attempt a new decoration idea that I had been kicking the tires on for some time. Each year, we try to add one new decoration to the collection. Typically these are the latest air blown offerings, but this year we went in a different direction. Living out in the country, it can be difficult to actually navigate to the house. This is even more difficult at dark since there is little ambient light in the area. This makes for a great stargazing, but not so great on the driving. Oh, and to top it off, the GPS directs everyone to my neighbor’s driveway which is a down the road a bit. What started as a internal debate on how to ease the difficulty for our guests resulted in this new decoration:
This particular shot was taken before darkness fell making it look a tad less scarier than it did once the guests started arriving. Not only did this fit the overall theme of the party, but due to the clever hand placement, it also provided a functional role since it was placed at the road as an indicator for drivers to turn left into the correct driveway. I wanted it to last from year to year, be able to withstand various weather conditions and (most of all) be relatively easy to disassemble and store away. I don’t know about you, but those types of conditions almost always lead me to PVC. In the sharing spirit, hit the jump to see how it was built.
