A FRIENDLY FACE

Build a charming door greeter from yard-sale pickings, dollar-store finds and creative ingenuity. Cecilia Lynne of My Thrift Store Addiction found the vintage milk can several years ago already aged to a perfect patina. Top a similar piece with a plastic jack-o’-lantern painted to look like timeworn terra-cotta, and emphasize the shape with a burlap bow tie, raffia arms and a lapel flower. Plant succulents in black garden clogs at the base and a flower in the pumpkin head to offer a whimsical garden feel.