Drivers passing 1374 Smith St. in North Providence this month are met with a sprawling graveyard scene spilling across the lawn, over a rock wall and onto the sidewalk. Homeowners Matt Cook and Domenica Barsoian built the display for the first time this year, filling their yard with dozens of skeletons, ghouls, pumpkins and homemade structures.
According to The Valley Breeze, the graveyard-themed setup includes skeletons depicted crawling, climbing, sitting and hovering around the property, with figures of varied shapes and sizes mixed among the ghouls and pumpkins. Cook said the couple bought the property about a year before the display went up and wanted to bring some holiday spirit to the neighborhood, the outlet reports. He said Domenica did most of the decorating herself.
The full installation took roughly two weeks to put together, the report notes. Domenica Barsoian visited five Michael’s stores, a Walmart and Halloween specialty shops to gather pieces for the scene, while Sandra Barsoian helped build PVC-pipe columns, archways and fencing that give the display its structure. The yard also features a homemade grim reaper among its handmade additions.
A Family Business Lends a Hand
Getting the lights up high enough required some outside help. Cook, who owns North Eastern Tree Service, had the company provide a bucket truck to hang many of the display’s lights, the same report states…