Vintage Halloween décor is trending big this year. Designers share stylish, spooky ways to use secondhand finds—from foxed mirrors to aged brass—for character-rich charm.

While you can't plan to stumble across certain items at an estate sale, there's nothing like the thrill of the hunt. It may take dozens of failed attempts, but nothing compares to that feeling of accomplishment that comes once you finally find the piece you've been dreaming of.

No one knows their way around these events quite like the ones who shop them professionally, so we asked three designers to share what they always buy at estate sales.