Hart of The Home, In Chocolate

Welcome to the party,our host is Shelia at Note Songs, and I know you have seen what a lovely kitchen she has.
On Dec.2 I came home to find a 9 ft. waterfall in my dining room. The water pipe up stairs had burst, and ran for 7 hours. It ended up being 40 thousand dollars damage to our home. Needless to say we had no Christmas last year. It took a little over two months to get our house back together. They gave me 24 hundred dollars to find cabinets. At first I thought I had made a mistake. Then I finished the mural, and decided to paint the rest of the kitchen in chocolate. I am happy at it came together in my chocolate kitchen.This is looking from the living room .You can see the kitchen to the left.




You may think the room is dark, but I don't have the under counter lights on, so you can see the mural better. I painted it and put a coat of polly acrylic on so you can wash it. I like to change things,so I didn't want tile. This way ,when I want to change the look,I just start painting.


We had the fridge to stop working, so off to Lewes and new fridge. We had a side by side and when I found this one I knew it was the one for me. I just love the freezer on the bottom.

I turned the overhead light off, so it wouldn't glare off the glass in the painting.
Thank you for stopping in to take a look at my chocolate kitchen. I left coffee and a sweet treat for you. This is the living room after the redo.

The After

This will be the second time this bathroom has been done in 6 months. The main redo was for the major water damage from a water pipe that left our home with 40 thousand dollars in damages. After everything was fixed we had a hot water to spray water under the floor, damaging my bathroom. The floor had to re removed including the sub floor. There are a few more things to finish,but I am so happy to have my bath back We have 2 1/2more baths but this was my favorite.
When we took out the vanity to redo the floor,I thought it would be a good time to change some things. The mirror was so old you could not use it to put makeup on with. Off to the thrift shops. I found this mirror for $18.00.
I had it ready to paint and grabbed a can and begun to spray. I had planed to paint it black,but I picked up the silver can by mistake. Then I thought HUM! After spraying I then took some black to enhance certain areas. I also replaced the white vessel with a clear one.
One day I was blog hopping and found a designer that had used a teapot with flowers in her bath. A friend gave me this little teapot. It had one foot gone, so I put a piece of cork on it ,now it would work perfectly for my room.
These keys are something I fell in love with in a shop.
I bought these boots 15 years ago in an antique shop. Yes ,I did try to put them on, I got about half my foot in the top part.. They must have had tiny feet.

Just Finished

I just finished this painting. Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoy this one.

Chocolate In The Kitchen !!!

Before the water damage I had white cabinets. I wanted something different and this is what I came up with. The cabinets are white frosted oak with a chocolate glaze. I had painted the mural behind the sink before the damage. My friend said she thought I should continue it on around the back splash.After I finished the back splash I knew I was headed in the right direction. When it came to the wall color, I wanted the cabinets to stand out so I went with a dark chocolate. All this chocolate talk makes me want to start baking.
Ok, back to this post, so I will tell you I am very happy with my new kitchen

Livingroom Done My Way

The dining room table is still being refinished, so keep that in mind when you see the dining room. The living room is just comfy enough for hubby and me. I had a fire in the fireplace twice this week.Now you decorators take it easy on me,I found some things at thrift shops and I found the pillows today at Big Lots. Lowes had the palm for $10.00 and Home Depot had the Tulips for $4.00.
We are still installing the kitchen faucet, and can't do the clean up of the kitchen till that is done.