Happy Haunting Kitchen

Halloween decorating is all 

done and we are enjoying some 

new things at 

Purple Chocolat Home.  

This will probably be our 

last month here, and definitely 

our last Halloween here, 

but I decided I would have fun 

decorating for Halloween 

anyhow.

You have seen me decorate 

my kitchen counter with 

my boards for years, but 

this year I decided to elevate 

them.  My son had made me 

this small board several years 

ago and I purchased acrylic 

feet and glued them on the 

bottom to create some 

height, interest and bling.

After he had given me that black 

board, I decided I wanted a large 

one so I ran to Home Depot and 

purchased a board and painted it 

black and sanded it a little.  

We had these feet that I got on 

Amazon and I asked hubby to 

screw them in.  It literally took 

less than 15 minutes to elevate 

this board.  Everyone who has 

seen these loves the change. 

I like layering the smaller 

board in front of the 

larger board.  

Most of my Halloween 

decor was already boxed 

and moved, but my two 

Haunted Houses were in 

special boxes to be hand 

carried.  I decided I needed 

some decor out, so I 

got these out and that 

started the decorating!

I also had to display my new 

furry cat pumpkin from 

Home Goods.  The grandkids 

really love the houses and 

the furry pumpkin.  They 

are really good to just look 

and not touch.  

Hubby went with my son and 

grandson to a Jet's game in 

New York and he asked what 

I wanted him to bring back.  

I said, "Oh, go to the 

Mackenzie-Childs store and 

get me something!"

So he went and took pictures 

and I chose this.  What a great 

guy!!  

Beaulah is happy with all of the fun new changes and she is ready to party.  We are advertising all of our parties as our "Last Halloween Party Here" but we are excited to move.  

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My Haunted Village

Halloween is all around the house, 

and this year I decided to create 

a Haunted Village on the piano 

in the front entry, like I do the 

Christmas Village each year.

It all started because I made a new 

Haunted House and didn't know 

where to put another one!

I made and posted about this 

Haunted House last year. 

This is a house I had purchased from 

JoAnn Fabrics a few years back and 

I had dolled it up with a few pumpkins,

brooms, a banner and some pipe cleaners. 

This was a house we with our 

Craft Group a few years back.  

The craft leader that night had purchased 

houses from Hobby Lobby and then 

glittered them up and we all 

brought things to accessorize 

our houses.

The last house was also brought from JoAnn Fabrics and accessorized. 

Let me go back and show you some 

of the fun details to my new house. 

To tell the truth, it was this four poster 

witch's bed that captured my eye 

first at Michael's.  It has a fun purple 

bedspread and a hat on the bed and it is 

draped with black netting.  

The fairy witch is the owner of this house.  

Also notice the fun vanity mirror in the 

back corner.  These were all pieces from 

Michaels.  

The upstairs bath is a footed tub 

and a fun pedestal sink from Michaels.  

I cut some fur fabric for a bath rug 

and added a little folded terry towel.  

The silver mirror was purchased 

from Amazon.

I keep wanting to say this or that is 

my favorite thing, but this black 

cake has to be one of the top ones.  

it is atop a spider webbed table 

with sparkling bats on the chairs. 

But then again, this tufted sofa can't be 

beat!  No wonder I grabbed everything 

I saw!  

The outside porch is decorated with 

two haunted trees, a cauldron, 

some melting candles and 

some white pumpkins.  These are 

all from Michael's too.  

In order to have space for a porch, I 

found a slatted sign that was a gray 

wash and glued the house to it. 

If you have lost your way, these little 

spooks will help you!  

The house itself was a kit Michael's 

had for $24, that just glued together. 

The bad part of all of this is that 

everything was here and gone in 

August.  I went to a second store to 

pick up another couch and everything 

was gone the next day.  

Here are details from the inside 

of the house I made and posted 

last year.  

The furnishings came from Hobby Lobby, 

Michael's and Etsy.  

I made quite a few bottle brush trees 

for Halloween a few years ago and 

they are all over the village and even 

inside the houses. 

As you can see, Beaulah and I have been 

having a lot of fun for Halloween, 

flying here there and everywhere.  

We are so glad we flew on over to 

Michael's before all of these fun 

things were gone.

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Love Your Creativity

My MacKenzie-Childs Barn Sale Purchase

I have been dying to share my best 

purchase from the MC Virtual Barn Sale 

this year.  

I fell in love with this cake platter right away.  

How many cake platters does a good witch 

need I ask?  Well, if it is as fabulous as this, 

I guess we needed another one.  

She takes front and center on my kitchen counter.  

She is actually made of two pieces, but 

knowing people the way I do, I figured 

someone would come and lift up the peak 

of the hat and drop it.  I decided to use a 

little earthquake proof stickum to secure 

the top piece on.  

You cannot believe how many people have 

tried to move it!  Please people, just ask, 

don't try and take it apart.  So I was glad 

that I was proactive and secured it down.  

The two pieces will come apart with a 

slight twist.  

I wish I had purchased another one for my 

daughter who just fell in love with it when 

she saw it.  

Isn't the twist at the top of the hat 

just amazing?  

I may never be able to attend the real 

barn sale, but the last two virtual ones 

have been fun!  

Thanks for stopping by to see what Beaulah 

have been decorating.  

She told me she would like to be repainted 

in black and white with accents of gold! 

TEE HEE

Haunted Miniature House

Decorating my house this year
for Halloween
 wasn't enough;
I had to decorate a miniature house too!

There is something so magical about miniatures, 
and I have been bitten by the bug.

Miss Beulah has not been very happy with me 
that I haven't featured her yet on my blog, 
but I had flown off on my own broomstick!

The house has been decorated since the last week 
of September, but with parties and travel and 
everything Halloweenish, I haven't blogged about 
any of it!

I really wanted to find a dollhouse and paint 
it in spooky colors, but even used doll houses 
are going for a fortune and I didn't have time 
to build one (and I am not sure I would ever 
finish it), so when I went into Michaels and 
found this top piece all painted and with a 
sparkly, purple, shingled roof, I bought it.  

I thought I would bring it home and have just a tiny, 
tiny haunted house, but this adorable cupboard, 
which I had purchased at Hobby Lobby was too 
tall to fit into any of the space.  

So I went back to Michaels and purchased two 
unfinished wood boxes, circled above.  The bottom 
one created the base, and the top one created the 
living space.  A quick spray with black paint and 
a little glue, and now I had a house.  

I had ordered a few things off of Etsy, like these adorable 
pillows.  I frayed the edges of a piece of orange and black 
chevron fabric and glued the edges under for a rug.

The dresser on the right came from the dollar store.  My 
daughter found that and bought it for me.  

The Halloween plates, cake and cookies were also 
from Etsy.  I had made the bottle brush trees a few 
years ago for Halloween. 

The spooky apothecary jars were from Etsy, 
along with the manuscript tied in string, but 
the packages, letters, books, table, pots and plates 
all came from Michaels and Hobby Lobby.  

This spooky toadstool rests in moss in one 
of the valleys of the roof.  I purchased him 
from a local holiday boutique - The Holy Cow. 

 

I added windows and fireplaces inside and out. 

The cool candlestick stump was also from Holy Cow.

You can find things in the fairy garden section, 
the dollar store, craft stores, and online.  There 
are also wonderful youtube videos on how to make 
miniatures.  Hunting for things has been half of the fun!

Of course, now I want to make a Christmas one.  
I had picked up a lot of beautiful miniatures 
a few years ago when we went to the 
Christmas Markets 
in Germany, and this would be a fun way 
to display them.  
Young and old were fascinated with it. 

Glad you stopped to visit!  Beaulah 

has made me promise we will post more! 

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My Bewitching Kitchen

Welcome to my betwitching kitchen, 

which is always the center of activity 

any time of year.  

I made this new serving board in black 

this year.  I love having a board that 

can gather all of the decor or food.

My son made my white and gold one 

that is usually on the kitchen counter.  

He had made my daughter a brown one. 

But later he made her one like mine so 

the brown one went in storage.   

 I had a little piece of wood that 

I was going to throw out, I thought I 

should paint it black and rough it up. 

Well it worked so well, that then I 

called her and told her to bring her 

brown board over and we painted it 

black.  Hers was nicer because it had 

nice finished edges, but I decided 

to go to Home Depot and buy an 

8x10 board and paint it and sand 

it and voila!!!!  I love it!  

($14 for the board!)

This banner over my hood I have had 

for a few years.  I got it at a boutique.

But the black pumpkin pot is new 

this year from Home Goods. 

I fell in love with it and three of them 

leapt into my cart.  That is a dangerous 

store with leaping merchandise. 

My son and daughter in law gifted me this 

Disney castle made from a 3D printer.  

The plastic poison apple mugs are 

from visiting Disneyland at Halloween. 

I just love Disneyland at Halloween. 

We are headed there tomorrow!!

On the other side of my kitchen is 

where Beaulah likes to hang out.  

She perches by the pizza oven waiting 

for a party. 

A little black garland, some orange 

feathers and creepy eyeball wreaths 

(from Target last year or the year before) 

complete the mantel of the pizza oven.  

Stop in and have a Halloween treat 

with Beaulah and I any time.  

WE HAVE BEEN DIEING TO HAVE YOU!