APARTMENT IRENA - THE TOOTHLESS WITCH INN - Kitchen and Living area

Hello Everybody!

I hope you all have been well.

Halloween is approaching fast. Are you ready!

Thank you for your comments. They are greatly 

appreciated.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Tis time to see the first half of Irena's Inn.

She welcomes all!!

Irena hung the 'Potions and Spells CLOSED'

sign on her sign to let witches know what

is going on inside.

Here is what the Inn looks like. So much more

to see inside. There is a kitchen and a bathroom

COME TAKE A LOOK!

This half of the apartment will be posted next. Hope

you visit!

Irena works really hard to ensure that her guests are

comfortable. Hepsiba Hallows is sleeping one 2

chairs. She was so tired that she fell asleep as soon

as her head hit the chair. She holds her black hat

in her hand. Her basket of hairstyling tools were

by her feet, but Irena moved them onto the floor.

Irena holds a purple and yellow crocheted blanket

to put on top of Hepsiba so she will not get cold.

She sleeps so close to the door.

The crocheted blanket was made by Lynda.

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Take a look at the lovely items she makes!

INNKEEPER - IRENA is so thoughtful!
Holding the lovely blanket to wrap up the very tired
Hepsiba Hallows! Hepsiba passed out from
her very long and exhausting flight!

Beside the door is an old brass coat rack. I use it

for pocketbooks and hats.

The witches park their brooms here. I have a sign

that needs to go on the wall here. I forgot to hang it.

I wanted you to see this area by the door, as we

are going to enter into the Inn thru the kitchen

door. Betsy Sue made the gingerbread men! But

Irena gives them life.

One is already trying to run out of the door! The 

other is on the edge of the table getting ready to

jump off. Both of these were earrings that I have 

had for years. The table shows a dishtowel that

I made hanging onto the side of the table leg.

See, here is a gingerbread man trying to run away!!

Betsy Sue is making some more! And soon Irena

will give each one a drop of potion and 

cast a spell so that each gingerbread man will

come to life! Alas, each one runs away.

Irena left her batter which does not need

a bowl in order to help a guest. She will

be back.

Here is a little view of some of the

kitchen. The range and cabinet are

behind Betsy Sue. Mrs. Potts and Chip

always stay under the table until needed.

Of course we have to watch chip - he likes

to go out occasionally and talk to the

guests. I have had the blue rug for many

years and I have 2 of them. I will find

a good place to put the other rug in this 

Inn - somewhere!

The candles were made for me by a dear

friend around 1996/1997 time frame.

I have kept them with me this entire

time. 

A black Egyptian cat stays nearby. He always

lurks around the kitchen and fireplace area.

Here is Mrs. Potts and Chip. I think that I have

posted them before many years ago - not sure. But

this is how I got them. They were found in a thrift

store for 50cents on their trolley.

Their little tray lifts right up! This is the backside.

Even the purple top lifts off from the pink trolley.

Since they have faces and talked on the Disney

movie - I thought it would be cute to show them here.

I hope you agree.

A better view of the kitchen towel.

There is lots of room here even though an earlier

picture did not show it. More of the cabinet

that is behind the kitchen door.

The kitchen cabinet is a hoosier cabinet. I just love

this piece! It is a big piece of furniture.

Wanted to show you the doors that are

opened viewing their contents.

The 8 towels I made are located in the

bottom cabinet on the top shelf.

I printed out these books and put them together. They

are located on the bottom shelf below the towels.

This is a teapot that I bought from ASCENSION

many years ago! I let it collect some dust.

This is the front side of the pot. Love the little clay

purple bow!

Some silverware in the drawer. I must paint them!

I bought these orange bowls many years ago. They

are still sold on ebay I believe. They do not cost

much.

On the left side of the cabinet, are glasses,

and plates that I bought from Carrie

at 'Lavender Dilly'. Thank you Carrie.

I just love these plates!

Here are those plates!

At the top of the cabinet are a few spooky items.

The orange little bread cabinet is on the right. The

door opens and closes also found at the thrift store.

The skeleton skull is a candle, perhaps a real

candle. I wonder if perhaps it can be lighted??

Anyway I bought it from ebay. The man also

makes them with a black candle. These are

so cool! The skull heads in the middle is a cute

item that I cannot remember where I got it.

I have placed it there cause it covers a hole

that is in the wood. It was suppose to have

a door there but somehow got lost. In a real

life hoosier cabinet, you put the flour thru

this hole and it goes thru a tin shaft. See the

little door that is open - you can see some of

the tin shaft. So cute. The bowl underneath 

the door catches the flour!!

The little blue clay potion jar is by Annette Lloyd.

She is also located on ebay and on Facebook.

Check her out! He was very inexpensive.

Love him!!

Oooo a spider! I got the web a long time

ago. The purple spider is so cute!!! Love

his eyes. I got this from Detta's Darling

Dolls!!

He is located on top of the hoosier cabinet!

The hoosier cabinet is now in place.

I am sure that you have seen this cook-stove

from when this apartment belonged to

Permelia.

On the stove are some turtles cooking!

Very little water in the pot, cause the

shells must cook for a long time to soften

them up. Irena boils them and then she

crushes them into little bits for her potions.

The red kettle is always on the stove for

tea.

Here is some yummy baked bread

for her guests!

I love these muffins! It is actually a

magnet that I bought back in the early

90s. I should decorate them up with

glitter.

This spot is just under the brass decanter

that holds utensils. Nothing in here yet.

A strawberry pie is being cooked for

her guests. It just needs to brown and

then it is done. This is the smaller bottom

oven.

The middle oven is a lot bigger to

hold a bigger item. Do you have some

ideas as to what I should put in this one?

Another pie is baking in here.

A couple of potions. The salt and pepper

shakers that I made back in the 90s.

Directions for them were in an old book.

Sorry, cannot remember that book.

Love this little brass decanter. I filled

it with utensils for the witch, but mostly

for Betsy Sue.

Under the cook-stove holds a tub full of

skulls. Much more room under to display

items.

Skulls!

The cook-stove places on the back wall beside

the hoosier cabinet. Perhaps I need a picture

to go above the stove??

Here stands a sink that I made!!

I used an existing white cabinet. I took off the

doors and glued skeleton legs with their feet

onto the cabinet front sides and middle. I took

a piece of black straw and glued it to the

inside of the cabinet to represent a pipe.

The sink is a butter tub glued to the cabinet.

I painted the entire cabinet and sink black

and scratched off some of the paint so as

to make a greyish look. Also painted the 

skeleton legs and feet.

For the faucet I knew that I wanted

a skeleton head to go there. 

I cut out a square in the butter tub

and glued a skeletons neck and a little

of his backbone here. I dry rubbed some

black paint on his head and bones.

The skeleton head moves and I wanted

it to continue to move so the head is not

glued in anyway. I also knew that I 

wanted the water to run from his eyes.

The water is just dried glue. And I can

take the glue out of this eye and put it

in the other eye. The hot water is now 

running to make bubbles in the sink!

The other eye has cold water.

The bubbles are just beads glued down

into the sink with lots of glue.

A side view of the hot water making bubbles. The

black, red and blue beads are special potions to

really clean the dishes. So Betsy Sue does not

have to scrub anything.

Okay, no more bubbles need to be made. The

cold water is running from this eye now. Must 

fill up the sink!

On the left side is a trinket. It was on an earring,

but it is a little heavy. It looks spooky here.

Each of the little dishes have different colors. They

are just haphazardly stacked up in there.

This is the area with the sink and the fireplace!

I still need something above the sink. I haven't figured

out yet what I want here. I do not want the usual

potions shelf or plate rack. I will let you know and

show you a pic once I figure out what should go there.

The fireplace is resin. I have owned it for many years

also. It looks so real. Another Egyptian cat stands

guard. A basket holds kindle wood. A small cauldron

used to be black. I painted it red so you could see

it.

The cat has white eyes with a gold necklace.

The red cauldron currently is not being used.

I have had these books for a year or two already.

Bought from ebay. Not expensive. The little jug

looks right at home here!

Here is Cherie and her baby Charlotte. You know

her sad story. I hope she does not freak you out.

The entire thing is made by Detta's Darling Dolls!

I love the skull frame. When Detta made the ghost

coming out of the mirror, it looked like she

should have been holding something. My daughter

Pepper thought it would be cool if she held

a baby. I liked the idea of having 2 ghosts in that

frame. That is how this came about. The baby

ghost is not glued down so she can be changed out

for something else if I choose. 

Her toenails are painted red!

Under her feet are many maps and 3 scrolls.

Hoping you can see the frame and the

ghosts better in this pic.

Pep also wanted a blue 'moon ring' on her

finger. This was cool!

At the end of this wall is a cat pole that I made.

I put a dowel in this space and covered it with black

felt. Then took some little pieces of balsa wood and

glued on black felt. They are glued directly to the

pole but they needed some braces to help keep them

up. I painted these black also. 

There are a total of about 10 cats on this pole. I

could have put more but thought that 10 were 

enough, so you could see the cats good.

Here is a closer look.

This is the left side of

the cat pole that faces into

the bedroom. I sure do

like this cat pole!

At the bottom of the catpole near

the fireplace is a bag of cat food

and a little kitty that is sitting on the

floor!

The sofa that I am using with lots of cobwebs!

The back of the cobweb sofa!

A look inside thru the kitchen French doors is

where the sofa sets.

Delilah Deranged is sitting here.

A ghost stands nearby!

Rheubella Rattles goes in and out

thru the French doors on the living

room side.

A close up of Rheubella.

Rheubella goes back inside!

Delilah is fast asleep on the sofa!

She is actually passed out!! Drunk on 

strawberry wine!!

Am glad that she likes the ottoman that I made!

I made this ottoman. It has a black bow on the

top, but you cannot see it because of her feet. Do

you like her painted toenails!! Sweet!!

This is the view from the doorway. The ottoman

was removed to give a better look into the room.

This is one of my favorite pics! Rheubella the ghost

is watching over the drunk Delilah!!!

And look at that naughty cat!

An old newspaper.

Gee, Delilah is really doing some snoring!!

Rheubella really wants to rattle some chains. I got

to get some of those.

Rheubella will soon go away, move on

to another witch.

But not before she sees that the cat

sees her!

The cat is playing with the ghosts lace

ties!! I bought this cat back in the 80s.

These are resin chairs that I bought in the 80s from

a gift store. They were not expensive at all. I have 

seen one on ebay. I was surprised to see it.

I love the front look of these chairs. Love the texture

of the blue chair seats and backing.

But I do not like the back of the chairs with that 

big blue bow! So I try to keep this hid.

These are the chairs that Hepsiba sleeps in. Ooo

I see that Irena found her a pillow.

Detta also made her slippers! Cute!!!

Irena holding the blanket to put on Hepsiba.

Hepsiba sure has passed out! All of that

flying knocked her out!

The sunlight in her eyes do not seem

to bother her! Good cause Irena was

worried about that.

As I have said, Hepsiba is a hair stylist.

This is her basket with her supplies.

Showing is the back of her mirror.

This side shows her hair-dryer, comb and brush

with someone's hair in the bristles. She did not clean them!!

How awful is this!

This is how everything looked before I dirtied 

them up. I put some paint on the basket. The mirror,

comb, brush and hair-dryer belong to a Barbie.

I could have used miniature ones, but I did not

like them - too small for me. I like the bigness

of these items. 

Many years ago, I bought some furniture from 

ebay and these items were in it. Someone lovingly

painted the rose and stems. They did an outstanding

job! It was a shame that I had to paint over it.

I scraped off the gold paint and found they were

purple! I painted over the pieces

with black paint, including the red flower with stems.

I think you have seen this witch that I made many

years ago. She still hangs in the exact same place.

She is made from white card, purple yarn and

black felt with a piece of a stick for a broom

handle.

She is a little big, but if might put her 

somewhere else later.

The brass coat rack and broom area.

What hangs on the rack.

This is what is hanging on the brass coat rack.

The little orange bag with the cat on it holds lots

of Halloween candy!

YUM, YUM!!

I hope you have enjoyed seeing the kitchen and living

area of this apartment.

Next Friday I will post the bedroom, bath and closet

areas.

Thank you for visiting me!

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