Cooking 101 - In case of grease fire...

Here's my kitchen in May of 2011 that 

shows my sweet daughter Alex & me 

chowing down on a crawfish feast with 

my friends Sherry & Wes & Chris from Ohio.

What a great time of fun & laughter! 

Looks pretty normal in the background, 

don't you think?

This is what was left of my kitchen after 

a grease fire accidentally ignited on my 

stove top! Without warning... of course 

it's ALWAYS without warning!!

That's why it's called "accidental"!

MARIE'S HELPFUL KITCHEN HINT: 

Don't turn the wrong burner on when there's 

a deep fryer full of grease sitting on the stove.
(I don't even remember tuning it on - due to VasoSynope,
in otherwords when my heart bottoms out.)

It can BURST INTO FLAMES!

This is where the range hood used to be below...

those fans can only draw so much LOL!

What a charred mess! 

MARIE'S HELPFUL KITCHEN HINT: 

Don't leave your favorite salt & pepper 

shakers this close to the stove if you 

don't want them incinerated in a fire.

The handsome hunky firefighters that came to 

put the uncontrolled fire out got my clean dishes 

all dirty with the extinguisher spray that they used. 

MARIE'S HELPFUL KITCHEN HINT:

Always put your clean dishes away when dried.

The coffee pot & appliances were all a total lose. 

MARIE'S HELPFUL KITCHEN HINT:

If you want a chicory flavor or a french roast flavor 

in your morning coffee there are better ways than 

having a grease fire start in your kitchen.

You know that old saying "When it rains it pours"?

Three days after the fire,

I had to have my rotary cup repaired.

I didn't do too well... my heart went into arrhythmia.

The doctor & nurses were shocked... not good. 

It took me quite sometime to recover from the 

whole ordeal. It set me back a great deal during all
this mayhem going on in my home.
But thank God he bounces me back 

once I'm mended and all rested!

After lots of professional cleaning processes and 

major turmoil and many many weeks of things 

being redone... 

we finally got to this point - 

a BEAUTIFUL NEW KITCHEN!! 

The cabinets were all repaired and painted in a soft off white. 

I love how light and bright it makes my kitchen look now.

A new stove and range hood in shiny stainless steel 

really updates the kitchen.

MARIE'S HELPFUL KITCHEN HINT: 

This is not the best way to get a new kitchen stove. 

The soffet and backsplash are painted 

a lovely shade of mauve which continues 

into my living room. 

The Blue Delft plates on the soffet were gifts 

from Pat Jones @ Summer Darling.

Thank you Pat, they look perfect!

My dining area now flows so nicely into the kitchen. 

My china cabinet blends beautifully with the 

kitchen cabinets now and it all feels connected. 

The smoke damaged my living room carpeting to the 

point it had to be replaced. Below is a pic of "before"
the fire. You can see the old carpeting and the
very end of the old leather sectional.

So we went with hardwood 

floors instead of carpet. The cleaning factor is much better 

since we have our darling pup Hobie and since we're 

in and out so much to tend to our peacocks and 

their chicks. We also lost our former leather furniture 

because of the heavy smoke damage.

Fast forward to Christmas 2011. 

As you can see we are still waiting for our new 

furniture to come in. 

But that doesn't stop me from putting up my 

Christmas tree with all the beautiful ornaments and 

treasures you all have gifted to me!

It's early Spring 2012 and things have finally all come 

together. 

The new leather furniture is comfortable and cozy and 

 so perfect for furniture arrangement. No more huge 

sectional to work with. I'm so thankful my beautiful  round 

coffee table could be cleaned and reused.

This is my favorite place to curl up with a good book now!

My grandfather clock and Victorian chair 

and Victorian doll pram could be saved also.

How do you like my new fireplace?? 

This gorgeous piece was an anniversary gift from my 

hubby! It's movable - it's a heater - it has that lovely 

fireplace glow - WITHOUT THE FLAMES! 

It's a GOOD thing.

The other side of the living room now holds my beautiful 

fainting couch and beaded floor lamp. 

The soft leather chair and ottoman are ready for 

watching American Idol and movies!

So as you can see I've been a bit tied up for quite some 

time. It's been a long road and little time for blogging 

between our kitchen fire saga and health issues... 

but that's another story...


I have finally begun creating my Theater Dolls again thanks to
the encouragement and support of my friends & loved ones.

Let me introduce you to...

THE SWAN PRINCESS

The Swan Princess is so gorgeous with the
"theater" lit. My friends & I love how she
turned out.

And now...

THE BALLERINA THEATER DOLL

I really enjoy making these themed dolls.
Please visit my ETSY to see more of my
creations! I just know you'll have a great time
looking around at my new items.

 I've missed all of you!
XOXO   Marie

(Written for Marie by Edie Marie from her Attic)

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A message from Sherry @ Edie Marie's Attic -

Hi sweet friends!
I just wanted you to know where I am these days.
Due to a problem of blog sabotage I decided it
was safer for me to close my blog that you've known
for some time as Edie Marie's Attic. At least for the
time being. It's a long story and not worth repeating.
From now on I will probably refer to myself as "Edie
Marie" instead of my real name.

So I'm teaming up with my adopted Lil' Sis, Marie,
to help her keep in contact with all of you by putting
her posts together for her. I'm going to be telling you
her stories just like she would write them herself but
she won't have to bother with all the technical changes
this blogger thing has going on all the time.
(A person can hardly keep up with the changes
these days!)

Marie has invited me to share some of my ideas in
posts on her blog also. So I'll be sharing some of my
decorating, flea marketing, organizing, crafting, yard
saling, holiday etc etc ideas with you!

Thank you Marie for being my pal & buddy & Sister
in life! There aren't enough good words to describe
how fabulous you are in my book!!

Until next time...
God bless everyone of you!

"Edie Marie"