Okay, so here’s the reveal on The Rock House’s Kitchen:

This breakfast area next to the back door is where we do all our everyday eating. It’s right where Grandma and Grandpa sat to watch the birds and eat tuna fish sandwiches and squirt taco bell hot sauce on things like hamburgers. We have our bird feeders in the exact place they did, and we get excited how they did, too. Look! There’s a titmouse! That has nothing to do with kitchens, I know.

The floors are linoleum. They totally look like wood and were a comparably inexpensive makeover!

I can thank Emily at Chatting at the Sky for the black cabinet idea. Oh, I love that Emily. The grey/blue color on the walls is Sherwin Williams Oyster Bay. I like it – a lot. (Can you hear my Forest Gump accent?)

See how the cookbooks go in the old microwave hole? That’s also where I hook up my little iPod for some tunes. I can’t do much kitchen work without shaking what my Mama gave. It’s always for Jesus, people.

The backsplash is black chalkboard paint, and I have a quote from one of my favorite Mary Oliver poems written there so far. Oh, I love that Mary Oliver.

I’m not showing the little corner with the fridge and oven/stove/microwave. It looks great, but it just isn’t that exciting.

Here are two sneak peeks into the dining room. I’ll tell you more about the colors and such when I give you the full reveal. I’m just not finished yet.

Above the painted brick fireplace is an old screen door turned mirror and some of my white dishes and vases.

What’s your favorite thing about your kitchen

– besides all the eating that goes on?