Khaat pondered over her home and its design. It was an old cobblestone cottage that she had fallen in love with. The heavy wood doors, wood trim, shutters and windowboxes had been painted cornflower blue before she bought it, and Khaat had just left it since the weather was getting colder. the windows were all leaded glass with stained glass scenes in them that reflected warm colors and sunlight into the rooms. There was a beautiful matching cobblestone wall all around the property, like a hedge, framing in the immaculent garden. She had found all manner of fruit and nut trees, flowering trees, large shade trees, and perfectly manicured flowerbeds and grass. There was a large herb and vegetable garden just out the back door, and a large oversized potting shed towards the back of the yard.
Inside, there were five large whitewashed rooms downstairs. There was a large, open living room with a huge fireplace that served to heat most of the house. She had filled the room with overstuffed country style furniture in cornflower blue, and blue and green plaid. She had filled the place with antigues and some of her mother's original artwork and sculpture that gave it a very comfortable, casual look.
The dining room was off to the right side of the fireplace, and there was a large, heavy wood dining room table with ladderback chairs, a serviceable wood sideboard, and a large heavy hutch with her mother's stoneware placed in it for daily use. The stoneware had a colorful pattern that seemed to bring the room to life. That and the large bay window with the deep cushioned windowseat with thick, fluffy throw pillows.
From the left of the living room fireplace, was Khaat's study/sitting room. It was lined in dark woods, large leaded glass windows, and many bookshelves. There was a large heavy wood desk with a leather chair, a loveseat with a red printed fabric, and two coordinating red wing chairs near a small fireplace. Doors led from the study and the dining room to the large country kitchen that, like the living room, ran the full width of the house.
The kitchen had a unique and comfortable mix of a fireplace for cooking, as well as the latest muggle conveniences, and beautiful country cupboards. Copper cookware from France hung from the walls and ceiling. There were wide windows with beautiful views of the garden to let in the sun. The fabrics matched the living room fabrics.
There was a stairway in the living room, right behind the fireplace, and another stairway to go up in the kitchen. The kitchen stairway also led down into the cellar.
The last room downstairs was a beautiful sunroom out the back door. It had floor to ceiling windows on three sides a terracotta floor for warmth, a ceiling fan to stir warm summer breezes, and wamr colored woodwork. The room was decorated with comfortable furniture--a comfortable sofa that had a print of tropical ferns and birds on a vanilla background, and four comfortable club chairs done on complimentary prints to the couch. The room also had a round table with four padded chairs, the fabric in complimentary colors to the couch and chairs. There were several flourishing plants.
There were eight whitewashed bedrooms upstairs. Four of them had been magically added by Khaat so that the house would not look double the size of the downstairs. The six guest rooms had full sized beds and all imaginable immenities. Each one was done in a jewel tone. One was done in forest green, another in purple, another in topaz yellow, another in ruby red, another in a fushia, and the other in saphhire blue. Khaat's own room was painted a buttery vanilla color and had beautiful red printed fabrics. She had queen sized bed, and a pair of vanilla and red wing chairs in front of the large leaded glass windows, with a round table between them for comfortable reading. All the lamps in the house were of handmade stained glass, made by her mother. Beside Khaat's bed were two wizard photographs--one of her parents, and one of her Uncle Remus.
The eighth bedroom belonged to Khaat's adopted daughter, Miseria. The room had whitewashed walls, like the rest of the house, but the furniture was stained black. The bed was a large, antique, handcarved canopy bed with red tapestry drapes and a red tapestry bedspread. The drapes were made from red tapestry fabric and on the floor was a geometric printed rug in red, white and black. There were beautiful stained glass lamps and red glass accent pieces and black ones. Khaat had gotten Miseria a large beautiful mirror with a stained glass frame that matched the lamps. In the windows were large leaded glass circles with stained glass scenes of birds, trees, and flowers.
The house's bathrooms were both upstairs. The first bathroom was done in a similar country style, with an oversized clawfoot tub, and enough large thick white bath sheets to make it a spa if it had to be. It had several large, full ivy plants hanging from hooks in the ceiling, and had soft rugs on the floor and a multicolored printed curtain on the windows. She had taken care to strategically place jewel toned glassware in the bathroom to give it character and color. The second bathroom was done identical to the first, but was decorated in warm chocolate brown tones.
She was pleased with her place, and she was hoping to soon have some friends that would feel comfortable in visiting her like friends visited her country home with her parents.
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