My Kitchen

My friend Kelly http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/ posted a challenge to her blogger friends. Share your kitchen! I'll admit from time to time, I have struggled with not being able to really decorate my home as I would if I lived 'back home.' But with some prayer and a resolve to not look at home decor magazines, God has helped me through that. So, this kitchen is not going to be fancy or beautiful as many you will see on her blog, but hey, the food is served with loving hands and I am thankful for what God has given me! Hope you find it interesting to glimpse my Turkish kitchen.

I found this fabric and made the curtains. I like to tell people I have pink flamingos in my kitchen!
Pretty basic, but it gets food on the table for all those kids and a hungry man.

My kitchen was incomplete until I got my Turkish teapot. There's a trick to making Turkish tea. I can make it, but I still have my friend Hicran make it for any big parties we host.

My wall has a fun tray, 2 hand-painted Turkish plates, some clay eggs painted in the Ottoman design, and a picture of our family (minus the boy).

Here is our table. Right now it is a mix of the places we have lived. Heybet gave me the tablecloth with the Turkish Hittite design. The bamboo place mats are Asian. I change out my table often according to seasons or whatever lovely bouquet of dandelions have been picked for me.

Anytime you want to swing by, there's usually a pot of fresh tea, a few fried hot peppers, some white goat cheese, and black olives just waiting for you!