Not to mention that you'll probably make a sticky mess of the place sometime or other - everyone does eventually.
Assuming she does, the best suggestions I can make is:
(1) Get lots of bottles - most recipes you'll find in the basic books are for five gallon batches; that's a little more than two cases. You're probably gonna want more than one batch going at a time once you get the hang of it. You'll have people advising you to use soda kegs and such instead. Pay them no mind - suffering for your art is good for you, at least at first.
(2) You say you like stouts - good, they're probably the easiest thing to make starting out - but don't be afraid to branch out into other styles once you've made a couple of batches. The first dunkelweizen (dark wheat ale) I ever tried was the one I made - it's one of my favorites now.
(3) Homebrewing is very susceptible to economies of scale and the principle of Many Hands Make Light Work, so get your neighbors interested in it, too.
(4) See Tagline - zymurgy is as much art as science, and art doesn't always turn out like you think it should. Everyone screws the pooch once in a while - just learn your lesson and persevere.
“...taking over the kitchen...”
This is a real good excuse to get a Cajun Cooker (or equivalent). 135,000 Btu’s of year-round wort-boiling power!
The vapor from the indoor boiling tends to leave a nasty scunge on the walls at about ceiling level...