{Dutch American Heritage Day 2005 with Mom & Dad}

On October 22nd of 2005, when Pieter and I flew back home to Atlanta, USA from Amsterdam, we had Mom & Dad in tow with us. We'd gifted them another trip to the USA and they would stay with us in the Rose Suite till December 3rd.

So naturally when we got the invitation for the Dutch American Heritage Day celebration in Atlanta, we did take Mom & Dad along with us.

November 16, 2005 at the Oglethorpe Museum in Atlanta.

We had no clue that just a little over two years later, Mom would be on dialysis...

In this photo Mom already is having body swelling, caused by fluid retention due to kidney problems not yet known.... 

It took the local doctors years to figure out what was wrong. 

So much about socialized medicine in The Netherlands...

In the back, you see husband Pieter, me, Mom and Dad at the reception table.

The lady with the green vest is the wife of the former Dutch Consul whom Mom & Dad met already on May 1st of 1987, at the Consul's mansion in Atlanta for Dutch Queen's Day.

The very first official Dutch American Heritage Day reception was held in Atlanta at the Occidental Grand Hotel, now +Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta. 

We went there on Tuesday, November 16, 1993 together with the Director of our Chamber of Commerce, Ms. Willie Paulk.

• The 2-½ hour drive also yielded a nice door price!
• I'm wearing my Escada leather coat and matching leather tote with Escada skirt and blouse.

• The Holland Times in which Dutch American Heritage Day is explained.
• Also is mentioned that in 2005 the Netherlands has become the second largest investor in the United States and the largest foreign employer in the State of Georgia!
• Reason for bringing our Dublin Laurens County Chamber of Commerce director along!
• I'm also a proud Chamber Member; just click on above link to see my listing:
• Jewelry Store | Upscale French Gifts | Boutique

There are even 3 pictures of Mom & Dad with us, that got published in The Holland Times from the Atlanta Holland Club.

See bottom left and bottom center...

Again, husband Pieter to the right towards bottom with his door prize and me at the left center bottom.

This will be always a very special happy memory as we went there together with Mom & Dad!

That literally seals our Dutch American Heritage...

Related links:
Oglethorpe Museum in Atlanta where the Dutch American Heritage Day reception was held
Four Season Hotel in Atlanta used to be the Occidental Grand Hotel in 1993
The Atlanta Holland Club | link
{1903 Ladies Home Journal by Edward Bok - The Mother of America & Dutch American Heritage Day} | previous post by me
{Dutch - American Heritage Day: November 16 since 1991} | previous post by me
{The Dutch 1st to Salute to the Flag of The United States in 1776} | previous post by me
{Mom's 4th Dialysis Anniversary} | previous post by me
{Mom's 5th Dialysis Anniversary} | previous post by me
{Our Rose Suite Bedroom} | previous post by me

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{Moving Our LPG Gas Tank}

After our exterior got painted, there was one disturbing factor and that was the LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) Tank for our artificial gas logs in the fire place... So we decided to move it out of the way!

Don't you agree that it was disturbing here? Wrong color and just an ugly sight...

Below this post you can see two links from previous post where you get to see the LPG Gas Tank as it still was matching with the rest...

Husband Pieter started with pouring a concrete platform in front of the chimney.

There the LPG Gas Tank will blend in far better!

Bags of concrete were hauled in my 16 year old Toyota RAV4 and further action.

Platform in the making...

Without any equipment we moved the LPG Gas Tank off its old platform and onto the new one.

Rolling it over wooden poles, using planks and other wooden poles to push and lift.

Here it is still on its side...

And here we already put it upright on its new concrete platform.

Don't you think it is looking far better this way?

To the left you see the patio in front of our Rose Suite Entrance.

Also our Rose Stepping Stones you can see here.

Total picture with the Rose Suite Patio showing also.

Stepping further back towards the big Live Oak Tree and you see the Rose Stepping Stones.

All our Jasmine plants...

Now the Jasmines are on the former LPG Gas Tank's concrete platform...

Here you have a better over view.

So what do you think; an improvement or not?

Related link:
{Cleaning Windows} | previous post by me
{White Indian Jasmine the Queen of Flowers} | previous post by me
{'Ravy', my Toyota RAV4 is 15 today!} | previous post by me
{HEAR - SEE - SPEAK NO EVIL} | previous post by me
{ROSE STEPPING STONES} | previous post by me
{GNOMES and Rose Stepping Stones} | previous post by me

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{Our Rose Suite Work Shop & Mariette's Back to Basics Shipping Center}

Today I will show you the final room of our Rose Suite; husband Pieter's Work Shop. A handyman like him, needs such a place! It is also my shipping center for any sales from my Zen Cart powered on line boutique Mariette's Back to Basics. So have a look with me and than we're done with the entire tour of Our Rose Suite. Previous posts you will find below. 

• Yes, it is written on the door...

At first, husband Pieter left this floor just as it was; concrete without tiles. 

Finally after one-and-a-half year he did go ahead and put in the very same Spanish Volcano beige tiles as for the entire Rose Suite's flooring. 

• Easy to clean now and it is a very neat room!
• My Dad, together with Pieter did lay these tiles! That was in October of 2005, when we'd given Mom & Dad airline tickets to come to the USA with us. It was the last time that they visited us, since Mom is on dialysis we can no longer invite them over as she is not able to 
•  travel. 
• Boxes are also being stored here for world wide shipping of any sales from my Zen Cart powered on line boutique: Mariette's Back to Basics. 
• This is also my shipping center and husband Pieter does take care of that part.
• All my loyal customers worldwide now know where it is being packed for shipping.
• Yes, here too we do have the same TRINITY EcoStorage™ NSF 6-Tier Wire Shelving Racks on wheels from Costco, as in our Pantry (see link below). They are super and make the room very light as they are not solid.

Also for the time being I keep my photo albums here till I get them all digitalized.

Scanning the slides and than checking off the photos... Quite a task but one day it will be done!

Do you have a work shop in your home? Or is it outside of the home in a separate building?

Related links:
{Our Rose Suite Pantry & TRINITY EcoStorage™ NSF 6-Tier Wire Shelving Racks} | previous post by me
{Our Rose Suite's Little Room} | previous post by me
{Our Rose Suit Hallway} | previous post by me
{Welcome to Our Rose Suite - Entrance} | previous post by me
{Our Rose Suite Kitchenette} | previous post by me

{Our Rose Suite Living Room} | previous post by me
{Our Rose Suite Bedroom} | previous post by me
{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part II} | previous post by me
{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part I} | previous post by me
{Our Rose Suite with Angels + a REQUEST} | previous post by me

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{Our Rose Suite Pantry & TRINITY EcoStorage™ NSF 6-Tier Wire Shelving Racks}

There are still rooms to be viewed from our Rose Suite. This time I take you to our Pantry & TRINITY EcoStorage™ NSF 6-Tier Wire Shelving Racks (click it). That is such a great find from Costco about two and a half year ago when they had them on sale for $ 89.00 each and that for 6 shelves and on wheels! It makes cleaning my pantry a snap and also the reach is never a problem as you can roll them away from the wall or whatever. Great investment and the open Eco Storage chrome shelving lets the light shine through in the room also. Solid shelving would block the light. 

From the hallway you enter here. The same Spanish tiles as we have in our entire Rose Suite.

We keep our old refrigerator and freezer combi in here as well. 

Cool boxes are stored on top of the shelves.

Very easy to stash away our groceries and it is also easy to have an over view.

Looking now back into the hallway...

This white shelf has no wheels but it is convenient to keep it.

Lots of luggage we store here as well.

We did replace the old suitcases with those light weight spinners on wheels.

Some down duvets and sleeping bags are being stored here as well.

On the shelf to the right I even keep my napkins and other table linens.

The laundry room is next door, so that is convenient.

To the wall there are shelves too and if I need to reach something there, I just ride my  EcoStorage™ off the wall and reach for the item I need.

One of our friends was in the cabinet business and we did buy enough to cover this wall.

Those cabinets too can be reached by pulling the shelves on wheels away.

So what is your opinion about Our Rose Suite Pantry?

Do you also have a pantry yourself for storage?
Do you like this Eco Storage system?

Loved to hear some thoughts!

Related links:
{Our Rose Suite's Little Room} | previous post by me
{Our Rose Suit Hallway} | previous post by me
{Welcome to Our Rose Suite - Entrance} | previous post by me
{Our Rose Suite Kitchenette} | previous post by me

{Our Rose Suite Living Room} | previous post by me
{Our Rose Suite Bedroom} | previous post by me
{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part II} | previous post by me
{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part I} | previous post by me
{Our Rose Suite with Angels + a REQUEST} | previous post by me

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{Our Rose Suite's Little Room}

There is one more little room in Our Rose Suite to show... That is the Toilet. So let's have a peak in there. Again built in-between two pillars that are under the house. We utilized the space as economically as possible. Only in June, at Costco in Miami, we found out that there are also toilets that are flush against the wall. Would have been great for us than, in order to save some more space!

Basket with towels and mini books.

The Dutch tiltle reads: Vriendschap is geluk hebben - Friendship is being lucky.

Toilet...

That's our Little Room...

The faucet and vanity shelf got carried home in a suitcase from The Netherlands.

Both items are Danish, Damixa like our entire home.

The little white trashcan we found in Germany...

Shelving system is following an idea we picked up at the Grand Hyatt in Atlanta.

You can read about that: {2 Ideas picked up at the Grand Hyatt, Atlanta}

You also get to see our Danish, Damixa toilet roll holder if you click the above link.

That's it!

Related links:
{Our Rose Suit Hallway} previous post by me
{Welcome to Our Rose Suite - Entrance} previous post by me
{Our Rose Suite Kitchenette} previous post by me

{Our Rose Suite Living Room} previous post by me
{Our Rose Suite Bedroom} previous post by me
{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part II} previous post by me
{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part I} previous post by me
{Our Rose Suite with Angels + a REQUEST} previous post by me

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{Our Rose Suite Hallway}

On December 2, of 2012, I did show you the last of our Rose Suite series. Now Saint Nicholas, Christmas and New Year are past so let's round it up with Our Rose Suite Hallway. For any readers that are new to my blog, below this post you find related links to the other posts so you can follow the tremendous job that my husband Pieter has done here. He actually created an entire Rose Suite, as we call it, for our Guests to live in with complete privacy. 

This is a photo from the post: Welcome to Our Rose Suite - Entrance.

Let's start our here. The entrance door is to the left; out of sight...

Here we are looking from the Hallway into the Entrance.

To the right is a small walk-in-closet.

This photo is without flash light... 

To the left you just can see the door to the living room.

The other little doors are actually the solid oak indoor shutters from our bedroom window, before we added the balcony and the French doors. 

Behind those shutter doors are convenient storage closets that I will show below...

Photo with flash light. To the left you see the air-conditioning thermostat.

Each of those closets is build above the big foot of those concrete pillars, that support the house.

Here we turned around, to the right is now the door to the living room.

One last closet with shutter doors and in front you see the door to Pieter's workshop.

Stepping to the left we go down one step into the hallway that leads to our staircase area with our pantry to the left. 

Yes, there are many rooms in this Rose Suite!

Here also hangs my Dublin-Laurens County Chamber of Commerce business membership plaque for Mariette's Back to Basics.

From that final segment of the hallway, looking back now at the door of the living room...

In April of 2004 when Pieter's brother Toon stayed as first guest in this Rose Suite, he did help build this little closet for hanging some coats and such.

This is  the depth we got for it, just above the big chunk of concrete at the foot of each pillar.

It was Pieter's brilliant idea to convert them into closets.

Of course, with our size garden there is the need for many vases and I can store them all in here.

Another closet that holds my Weck canning jars and empty marmalade jars and bottles.

Each closet has several shelves.

Here you see the top part of it; all filled up.

The last one is holding some bed linens.

The little walk-in-closet for holding more bed linens and clothes.

This is the kind of shelving we have in our entire home. Convenient and easy to hang clothes.

So now you've seen the living quarters for our guests.

We were fortunate for having Mom & Dad live with us for six weeks from October 22 till December 3 of 2005. They did come back to the USA with us on the same flight and we dropped them off again here in Atlanta to go by themselves on the non-stop flight back to The Netherlands. Mom of course in a wheel chair, as she had that year her knee replacement.

Mom did visit us a total of 4 times and Dad a total of 6 times...

Sweet memories!

Related links:
{Welcome to Our Rose Suite - Entrance} previous post by me
{Our Rose Suite Kitchenette} previous post by me

{Our Rose Suite Living Room} previous post by me
{Our Rose Suite Bedroom} previous post by me
{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part II} previous post by me
{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part I} previous post by me
{Our Rose Suite with Angels + a REQUEST} previous post by me

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