On Saturday, October 26 of 1985, we got our new front door hung by the carpenter and I'd already hand crocheted the French DMC Rose Filet Lace Crocheted Curtains.
Before we had a solid, metal door and I did hate to open it, as I never knew who I was opening the door to...
So we changed it for this one, with small windows, so I could look out.
Pieter had done the tedious job of hammering in the tiny brass nails that I brought over from The Netherlands. Brass, on purpose, as that would never tarnish the fine filet crochet work.
Another Mega Task accomplished.
We also put a new window in the living room, one that allowed us to look outside instead of the previous higher window in a small size!
Yes, in our previous home we also had those solid oak window shutters, made by a craftsman from Virginia. They are excellent and eco friendly, in saving energy and you can close them for privacy, if needed.
That's me, crocheting on some curtains for somebody...
(The wool Smyrna rug under the table, got hand done by me—knotted with a latch hook).
Comfy and lazy!
So, now I was happy!
Finally having my roses back and LIGHT coming inside the hall way as well.
On December 24, after having taken the curtains off, Pieter managed to give the door its first coat of paint.
On the link below this post you can see more photos, also from a couple of years later, as well as from my previous two homes' Rose Filet Lace Curtains... Also you can clearly see the pattern.
Fond memories from archiving our photo albums.
Related link:
{My French DMC Rose Filet Lace Crocheted Curtains} } previous post by me for pattern
Molto belle le tende,buona giornata!
ReplyDeleteCara Olga,
DeleteGrazie mille, molte ore di lavoro noioso ma il risultato è bello.
Abbracci,
Mariette
Dearest Mariette,
ReplyDeletethe Door looks wonderful with those french-DMC-Roses!
Wishing you a lovely week,
Love and hugs, Claudia xo
Dearest Claudia,
DeleteThank you and Ive always been in love with roses so it was worth the tremendous work.
Hugs,
Mariette
Hello Mariette, What a good idea to replace an unpleasant solid front door with a classic design, and then to grace it with your needlework roses. You also gave us a fascinating glimpse into your living room. I love rooms that invite you to explore, looking at all the special objects. I think my favorite is the huge copper vessel--I hope you still have it!
ReplyDelete--Jim
Dearest Jim,
DeleteThank you and yes, it takes some courage for rigorously changing your home like that but we loved it. It was worth the numerous hours of work with the fine crochet hook.
Love the way you write about our living room. Guests have always been fascinated by the many objects that to most resembles an international museum.
As for the huge copper vessel, that served to hold wood for the fireplace back then, yes we still have it. Guess what, it is an antique yeast kettle from Hungary that I purchased in The Netherlands in the 1970s.
Pieter made a kind of wooden deck in its bottom and we store at present our liquor bottles in it. You can see it here: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2011/11/our-living-room.html
It has moved to the Veranda and is on a roller caster for easier moving to clean underneath.
Hugs,
Mariette
Those curtains look wonderful. Indeed,you're very talented. You had a beautiful home. Very warm next to that fireplace.
ReplyDeleteGod bless my friend.
Dearest Victor,
DeleteThank you and yes, this has been always our way of creating 'our nest' by adding personal handmade touches. We worked hard on the home and then Campbell Soup forced us to move...
Hugs,
Mariette
Preciosas las cortinas de ganchillos que has puesto.
ReplyDeleteHa sido muy buena la idea de abrir la ventana. entra más iluminación y puedes observar el exterior.
Besos
Querida Antónia,
DeleteSí, sirvió para varios propósitos. Mucho mejor aspecto y especialmente con las rosas de ganchillo a mano caben dentro de las partes de la ventana y una gran cantidad de luz entró. Ahora pude ver quién estaba en la puerta...
Abrazos,
Mariette
Wonderful memories.
ReplyDeleteDearest Anne,
DeleteWonderful memories of hours of labor put into each home for making it 'our nest'.
Hugs,
Mariette
Nice looking doors
ReplyDeleteDearest Jo-Anne,
DeleteThank you and indeed, after our new front door got painted white (several layers) it was a nice door.
Hugs,
Mariette
Dear Mariette - I really like the shutters that the craftsman made for you, and apart from all the attributes you have already mentioned, they give you extra security.
ReplyDeleteI considered having shutters made for this house, but didn't which is something that I now regret.
Dearest Rosemary,
DeleteYes, we both are very grateful that we ordered those solid oak shutters back then and also once more in 1990 when we built this home. It pays off and you have the utmost privacy and security.
Don't think that anyone since then has been making them... too bad for having lost such a skill!
Hugs,
Mariette
Yes, so European and I love it! Not sure in regards to the first picture being a thumb nail as it usually allows me to pick which photo I want displayed as first even if it isn't the first photo in the line up. I think you have to click on the choose from the web and it will bring up all the photos displayed in your post and then some more as it sometimes displays pictures of those who have left comments in the past in the photo que. Hope you can figure it out. Yes, that would be fun if you lived closer than I could get you to help me with the girls german grammer. Right now we are still pretty much just introducing them to vocabulary and have started to introduce them to some common sentances or questions. I also introduced them to them to ich bin du bist er ist as the beginning of introducing them to verbs. I will probably send them back to the real German school next year as the little girls who are doing it with us will go back to Polish School if and when we ever get out of this COVID nightmare. Their parents told me we should think about stalking up again and it hadn't even occured to me to do so, but I guess it is a good idea to do so because who honestly wants to be out of flour or toilet paper. I know you write books, but is your husband a professor? Mine is!
ReplyDeleteDearest Kelleyn,
DeleteThank you and guess we did bring our European culture into every home that we lived in.
As for the pictures I mention, look to the right of this (or any) blog post where I keep 'My Blog list' of all those that I love to read and comment. The thumbnail of their 1st photo no longer shows up, IF published in the new Blogger! That is the issue...
My husband has been the founder and principal of the world's 1st and only practical training college for mushroom growing. He wrote all the training manuals and yes, his first book in 1961. This post tells a bit more: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2018/03/1978-pjc-vedders-modern-mushroom.html
Hugs,
Mariette
It's scary to open door if you don't know who you are opening it to. Your crocheted curtains are very pretty :-) It's wonderful you can add your own creation to your home!
ReplyDeleteDearest Tamago,
DeleteYes, that was very scary!
This solved it and added a personal touch as well.
Hugs,
Mariette
My heavens, that gorgeous rug! I can't imagine ever making anything like that. Must have taken quite a while. Gorgeous colors.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful way to cover the windows on the entrance door. I have now a storm door and it's locked always especially when the solid panel door is open. I like to let the heat from the sun in some. I like also having a barrier between me and the one on the other side. I guess with hearing of so much meanness these days, it's making me more cautious than I used to be. Hugs, Betsy
Dearest Betsy,
DeleteThank you for your comment here and yes, that was quite a task to complete!
Don't know where it is now or if someone still is using it. Mom had it for quite some years.
So glad that we have no longer a solid panel door, we changed it for our first home and right away opted for a door with glass panels and side panels for this home. Again with my crocheted roses done for my 4th home.
Hugs,
Mariette