{Our Rose Suite Kitchenette}

Let's go back to Our Rose Suite and continue the tour... This time I would love to show you Our Rose Suite Kitchenette that is built into our Rose Suite Living Room. If you missed any of the previous posts, all links you find beneath this post.

Previous post was about Our Rose Suite Living Room. You are facing the door to the Rose Suite bedroom here.

Before turning to our Rose Suite Kitchenette I want to show you this remarkable wood carved wreath with roses from the artisans of Tyrol in northern Italy. Paired with some romantic wall hangings.

In order to show all the details I used the flash but that reflects in the lady's hair...

the little oval is under glass and it is mounted on velvet in an ornamental frame.

This came from a Dutch estate.

Back to my favorite wooden wreath with roses. Can you imagine that such a piece has been hand carved out of a single piece? Its bows are all gilded and that is about the only touch needed here.

Those long snowy winters in the mountains of Tyrol, northern Italy, do have their people produce quite some unique wood carvings. All done by hand!

Here you see the gilding on the bow...

Are those roses and leaves not perfectly done?

We always bought such a unique piece after doing consulting work in Germany. 

Near my home town in The Netherlands, there is a Pilgrimage place, Kevelaer ←click link) and they have loads of wood carvings from Tyrol. Right now it would be a treat to go and see all the wooden Christmas villages they have.

Our foster daughter Anita, from Indonesia, did go with us to Kevelaer, in November of 2008 and she snapped so many photos of the Christmas villages...

Now let's turn to the Kitchenette... Between two pillars we could just place our toilet and the kitchenette is partly on top of the big pillar. They tapered down towards the top but the problem was, they were not straight-walled. Our cabinetmaker did however manage to make a cabinet against the tapering wall. Guess in all, we pretty well managed to build in everything that is necessary for a little Suite where guests can live on their own with complete privacy and even manage to have breakfast and coffee or tea independently; if needed.

A large fridge with freezer part is around the corner in the pantry. There is an Atag stainless steel sink with Danish Damixa faucet with hot and cold water. A water cooker and also a single hot plate is available and small microwave.

Plates, cups & saucers and glasses are in the cupboards.

Here you see the door to the corridor...

Paper towel holder and underneath are a mixer, cutlery box and also dish rack.

Table for two is nearby and it has a drawer under neath.

Glass shelves we built into the corners, using Danish Damixa chrome holders.

Towel holder is also a chrome Danish Damixa.

Round stainless steel Atag sink and the counter is Corian.

Coffee made can also be carried on the tray to the little bistro table and chairs, on the patio at the entrance...

Sure, tins with roses for coffee and cookies. Those I found in Kevelaer, Germany one time and they came home with us on the plane.

Goose egg with rose, on a stand.

Nice Rose Silver Napkin holder...

Okay, let's have a coffee or a tea and relax together!

Did you like our Rose Suite so far?

Dear husband Pieter literally went the extra mile for creating all this.

We have slept here the last couple of weeks while our bathroom got remodeled upstairs.

So it is convenient not only for guests but at times even for ourselves.

Have a lovely weekend!

Related links from previous posts by me:
{Our Rose Suite Living Room}
{Our Rose Suite Bedroom}
{Welcome to Our Rose Suite - Entrance}
{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part II}
{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part I}
{Our Rose Suite with Angels + a REQUEST}

{Our Rose Suite Bedroom}

Finally you get to see one more room of Our Rose Suite: its-Bedroom! 

Before, I did show you the entrance, outside and inside. 

Links to those previous posts you find below. 

Now we open that door into the bedroom... Please, come on in!

That's our Rose Suite Bedroom!

Queen size bed that we bought in our next city, here in Georgia. 

The night stands in the USA are way too wide for fitting, so we bought them in The Netherlands and had these solid-oak night-stands 'cherry' stained, to match the oak veneer bed.

Same Spanish Volcano beige tile floor with pearl grout, as throughout the entire Rose Suite.

Pure cotton Vista rugs from Solutions, in natural.

Silver rose frame was a steal on eBay. It was lacquered YELLOW... Husband Pieter removed that layer and voilà a perfect silver frame. My precious worker bee of this very Rose Suite, deserves to be framed inside a silver frame! Angel watches over him with a rose-lamp. Limoges porcelain pin dish is from France.

Crocheted filet lace is done by me.

The builder of the Rose Suite is quite pleased with the fruits of his hard labor!

Can you imagine that this once was a mount of 60 metric tons of dirt?...

The pin dish matches the all cotton French Yves Delorme bed linens.

Another oak-night-stand just fits in there! (Darn those Text-Enhance words; I hyphenate words to avoid them... in case you wondered).

The entire Rose Suite is precision-work, using every square inch of space.

Those pulls  are from the ceiling fan... sorry for that!

Antique lamp with roses, of course! Found a new lampshade and finial for it and it was ready to go.

For the love of roses.

The green-duvet-cover reverses to white; with roses on both sides. We use a down duvet and four down-pillows.

The silver rosary, hanging over the white cross, is made of rose beads! Both come from the Pilgrimage place of Kevelaer ←(click link and select English), in Germany. That is near my birth place of Horst, The Netherlands.

Angels and Roses...

A treasure found at TJ Maxx

We almost have come full circle now. 

The quilt rack is made by my best friend's Dad. 

He has passed away but this is a very nice piece to remember him by.

Above the quilt rack you see the Praying Hands by Albrecht Dürer 1471-1528.

We especially love this piece of art from such a great Renaissance artist who created many lovely woodcuts and engravings. Read more about Albrecht Dürer's Bio at Artsy.net (click on pink hyperlink).

The vanity is from Spain, we got it at Home Expo in Atlanta, it was a showroom model.

It was exactly what we were looking for, with one hole for our Danish Damixa faucet!

Next to the door, beside the vanity, are nice shelves, built in above the pillar foot.

Remember those huge concrete masses that Pieter had to wack off?

This is how we utilized the space. Narrow pillar above gave room for shelving.

Porcelain light-switch-plates with roses!

We got them made for us. Don't know if this lady still makes them but I have her old email address, provided it still works after eight years...

Better view of the shelving next to the door and the vanity.

Small size for American standards but this Spanish vanity was perfect for our purpose!

Just between two pillar feet we could place the shower. 

You see the vent for the air-conditioning above the mirror? That's the cooling and heating. Pieter did build all the ducting in-between the ceiling and the floor of the upstairs home. Quite a job.

The Apollo, one handle faucet, the wall lights, soap holder, glass holder, towel rings, towel hooks, Aquaspray Plus handheld shower-set with one handle shower faucet, toilet-roll holder, small faucet for little sink in toilet. All that was brought back inside our suitcases on our trip to Mom & Dad's 55th Wedding Anniversary in The Netherlands. All our chrome pieces are from Damixa, Denmark. The entire house we got those Danish faucets etc. and we love them. 

Clever Pieter did make a pull  for the wall light, to use as a switch, which is built in behind the tiles.

He did so much thinking out for all the details; incredible job.

Yes, the vanity shelf is also Danish and it came home inside the suitcase with us!

The chrome holders for the mirror are Danish too but the beveled glass mirror we had custom made here in Dublin, Georgia.

Do you like it so  far?

Cute chrome hook for hand towels; also Danish.

All that Danish chrome came home inside the suitcases...!

When visiting my French-Canadian friend Hélène in Montréal, Canada I found these towels in the magazine: CHEZ SOI. 

CHEZ SOI est un magazine de décoration haut de gamme illustrant les plus belles résidences du Québec.

CHEZ SOI is a top of the range decoration magazine showing the most beautiful residences in Québec.

Of course, I had to have these towels; brodée de boutons de roses...

Got them at Décoration 25 and too bad they no longer had the face cloths. They were entirely with tiny rose buds embroidered. I was so in love with them!

Sissi - Rose Pink is the Yves Delorme bed set from the outlet.

Palais Royal changed into Yves Delorme.

But to us, Our Rose Suite is a Palais Royal and most guests are very happy here.

Pieter's brother Toon was our very first guest, with his Wilhelmien.

We finished it in a hurry, so we could accommodate them. 

So what do you think? 

You like this French/Danish/Spanish romantic Rose Suite look?

Eagerly I am awaiting your comments - thanks for taking your time!

Related links:
{Welcome to Our Rose Suite - Entrance} | 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

{New Rosle Items in Our Kitchen}

Just like to share with you some practical improvements in our kitchen. We added some great new Rösle items. From Europe we did have a plastic wrap dispenser, foil and paper towel holder but they never lasted long. A total of 3 we have had and when I wanted to order again I realized better getting now one with lifetime warranty. So here came Rösle into play. More expensive, yes, but I paid already a lot for my three plastic ones and they come apart too quick. Guess they're made that way, to make us buy again? We also had a hard time finding the fitting rolls, as they were not as big. Now we can fit the economically sized larger rolls from Costco wholesale, so over time we save money... 

Here they are! Husband Pieter had the idea for hanging them adjacent to each other and they just fit perfect that way. The hanging rail is exactly the right size for between the cabinet space. We are very pleased with them. Below this post is the link about: More of Our Kitchen where you find the old plastic one still hanging... Since than, one of its cutters had broken and was hanging limp and no way of repairing it. Annoying things and I bet you they build them on purpose that way. What do you think?

Stepping back a bit more to get a better view.
As a reply to Diana Evans' comment: 'I love your round sinks!!!' - They are Italian, ILVE is the brand. Here in the USA they only import ILVE ranges. Our sinks crossed the Atlantic inside our suitcases...
Since we did replace our previous jasmine white ATAG sinks from The Netherlands.  They no longer made them. Sooo glad I found these ILVE from Italy!
Our faucet is Danish, Damixa.
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Below I will give you the link from where I got the Rösle items.

Also showing you a nice Rösle video.

Another New Rösle Kitchen Rail & Wall Attachment Set

Rösle Multi-Timer Digital for doing multiple tasks in the kitchen besides the oven timer.

Rösle Universal Fire Lighter - great for lighting candles etc.

This is our coffee supply corner as you see...

Coffee - Instant Coffee - Cocoa with milk frother for making a cappuccino.

A lot of Rösle gadgets living inside my bamboo drawer organizer... 

Did you know that Rösle offers a lifetime warranty on all product?

Above are the reasons why I LOVE this brand. 

Do you own any gadgets from Rösle?

Related links:
{Our Kitchen Improvements} | previous post by me
{More of Our Kitchen} | previous post by me
RÖSLE Produktfilm - Offene Küche - RÖSLE Product movie -  The Open Kitchen