As promised yesterday, where I did show you our Phalaenopsis orchid, I will show you Our Veranda. Please come inside and make yourself comfortable in our most sunny room of the house. We did buy our property by driving around one afternoon to see where the sun would be... We planned it very thoroughly. This is indeed the brightest and prettiest room in the house. The hand crocheted filet lace curtains are done by me. They hung in several homes before finally 'retiring' here. They only need to hang in there...
We do have a house full of memories. We both did not let our house being decorated by an interior designer, as we think a HOME should reflect our walk of life, our heritage. Adding some heirlooms and photos and that truly creates the soul of a home. Would love to hear your opinion or idea about the soul of your home; please leave me a comment and if you have more questions, I will reply. For generating an email reply please click 'subscribe by email' below the comment box. That will generate the email whenever I reply to any comment!
French Country Style solid oak furniture with Fleur de Lys cotton and viscose fabric.
Even the wool rug shows Fleur de Lys...
Below this post you can read about My French Connection!
That door to the left leads to our kitchen.
Another lovely orchid...
Many sandel wood carvings that we received from Pond's India Ltd. while working for them as consultants.
Our window sills we had custom made from white Corian.
The door leads to the steps and the tiled walk way to our gazebo...
We got all 92 Delft blue Dutch houses from Royal Dutch Airlines.
Each year they add another one for their anniversary of years they've been in the air.
We got very often an upgrade into business class; with house!
The last Delftware houses I bought on eBay since we retired from consulting.
This Hindu statue is from Bali, Indonesia and made of ebony wood.
A view from the other side...
You also see the brass laser cut, polished and lacquered window decorations.
In the door are the four seasons of a tree...
To the right is my own design of a brass mushroom family, see below post under related links.
My private collection vintage Lampe Berger, rose vases and pill boxes...
Blue is the color for our veranda.
The bird cage hanging is from Yogjakarta, Indonesia...
Detail of the crocheted filet lace curtain, the Delft blue houses and my own design of a brass happy mushroom family. See link below.
Why don't you have a seat and have a tea with us?
Overlooking the pond area...
The huge evergreen oak tree provides nice shade.
Now you look at the living room door...
The large framed blue silk batik birds are from Indonesia, see link below.
Above the blue silk batik is a bird done on rice paper, from India.
You can read about it in a link below post as well.
Another Balinese ebony wood Hindu statue.
Also a vintage Lampe Berger with Angel Cameo.
She loves angels as much as I do!
Healthy house plant in solid French oak planter box.
That makes the exotic and tropical look more complete with all our memories from countries we worked in.
The leather deer was a gift from India.
The huge iron wood statue is Hanoman from the Hindu Ramayana play.
This was given to husband Pieter for his first consulting work in Indonesia.
Framed silk embroidered birds from husband Pieter's trip to China with People to People Citizen Ambassador Program.
Solid French oak corner cabinet with beveled glass.
Rayon fleur de lys tassel...
Fleur de Lys vintage Lampe Berger and angel frame, see link below post about more details.
We almost came full circle.
More blue and here you see the first and original map of New Netherland as Dutch Colony with New Amsterdam, now New York.
Full circle...
Have a seat...
A peak through the door into our kitchen...
Hope you enjoyed our veranda.
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It was a pleasure showing you some more about our walk of life.
A warm welcome also to all my new readers!
Related links:
{My Own Design of Brass Mushrooms} | previous post by me
{Birds as Artwork, we bought in India} | previous post by me
{Silk embroidered Birds from China Trip} | previous post by me
{Batik Birds from Indonesia on Silk and Cotton} | previous post by me
{Fleur de Lys in our Veranda} | previous post by me
{March 2, 1809 and My French Connection} | previous post by me
{Tuesday May 4, dinner with friends} | previous post by me
