{OUR EXCEPTIONAL VOSSEN INTERNATIONAL TERRY TOWELS}

Due to my severe back pain I have recycled this interesting post...

This is an exceptional post about something that got initiated by my husband Pieter, while he was taking care of laundry at the time I was too ill to do anything. He told me that I had to get back in touch with the company that made such extraordinary terry towels that held up for decades. TRUE, they have had at least their 34th birthday all together and lived up perfectly to the name in their label, which reads Vossen International. We took them from The Netherlands to the USA, from there to Italy and also they went with us to Indonesia and back home again to the USA. All the time happily together, lending us a soft and eager absorption any time we needed to towel dry. Well, let's start from the beginning... In The Netherlands at De Beddenspecialist in Venlo on Parade 37 we bought these kind of moss green towels, probably in 1978. Also wash hands (not the usual cloths they use here in the USA) and one large beach towel. Guess I got a total of some 18; one large beach towel and from several guest towels my seamstress in Indonesia did sew together more wash hands. Clever idea, they're just a tad longer than the original hands.

So there we go... I did look up on the Internet the company and found them in a heartbeat still producing their quality Vossen towels.

So I did contact them and got the nicest reply from Ms Nicole Neuhold in Austria, on March 29, 2009; requesting to send her some pictures... Well, that sounds like easy done but NOT so at our home for that time. My German build Miele washer had just quit working and my towels were all in the laundry bin; not ready for such a glamour shot! Pieter, being the handy man he always has proven to be, did change a fuse and it worked again! Only to quit a second time but he did find the problem and did bypass that for occurring ever again. My, was I glad for not yet having to give up on my Miele. So after all, there is a chance it will stay healthy and happy till past its 16th birthday on August 29, 2009. Talking about German quality; WOW!

Back to the terry towels, after they got their Miele treatment, I did fold them, brought them into the freshly cleaned bathroom and started putting them out for the glamour shots. After all, they will be presented to the very cradle where they came from long time ago, before traveling with us the world. But with some sunshine peaking through the windows and with putting my best foot forward, using all my newly-learned photo-lessons from Pieter, I did capture them nicely I think. First I want to introduce them to my blog readers and next, Nicole will get them delivered to her by electronic mail. It is super that my letter with photos will get a place in a kind of Vossen Museum!

Let's start with the year 1978 in which they got adopted... because we had green tiles in the bathroom then, it was the green theme for which the towels were chosen! These photos were taken in May of 1983 so the towel on the rack had already done five years of service then. We immigrated in August of 1983 to the USA.

Below, underneath the two old photos, taken at our home in Horst, The Netherlands, follow the ones taken now at our home in Georgia, USA. So all these towels are living proof to SUPER quality and we wonder IF they ever will give in at all...

Our Bathroom in Horst, The Netherlands with the moss green Vossen towels.

In our present bathroom... our Vossen wash hands.

Rolled up, ready for use...

Luxurious soap bars within reach

White Pelargonium in our Silver Rose Vase...

Ours indeed LIVED to be international, in three continents...

White pelargonium in silver rose vase.

{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

{2 Ideas picked up at the Grand Hyatt, Atlanta}

For decades we do stay at our favorite hotels from the Hyatt family. 

The Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead is one of our favorites. Formerly it was hotel Nikko; hence its beautiful Japanese garden! Build in 1990. 

It was on April 30, of 1993 that we both did go to the Orange Ball; dinner & dance in honor of the Dutch Queen's birthday with the Atlanta Holland Club in Atlanta. A great evening with some 150 guests attending.

Not only is their service great, also the rooms and restaurant as well!

Let me show you what we took home as a great idea from this Hyatt hotel:

On March 3, 2007 we took this photo at the Grand Hyatt.

Detail of the Aluminum U-Channel with rounded sides.

After writing to the Grand Hyatt we did get the address of the company.

It is McMaster-Carr from Atlanta (among its several locations) and here you can see their rounded U-Channels (click on hyperlink to go to their website).

In the toilet downstairs in our Rose Suite it is implemented already with three glass shelves (only 2 are shown).

This is the tissue roll holder in the Rose Suite, from Damixa/Denmark.

We had not enough space for using it in a 'double setting' as learned from the Grand Hyatt in Atlanta...

In our bathroom it did work and even side-by-side by turning one upside down.

Not very close together, due to the design but still very convenient for ample supply!

This is our guest bathroom duo.