{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part II}

Yesterday I did show you the beginning of The Construction of Our Rose Suite and now I like to show you Part II. We started in March of 2003 with the rough work. The digging out of those 60 metric tons of dirt got finished by the 4th of July, 2004. From then on till the end of April, 2004 husband Pieter worked hard to finish the rest. He himself did all the plumbing, moving the old sewage pipes and hiding them either inside the concrete floor and through his work shop. All the electric wiring and duct work for the air-conditioning he also did by himself. Only with the erection of the galvanized steel walls he did get some help. The tiles also were put in by a professional. We went in February of 2004 to The Netherlands for my parents' 55th wedding anniversary. Our Damixa faucets from Denmark, we did bring back in our suitcases. Like the rest of our home, they are all Danish. Pieter's middle brother and his partner were not going to come over for the special birthday Pieter was having on April 29th. So there was no rush we thought for finishing our Rose Suite in a hurry. It was my task to find the furniture for the rooms. We found the bed in the neighboring city and all other furniture and smaller things I found mainly on eBay. You will get to see them soon...

This is how the construction looked by February 2004. Entrance door not yet painted...

Enjoy the 2:06 minute video below.

Photo from July 19, 2008 with entrance door. After all this, you will get to see the finished inside! Thanks for watching. Have any of you build your own home or part of it? Would love to hear about that.
Related link:
{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part I} | previous post by me

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

{Our Rose Suite Living Room} | post by me
{Our Rose Suite Bedroom} | post by me
{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part II} | post by me

{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part I}

Living in another continent, creates of course an opening for family members and friends to visit you. For more than 50 times we have had guests in our home. Several of them staying for 2-6 weeks at a time. For that purpose we started with 'The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part I. This in order that both, our guests and we ourselves, would have complete privacy. A second home so to speak with a private entrance. Our best friend's Dad had dug out his basement in the Chattanooga, Tennessee area where he encountered rocks. My husband Pieter said: 'Why don't we also do this?' We don't have rocks so that will be a lot easier... Thus the idea became reality in March of 2003, when we had the door opening cut out of the concrete blocks.

Next to the chimney is the new entrance door to our Rose Suite!

You will get to see the entire Rose Suite after the two initial Construction Videos.

Otherwise you will not understand how this all came about...

Yes, a grueling task of Digging Out 60 Metric Tons of Dirt!

So glad my dear husband Pieter was able to pull this off.

Scary, knowing that five years later he had his quadruple bypass open heart surgery and a stent in his neck.

We feel blessed for many things!

Enjoy this 2.31 minute video.

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

{Our Rose Suite Living Room} | post by me
{Our Rose Suite Bedroom} | post by me
{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part II} | post by me

{How to SHARE POSTS on GOOGLE+ without spamming}

Just would like to show you how to SHARE POSTS on GOOGLE+ without spamming your circles. You can avoid having emails sent to each person; every time you post. Of course Google does not show you how to, but there is a way around. 

Automatically it shows FRIENDS. But if you click on the X behind Friends, that window will close. I've used a yellow marker to guide you...

Instead click WITHIN this box and a drop down window will show. AHA! Click where the yellow marker is.

This is how it looks like...

Now click on PUBLIC

DONE!

All you need to do is click Share...

This way you reach more people and you are not spamming anyone within your circle.

Are you using GOOGLE+ a lot? 

Blogger's New Interface works with it and so far I like it.