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Here I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international mushroom consultants. MEMOIRS about husband Pieter Vedder, who was a SCIENTIFIC PIONEER in Commercial Mushroom Cultivation Education. His practical handbook is in 9 languages and is called the MUSHROOM BIBLE: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html

Saturday, October 13, 2012

{19th Century French Cherub Cross Pendants}

This time I have for you two rare and unique 19th Century French Cherub Cross-Pendants. The unique feature is the four Cherubs; one on each end. They look just adorable and will make perfect pendants for use in many ways. Hung from a leather rope, linen-twine or a silk or velvet cord to embellish the Christmas Season. Or worn as a unique piece of jewelry. Hung with a special photograph, possibilities are endless and I leave that up to the ability of the new owner! As usual, available from my Zen Cart powered on line boutique: Mariette's Back to Basics, see below post. My previous 925 Gilded Silver Raphael Angel Pendant only did last four hours after posting here on Blogger. There is also only one of the lace-work Cherubs in the Acrylic Frame with Transparent Acrylic Bolts & Nuts left...
One is turned backwards and the Cherub Heads are two-sided as you see.
Both crosses are identical.
Have any of you ever seen such crosses with cherubs on all four ends?
Does any of you know more about its meaning?
Please let us know!
They measure 3.5" or 7.5cm in length.
More info on my website, see below.
Sold out...

Related link:
19th Century French Cherub Cross Pendant Zen Cart powered on line boutique: Mariette's Back to Basics

Friday, October 12, 2012

{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

Thursday, October 11, 2012

{925 Gilded Silver Raphael Angel Pendant}

For you I have a perfect 925 Gilded Silver Raphael Angel Pendant. This is available at my Zen Cart powered on line boutique: Mariette's Back to Basics. Link can be found below this post.
Capturing the 925 silver mark on camera was awfully hard!
But on the bail you can see it.
This photo is the same as on Mariette's Back to Basics, boutique.
Only the bail was turned here, so the silver mark is not visible.
In the background you see a fine knotted net linen-stitch lace-embroidery.
Sold out...

Do you have any jewelry with angels on?
With the Swedish group Abba, I can sing: I believe in Angels...!


Related link:
925 Gilded Silver Raphael Angel Pendant Zen Cart powered on line boutique: Mariette's Back to Basics

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