- Planning our Master Bathroom Renovation from Tub to Shower started out with ordering our Danish, Damixa Plus Shower Set and Damixa Space Shower Mixer.
- Our entire home is equiped with Danish Damixa faucets, except lately in our laundry room. We both agree with the Damixa company philosophy; Caring for the Environment and reducing water consumption by 25% or 30%. Going Green!
- Just click the above hyperlink to read their statement.
- So we did contact our long time business relation Kömhoff Sanitair in Meijel, The Netherlands.
- They previously did ship some items to us, in case we did not go to The Netherlands for hand carrying it back home to the USA, inside our suitcases.
- This was mid August... the first step was laid.
- The reason we wanted to proceed with this renovation was because of the great difficulty I had in January of 2010 when I had become paralyzed. For husband Pieter, having to lift me over that tub's edge for taking a shower was nearly impossible. Not because I'm heavy but a motionless person doesn't give...
- Not a great photo but you still can see the tub with mirrored tub doors...
- Our vanity is from Italy. We did bring it with us after living there but not building our home in Italy.
- Danish Damixa Space Shower Mixer that we ordered.
- We also had a new water filter and conditioner installed, before proceeding with the renovation because we have very hard water in our area.
- We moved into our Rose Suite while doing the renovations...
- Out came the fiber glass tub and also our all white Damixa Tub Mixer...
- Dusty job!
- The drain goes into our garage's ceiling...
- This was on November 8, 2012 and Pieter wanted to make sure that our Tile Redi Bathtub Replacement Shower Pan would actually FIT.
- It will; so I went ahead and ordered it on line, from Coral Springs, Florida...
- We did go ahead and selected their Redi Drain in Polished Chrome. Easy for the tile men to work around.
- A special aluminum guard is included in their Bathtub Replacement as well.
- The day after Thanksgiving, November 23 of 2012, Pieter did cement this Redi Tile Shower Pan in place!
- You can see the shelves in our Master Bedroom closet through those holes...
- A nice ledge in the front for the shower door...
- A sample tile in Snow White on the ledge.
- All our bathroom tiles came in a container across the ocean from Italy, so we had to find some matching ones for this shower!
- The entire pan...
- That will make quite a difference for getting in and out of; whenever health conditions would change for either one of us.
- Husband Pieter working out something for covering up the space in front of the pan...
- You will see it later!
- Next search was for a fitting shower door.
- We found that Lowe's had by far the best selection.
- We wanted something in a simple Scandinavian look so we found it:
- DreamLine 60-in W x 72-in H Frameless Sliding Shower Door
- Our Cute Ute; Ravy our RAV4 did haul it back home from the Lowe's store.
- Frankly speaking, I was very happy to reach our destiny just before dark; driving this load home.
- Of course our cats must inspect whatever we bring home...
Till next time where you will see it all built in!
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- On February 18, I got a reply comment from Jim, who writes the blog: RoadToParnassus. His last post was: Happy Snake Year, in regard to February 10, the beginning of the Chinese New Year.
- Jim is always showing the most interesting oriental collections and this time it was all about snakes.
- My comment in regard to his last picture was about the Hindu Deity Hanuman, or Hanoman in Indonesian.
- We do have two Hanuman statues in wood and they both show this Hindu God fighting a snake. You can find a link about: {Our Veranda} below this post.
- He suggested I show a photo of our statue. So this is in reply to his request.
- What better way to start with our Indonesian Foster Daughter Anita, with the tall wooden Hanuman statue from Bali to the left.
- Husband Pieter did receive this heavy 'Iron' wood statue from our boss in Indonesia in the 1970s. Iron wood is derived from the Metrosideros excelsa. Images of iron wood (click)
- Hanuman is a Monkey God in the Hindu religion, believed to be an albino, a white monkey.
- He fought evil and won. Symbolic, Pieter did give them good advise so the problems in their mushroom business went away.
- That's how we got our first Hanuman (Sanskrit language).
- Below this post you find several links for reading more.
Blogger friend Jim did write about:
Happy Snake Year where his last photo looks like another Hanuman
- Okay, now let's look at our Hanuman statues.
- First I show you the smaller one we got, from Bali in May of 1983 when I went for the very first time to Indonesia. In Ubud, Bali we found this at the workshop of a wood carver with 10 children!
- Did bring them outside, near our pond against the big semi-evergreen oak tree.
- This is Lord Hanuman fighting the serpent. It is biting in his foot...
- You clearly can see the serpent/snake wrapped all around him...
- This is the back side and the snake is wrapped up around his tail...
- From the side, you also see Lord Hanuman's loin cloth draping down.
- Those Balinese wood carvers are such great artists!
- This is the tall and very heavy IRON wood Hanuman statue that was to the left of our Anita.
- It resides in our veranda and it looks a lot lighter out in the bright daylight.
- Above the loin cloth of Lord Hanuman you see the snake...
- Snake around his waist...
- With one hand he is holding the snake that is around his waist...
- Clearly the snake head in his throat...
- Again, very intricate wood carving!
- Okay Jim, let's hope this did satisfy your request for showing a photo of our Hanuman statues.
- Both of us sat through such a Ramayana play with dance and beautiful costumes.
A different culture but very exotic!
Hope you enjoyed this info about our life in Indonesia.
Related links:
{Our Veranda} | previous post by me
CHRISTIE'S FOUR BALINESE IVORY CARVINGS | Two carvings of Hanuman subduing naga (serpent)
Bart Laurens - Hanuman | in Dutch showing statue of Hanuman fighting with a snake
Hanuman | Story about Hanuman
The Mystery of Hanuman - Inspiring Tales from Art and Mythology | Interesting read
Lord Hanuman About the Simian God of the Hindus | Good information
Hanuman Langur monkey | Connection with Indian Mythology
Interesting post by blogger friend Rosemary:
Temples, Tea and Forever England where she shows Hanuman as well.
- As promised before, I will show you our Circle Vase again with another display.
- Here you see our glass Leonardo Figurine Bunny ´SPEEDY´ with daffodils, displayed on top of the glass circle.
- Nice Easter decoration; if the timing for the daffodils would have worked.
- These photos are from February 24 and no more daffodils have bloomed since. BUT we got the photos and we have the bunnies!
- That's our CIRCLE vase again, with the 18 bud vases that are joined together.
- As I did mention in my previous blog post (see link below), there is a separate circle of glass, to use as a shelf.
- Those bunnies are made of glass by Leonardo in Germany.
- Their name is Hase (German for Bunny) Speedy.
- We got a 16 cm (6.3") Speedy and a 26 cm (10.2") Speedy.
- Can you see the glass shelf?
- Different light and only the small Speedy on the glass shelf. Now you can also see part of the bud vases.
- I used my two table cloths from Le Jacquard Français; one as a back drop.
- Here you see the full circle of the top layer with 9 bud vases...
- Detail of shelf and bud vases.
Hope you liked this early Easter setting.
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