{Our Fragrant Cloud Roses + Update}

Wow; the painters left yesterday around noon after working for about 3 weeks on our exterior! Great quality job they did and you will soon get to see the results. First I need to show you the previous projects. Today I just have a little vase with 3 Fragrant Cloud Roses for you. Not even a great photo, as I took it with my iPhone... Yesterday I did serve candied rose petals (from our garden!) to our 10 dinner guests of the Monday Night Club that we hosted. I had made the evening before baked chocolate hearts and roses and decorated them with marzipan roses and my candied rose petals... A busy day, cleaning and arranging fresh gardenias for the dinner tables. Setting the tables and low and behold I even forgot to take photos. No time actually, as I was cooking and doing it all. My usual help for serving, started her vacation so I did it solo. Feeling satisfied but tired after I got done. One of the ladies, Sarah Jane Smith that came for dinner, did help me serve the main course; very sweet of her.

Hand crocheted doily is done by my sister-in-law Elly.

I just got in a hurry to take this photo before those perfect buds would open up completely...

Today I planned to take more photos inside the home but it is such a dark and HOT day with thunder in the far distance. Wish it would break and change to sunshine again!

LOOK: at 11:45 AM already RealFeel 40°C... It looks like this will not change the coming days.

Let's hope for the best so I can make my photos.

Related link:

{Our New Roses from Costco} | previous post showing the Fragrant Cloud Rose

{Our Acer Trees in the Spring}

On May 12, we had as usual a bright blue sky and it made our two Acer trees stand out even more so with their spring leaves. Have a look at our Acer Negundo Kelly's Gold Yellow Box Elder and Acer Rubrum or Red Maple:

To the left, Acer Negundo Kelly's Gold Yellow Box Elder and to the right Acer Rubrum or Red Maple.

That bright green and red does not stay all summer... but in the fall they both look striking again!

Acer Negundo Kelly's Gold - Yellow Box Elder with to the left Robinia pseudo acacia - Black Locust.

The tall one to the left is an oak tree an also the one to the right is another oak tree, the sawtooth oak.

In our climate, trees grow so fast and also very tall!

Don't you love this Acer Negundo Kelly's Gold?!

Related links:

{Cloudy Day versus Sunny Day} | previous post by me showing also Acer Negundo Kelly's Gold and Acer Rubrum

{Our Robinia pseudoacacia - Black Locust} | previous post by me showing the tree that is to the left of the Acer Negundo, while it is in bloom...
{Our Acer - Maple Trees} | previous post by me with fall color

{Our Smaller Office}

As promised in my two previous posts: {Less Office Space in Return for Our DEEPER Reach In Closet...} and {Our DEEPER Reach In Bedroom Closet}, here is Our Smaller Office. All done and the dust has been cleaned away. Not only the dust from this remodeling but also from the next project which I will show you shortly. But we're done with this room; almost ready to do the happy dance!

That's the office side of the DEEPER Reach In Closet...

You can see to the left the door. The indoor shutters for the windows, I had to close as the sun would prevent me from taking any photo...

We did place all four of our oak Barrister book cases on top of each other.

Way on top is my oak sewing chest...

We got our oak Barrister book cases from the Levenger Outlet store in Del Rey Beach, Florida.

Looking back to the door and into the hallway... There seems to actually be no loss of space that we would ever miss!

Let's turn full circle... The oak desk that I used for writing, previous to having my PC.

The turned wood lamp has been handmade by my friend Becky's Father. 

He no longer is with us...

My printer and my scanner are to the left in the other oak desk...

By the way, this is also a new solid oak plank floor by Bruce.

It very well matches all our solid French oak furniture from the 80s and early 90s.

Emptying the room is the hardest part. We did move into the Rose Suite downstairs, as all this was stored inside our master bedroom.

That's the corner where these blog posts come to live...

Love my special Herman Miller® Aeron® Chair with basic lumbar support for my back.

The best thing about these chairs is that they can be ordered in S, M and L and this is the S version, called 'A'.

Hyatt House Miami Airport had them in their guest rooms and that's how I found out about its great support!

Found mine at a discount at Madison Seating in New York, N.Y.

They also come with a caster option that is fit for hard wood floors.

My PC stand is from Office Max, aluminum and glass.

The beautiful artwork above my monitor has been done by a friend, who made it for Pieter's birthday one year. Frame is by Irok gallery. 

Stepping back into the door opening so you can see the window again.

Shutters closed for the sunshine.

Our PC is from Costco Wholesale.

IMPOSSIBLE to capture that on photo with the sunshine...

Lacquered Brass Window Decorations are from Jech Kunstgewerbe, Blaustein/Germany.

The three needle lace hangings are hand made by me.

They are hung inside an acrylic frame and held together by clear acrylic nuts & bolts.

I use dual sided Scotch tape for holding the lace in place.

Anyone wanting to frame an heirloom doily or whatever; just contact me!

Below this post I will put a link where you can see those acrylic nuts & bolts in detail.

On the side wall of the DEEPER Reach In Closet we hung those Royal Tichelaar Makkum blue tiles. Royal Tichelaar Makkum is the Netherlands' oldest company!

My Paternal Uncle Jan, did frame them. It is not wood but he did mold a gypsum frame for each one of them. 

My dear Aunt gave this to me after my Uncle passed away because we always have been very close with him. 

Another of those gifts to treasure for a life time...

So what you say about our finished job?

This is what prevented me from taking photos with the shutters open... 30°C or 86°F at 15:00 o'clock...

Wishing you all part of that sunshine!

☼

Related link:
{Acrylic Frame with Transparent Acrylic BOLTS & NUTS} | previous post by me showing you how to preserve antique lace for hanging against a dark wall or inside the window.
Irok gallery | link to museum quality framing and art gallery