MARIETTE'S BACK TO BASICS

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

{TIP For Kitchen Improvement}

Today I want to share with you a practical TIP For Kitchen Improvement. Above our Miele US oven we have still a rather deep cabinet, which was very hard to reach from the floor. Husband Pieter did add a 20" X 21" ROLL OUT DRAWER IN CHROME from Wayfair. Link you find below post. This works like a charm!

Above our Miele oven is this deep cabinet. It has another wooden shelf up high towards the back.

Now I just roll out this chrome drawer and can get to all the items I need.

Mainly oven proof French Pillivuyt items are nested in here...

Four sets are stacked in there; two deep and two wide and they still fit under the top shelf.

Lids can be stashed on the side.

There is even one Pillivuyt platter that fits underneath! It is an 8"x 8" serving platter.

Are you working with Roll Out Drawers in your Kitchen as well?

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

{Our Everblooming Japanese Honeysuckle | Lonicera japonica}

In our wood garden we have an Everblooming Japanese Honeysuckle or Lonicera japonica by its botanical name. Today I made another photo of its blooms. I've used them mid winter for table decoration in our small Delft White Picture Frame Vases for use as individual Place Settings. Link of previous posts with pictures, you find below post...

My husband Pieter did take this photo last year... This shows you the fragrant blooms of the Japanese Honeysuckle | Lonicera japonica.

It grows next to the gate, close to the road side. It always is full with blooms and it must be heaven for hummingbirds, during the season when they stay here.

This photo I took on January 21, to show you it really is an everbloomer.

You also can see some berries, so birds must be able to feast on them in winter.

A blue wisteria vine is competing with the Japanese honeysuckle in last year's photo.

Did you notice that the blooms are pure white when just opened and turning more yellow afterwards.

Do any of you have honeysuckle vines?

Or some other vine blooming right now...

Related links:
{Delft White Picture Frame Vase} previous post by me
{6694 Filets & Rubans - 6 Antique French Christofle Louis XVI Knife Rests} | previous post by me
{Antique Christofle Napkin Ring and Timbale, Goblet in Box} previous post by me
Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica link with more info

Monday, January 21, 2013

{Our Rose Suite's Little Room}

There is one more little room in Our Rose Suite to show... That is the Toilet. So let's have a peak in there. Again built in-between two pillars that are under the house. We utilized the space as economically as possible. Only in June, at Costco in Miami, we found out that there are also toilets that are flush against the wall. Would have been great for us than, in order to save some more space!