Holiday berries and cream are the colour palette here in our finished sitting room renovation. The hearth is bright and airy and decorated for each season. The raspberry walls hug us as we play. We chose healthy materials, built in useful storage, and we love this custom design by yours truly. It is satisfying to turn a dusty dysfunctional house into a dream come true. We are loving this useful, festive room. Many more of our Rose Cottage room makeovers are coming up soon. Happy living! Love, ~Amor Milagre
There are lots of wooden desks and cosy corners. Little pumpkin soup dinners and first snowfalls are the focus this fall. I write stories every day. Now, I’ll be in full editing mode, so I’m planning a simply cosy autumn for our daily mood. New books will release this winter! We have more time this year, having finished our Rose Cottage renovations. We’re finally settling in now. Making mood boards is a fun routine we enjoy each season. What wondrous things you’ll reflect on when you take a moment to dream…. All ages can make one. Can you find the shimmer of magic woven throughout the ideas? Love, ~Amor Milagre
This Sunday morning, we installed a gorgeous airy floral wallpaper from Sandberg. Enjoy the process as we talk about how easy and delightful this scent-free sticky back paper is to put up! Check back for new home renovation diary films and updates about my A Gentle Life Collection of gifts for all ages. Love, ~Amor Milagre
Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor
This March, task by task, we’re adding refreshing beauty and usefulness to our newly hand-renovated Rose Cottage home. A gorgeous Sandberg floral wallpaper invites us down into our magical shimmering bedrooms. The soft blue-green and blooms are a breath of fresh air, and the artwork details showcase a fine embroidery style reminiscent of wise crafts of yesteryear. We are cutting our remaining woodworking projects, custom designed furniture pieces to fit in specific areas in our home. Storage, and easy to clean flooring, are important for an organised, enjoyable, healthy home and these pieces allow for this. We’re also looking at our year to reset boundaries. Knowing what is healthy for you is vital for being able to live the adventures you’re most looking forward to, especially if it’s a simple day where everyone is home together and feeling well. I will release some lovely films about our recent and past renovation and interior designs, as well as some organic gardening processes, too. Check back for these finished looks soon as we savour our last months of darling snow and quiet peacefulness.
Time is a precious fleeting invisible thing, and what remains is our proof, so let’s make it good. Love, ~ Amor Milagre
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enjoying our spring puzzles…
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Come again to view our Hallway Renovation Film and the Final Look!
Music of the Moment: Carry the Zero, Built to Spill
A little rearranging and tidying of the home opens the soul up for happy new adventures and airy possibilities.
We moved the fluffy white rug out of our newly renovated library-atelier-homeschool room and let our new cosy brown cacao floor shine. The sofa was set up under the ‘Of Earth & Air’ triptych flanked by the new end tables and lamps for easy reading in the mornings and afternoons. A bookshelf tidy-up allows for easy access to our favourite stories and school lesson books. The new keyboard awaits little fingers in sunlight, ready to turn the page to new songs. Our handmade table, used for printers last year, is now our new lesson area which is good for posture, backlit by the sun. Yoga and gentle ballet take the floor. Spring stretches into the freshly made kitchen pantry room with a new tapestry, records to sing along with, and baskets of shallots and garlic to keep us well as the wind decides its course. Fresh snow falls for us to play in, and we savour this quiet still with smiling nervous systems. Glorious seed packets sit in a wooden box by the mudroom door, awaiting their nutritious earth.
This spring, I am channeling Vianne Rocher (Chocolat) and Aunt Lucy (Cobble Street Cousins) as we begin a little local child-parent club to practice poetry, art, and nature. We are all fresh in sage green checks and dusty periwinkle embroidery dresses with white petticoat hems. I paint up Sage Rose Sorrel garden scenes in watercolour washes for Sage’s special children’s treasury. We exchange tartan and sparkling silver ribbons on the outdoor sconces for cornflower blue and cream.
Coming up soon are some freshly illustrated book character card-prints, late winter owl wax seal stamp stickers, and early spring artwork. Once we can sit en plein air at the beaches, new oil paintings will release in my shop.
We wish you a lovely spring, full of positive energy. Love, ~Amor Milagre
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I am working on some new oils to go in this atelier room as these paintings are for sale in my shop. This is a revolving art gallery. New work is displayed each month. Shop these large scale pieces, as well as smaller ones for any sized space. The triptych tells a story, but it may be split up. Isn’t it fun to know you can own a piece of a story? I like the idea of collectors tracking them all down like puzzle pieces. New artwork is coming up!
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The spring tree is coming up after the snow melts. We love Valentine’s Day and winter’s cream.
