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Rose Cottage Renovation Diaries: Hearth & Sitting Room

Amor Milagre Sitting Room Renovation Hearth Makeover Interior Design
Amor Milagre Sitting Room Renovation Hearth Makeover Interior Design

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

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‘Fable’ Autumn Mood Board

 

Fable Autumn Mood Board, Amor Milagre Design & Life Inspiration
Fable Autumn Mood Board, Amor Milagre Design & Life Inspiration

 

Here is a short film about how I made this mood board. 

The theme this autumn is Fable.

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

 

View my other seasonal boards here.

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Wintry March Hare Days

Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre

The owl and deer visit by night.  By day, we visit a local farm to pet the fluffy bunnies and inhale the maple sap clouds.  Then it’s off to an icy lake to whirl in the wind, and home again to pancakes and the history of maples for the weekly essay.  We adore the new snowfall for the peace and stillness, for the eternal playground.  Stay sweetly around our Rose Cottage, Dear Snow.  World, choose peace and stay safe.  Love, ~Amor Milagre

Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre, visiting a maple sugar shack
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre, visiting a maple sugar shack
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre, visiting a maple sugar shack
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre, visiting a maple sugar shack
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre, visiting a maple sugar shack
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre, visiting a maple sugar shack
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre, vegan organic pancakes choc-blue
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre, vegan organic pancakes choc-blue
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre

It is simple.  Choose Peace.

 

Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre, visiting a maple sugar shack
Wintry March Hare Days at Amor Milagre, visiting a maple sugar shack & bunnies!

Shop my Sweet Bunny Collection for Spring!

 

 

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March Days: Spring Tree Decor & Floral Wallpaper

Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor
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

Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor
Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor
Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor
Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor
Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor
Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor
Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor
Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor
Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor
Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor
Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor
Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor, puzzle morning

enjoying our spring puzzles…

Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor
Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor, New roller skate stationery is coming soon! Roll on…
Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor
Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor, puzzle days
Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor
Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor
Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor
Amor Milagre-March Days: Floral Hallway Wallpaper & Spring Tree Decor, Sandberg Wallpaper

Come again to view our Hallway Renovation Film and the Final Look!

 

Music of the Moment:  Carry the Zero, Built to Spill

 

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Spring 2026 ‘Rhythm’ Mood Board

Amor Milagre Spring 2026 Mood Board 'Rhythm'
Amor Milagre Spring 2026 Mood Board ‘Rhythm’ (pics from pinterest)

This spring is all about appreciating, and keeping, natural rhythms.  I make new boards before the season changes to help us focus on the transition and the daily mood.  Of course, spring cleaning and finishing furniture/home renovation projects are on the menu.  Other goals may be more specific like planting a certain flower seed to grow amongst our handmade stone walls or painting blue thawing beachscapes.  Mostly, the continuance of natural, quiet, sweet, loving moments is the theme.  A gentle reminder for softness, blooms, strolls, fresh air, and inherent bliss ties together the mood here for our rejuvenating springtime.  We’re feeling especially nostalgic now.  We celebrate what we have and mend any loose buttons.  Spring is a time for positive changes, and our world can benefit from healthy options going forward.  This is the moment to live.  I’m focusing on illustrating many of my peaceful novels and children’s books this season.  New art print stationery cards for these watercolours are coming soon.  We savour the winter still, growing peace, and we’ll use the energy of this board to keep the calming rhythms going throughout the rest of the busier seasons.  Unwinding is healing.

Grow goodness every day.  Love, ~ Amor Milagre

View Last Year’s Mood Boards

Amor Milagre Sage Rose Sorrel Children's Book Treasury is in the works! 2026
Amor Milagre The Chronicles of Sage Rose Sorrel Children’s Book Treasury is in the works! 2026
Amor Milagre Winter Morning
Amor Milagre Winter Morning
Amor Milagre Winter Mood Board
Amor Milagre Winter Mood Board 25-26

First, I removed the ‘Air’ Winter Mood Board pictures.  We put them in a grimoire-type scrapbook to look back on for personal growth and renewed inspiration.

Amor Milagre Winter Morning, Bathroom Design
Amor Milagre Winter Morning, Bathroom Design

Winter is definitely my favourite now.  Meditate and grow peace.