On this cosy rainy Saturday, we: praise the clouds, stir up our weekly cooks and bakes, organize a new homeschool bookcase-locker tree, work on installing our handmade custom-designed kitchen pantry cabinets and mutter puzzle-figures for three other woodworking projects, and try to unglue our exhausted senses from the various terrible news sites. While we all protest the injustices attacking our world, we also need to nourish and appreciate all the goodness that is in our control. A weekly soup to sustain our immune systems, an effortless annual routine in the way of a handy rotating locker to easily find weekly lesson resources, a fresh uncluttered storage space to walk in, and a cosy preciousness of our own making are all easy ways that we take care of ourselves. Pineapples for luck, Love~ Amor Milagre
Airy soft dough relaxes me…
I’ve been sewing up some pretty, breezy clothes that can also be layered up on snowy days. Here is a recent women’s design in a French black floral. I prefer high-waisted A-line vintage silhouettes as they are the most flattering, comfortable, and easy to wear with a variety of top styles.
My early comfort food is homemade pasta. I rolled these delicious little squiggles up for lunch a few days ago. Chef’s kiss…mmmm.
I designed three new pieces for the kitchen and bathroom, and my talented husband is already counting up boards. I like to keep things off of the floor for easy cleaning, and in the case of our endlessly dividing houseplants, they will be closer to the sun this way, too. A little narrow kitchen linen sideboard will go sleekly by the door to house aprons, napkins, and tablecloths. We can place a sweet selection of seasonal decor on top! In our art class, we are making some autumnal pieces now with clay and fabric.
By separating the fridge from the main kitchen area with a glass door, we have extended the kitchen into the back mudroom and this keeps that certain wearing buzz away from us as we enjoy our cooks. All of my designs are for sensitive people. Soon, there will be a counter and upper cabinets for dried foods in here. The base stores bigger pans, pots, pie plates, and glass storage containers. The counter will be where the blender and toaster live, freeing up our main counters in the kitchen for rolling out dough and just a general uncluttered clarity. The fruit bowls will lounge on a bistro table in here as well. We changed this design a bit back here to finish these spaces sooner and to allow for other types of storage to live here, too. It will be so lovely to be finished with our complete kitchen renovation, and I will post the before and after’s soon.
It’s hard to believe that ten years ago we only had a few shelves-worth of books, some of which had to be discarded after a leak. Now, we have so many school books that we chose this carousel case to organize our weekly lesson books. Each area is designated for a specific class. They are in order of the days of the week, from top to bottom, with extras to pull from when one is finished. Our lessons cover everything, so it’s fun and easier to set out a small collection to take over to the library each day, no harmful back packs needed. Later on, we will place this piece in the library and spiral our most beautiful smaller novels all around. It is a bit tricky to get the taller school books to fit, but they can be tipped sideways. Less visual clutter eases the senses, so this will stay in the back room for now. We designed and made beautiful ceiling height bookcases for the library which are now full and need reorganizing. Moving the current school books over frees up a few shelves. We’ll put on an audiobook and shift things around. We love to be surrounded by loving stories. It feels like we have a bookshop in our home. I’m excited to share that my Amor Milagre bookshop will greet a few new novels this year! I’ll be working on the treasuries over the winter, all cosy with my paints and cup of tea. Note to self- Don’t dip your brush in the teacup!
Wishing all the love to those who need it most.
Music of the Moment: The Very Thought of You, Ray Noble, Al Bowlly
