Pine View Acres Diaries
Welcome. This is a space for those who believe a home is more than just a place to live—it's a feeling.
I'm Sonya Kinkade, an interior designer with a love for timeless country interiors and the art of slow, seasonal living. But you won't find quick-fix trends or makeover shows here. Instead, this channel is a quiet exploration of how to create a home and a life with intention.
Together, we'll explore the garden, cook simple meals, travel to soulful places, and uncover the gentle wisdom that turns a house into a home. My hope is to offer guidance that helps you create a space that truly feels like you.
If you're seeking a quieter, more thoughtful approach to home, I hope you'll subscribe and join our community.
Pine View Acres Diaries
A little glimpse of Christmas past… and plans for the season ahead. 🌲
I’m hoping to bring you a new episode every Sunday throughout November as I get Pine View Acres ready for Christmas, one space at a time.
There will be decorating indoors and out, a few special projects, and stories along the way—all leading up to a full Christmas Night Tour planned for December 6.
I’ll be fitting everything around my interior design work, but I’m looking forward to spending a little more time with you here. Bring your coffee and join me. 🤍
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A little corner of autumn at Pine View Acres. 🌿
The last of the herbs have been gathered from the garden and are now hanging to dry amongst some of my favourite old treasures.
There’s something so lovely about these simple seasonal rituals. Bringing a little of the garden indoors, preserving what we’ve grown, and enjoying the beauty of it along the way.
Sometimes the simplest things make a house feel most like home. 🤎
#PineViewAcres #SlowLiving #CountryLiving #AutumnAtHome #FarmhouseLiving
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A little autumn magic. 🍂🍎
A basket of apples, a sprinkling of leaves, my granddaughter and a whole lot of childhood wonder.
My daughter dreamed up this sweet little autumn scene and captured it so beautifully. I think she’s created something rather magical here.
These are the moments you wish you could bottle up and keep forever. ❤️
Some things are just too precious not to share.
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A simple fall afternoon in the kitchen. 🍎
Bellami and I made apple muffins together today using the apples we brought home from our visit to Miller’s Farm in Manotick.
Nothing fancy — just baking together, making a little mess, and enjoying those ordinary moments that somehow end up being the ones you remember most.
I think this is my favourite part of fall. 🤎
#PineViewAcres #FallBaking #SlowLiving #AutumnAtHome
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A little glimpse of our fall day together. 🎃🍂 Pumpkin picking, fresh air and time with Bellami — the simple things really are the best things. These are the little moments I love capturing and bringing along into our life at Pine View Acres.
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Today I found an old bookmark tucked inside one of my books, and for some reason it stopped me.
It felt like one of those tiny things that finds you at exactly the right time.
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want this next chapter to look like. About sharing more. About slowing down. About creating in a way that still feels like me.
Someone recently asked if I would teach design here, and I’ve been turning that over in my mind.
The truth is, I’ve never really known how to explain what I do.
Yes, there are principles. There is balance and scale and proportion. There are things you learn over time. But so much of design, for me, has always been something I feel before I can explain it.
I know when a room feels settled.
I know when something is missing.
I know when something beautiful is almost too perfect and needs a little age, a little imperfection, a little soul.
And I think that is the part I’m hesitant to call “teaching.”
I don’t want to stand here and tell anyone there is one right way to make a home beautiful.
I would rather encourage you to notice what you are drawn to. To trust what makes you linger. To pay attention to the pieces that mean something to you. To make a home that feels like yours, not one that simply follows the rules.
Maybe that is what I can share here.
Not lessons, exactly.
Just a lifetime of noticing.
And today, finding that little bookmark tucked away in an old book felt like a quiet reminder that some of the most important things we know are not always the things we can easily put into words.
Sometimes you just feel them.
And perhaps that is enough
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A little September beauty from the garden. 🤎
I gathered a big basket of hydrangeas this morning and I couldn’t get over all the colours — soft green, blush, dusty pink and those deeper autumn tones starting to appear.
I know fall decorating is already well underway everywhere, but I’ve been in no hurry to rush the season. I like to wait until nature starts telling me it’s time.
I think she might be telling me. 😊
These beauties may just be making an appearance in our next Pine View Acres episode
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A beautiful cool and sunny morning here at Pine View Acres ☀️🍂 Pumpkin spice latte in hand before we head off to the antique show in Merrickville today.
I’m taking you along with me — and you’ll see where we end up, and hopefully a few treasures, in the next Pine View Acres video. 🤎
Wish me luck… I have a feeling I may not be coming home empty-handed. 😉
1 month ago |[YT] | 27
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thought it was time I properly said hello! 😊
I’m much more comfortable talking about houses than talking to a camera, so this whole YouTube adventure has definitely pushed me outside my comfort zone. But reading your comments and seeing how much you’re enjoying Pine View Acres has made it so much fun.
Thank you for being here and for following along. 🤍 I’m looking forward to sharing so much more with you — starting with Part Two of the house tour this Sunday!
2 months ago |[YT] | 50
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A quiet Thursday evening at Pine View Acres. 🌅
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