Sonya Kinkade Design

10/14/2026

Autumn days at home and Thanksgiving at the cottage… 🍂🤎

The last of the garden harvest, homemade preserves, cosy preparations, familiar traditions, and a beautiful Thanksgiving spent at the lake.

These are the moments I love most about this time of year. Slowing down, gathering together, and appreciating the simple things.

I’m sharing a little glimpse of it all before our next episode of Pine View Acres premieres this Sunday, October 18, at 9 AM Eastern on YouTube.

I’d love for you to join me. 🤎

You’ll find the link to my YouTube channel in my bio.

10/11/2026

A little autumn colour, a cottage full of family, good food, laughter, and a few four-legged friends. 🍂

Thanksgiving weekend is always a lovely reminder that it’s not the grand things in life that matter most, but these simple moments spent together.

Feeling especially grateful for this bunch and the memories we continue to make.

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours. 🤎🍁

09/29/2026

A little glimpse of a fall weekend at Pine View Acres. 🍂

A trip to the garden centre, our little country fair, pumpkins from the farm, some baking in the kitchen with Bellami, and finally settling in by the fire as the sun went down.

Nothing particularly grand — just one of those weekends filled with simple things that somehow end up being the ones you remember most.

The full episode this Sunday at 9:00 AM on YouTube. 🤎
Pine View Acres

09/29/2026

A Fall Weekend at Pine View Acres 🍂

A country fair, pumpkin picking, a little fall gardening, baking with Bellami and an evening by the fire. Just a simple fall weekend at home — and one I’ll want to remember. 🤎

Watch the full episode Sunday at 9 AM on YouTube

09/22/2026

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 on my YouTube channel, 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

09/14/2026

Autumn is beginning to settle in at Pine View Acres. 🍂

For the first time since moving here, I’ve taken the time to truly decorate our home for the season—layering in warm colour, natural elements, treasured antiques and a few beautiful new additions.

I can’t wait to share it all with you.

https://youtu.be/zseqfud-l_k

“Autumn Comes to Pine View Acres” premieres this Sunday at 9:00 a.m. ET on YouTube.

The full video includes beautiful pillows generously gifted by

09/04/2026

09/04/2026

A lovely feature to share today. 🤍

Pine View Acres is featured on All Things Home, and I’m so grateful to Patrick Langston for taking the time to tell the story behind our home so thoughtfully.

This house was very much a labour of love — designed to feel as though it had been here much longer than it actually has. From the old hand-hewn beams and antique French doors I’d collected and tucked away for years, to the mix of woods, timeworn pieces and, of course, the range that started the entire kitchen design — every part of it was meant to have a sense of history and permanence.

Thank you, Patrick and All Things Home, for such a wonderful feature, and to Robin Stubbert for capturing our home so beautifully.

And a special thank you to everyone who has followed along with Pine View Acres. It’s been so lovely to see this home and its story resonate with so many of you.

If you’d like to read the full article. 🤍

https://allthingshome.ca/new-homes/articles/article/a-high-end-range-takes-centre-stage-in-an-award-winning-custom-home-kitchen/

Sonya

08/20/2026

This one feels pretty special. 🤍

I’m incredibly proud to share that both the Pine View Acres Kitchen and our Greenside Project Kitchen have been awarded Silver certification at the international GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN Awards.

This marks my first international recognition as a designer, which makes this one particularly meaningful. To have not one, but two projects recognized on an international stage is something I’m still taking in.

These two kitchens are very different, but both reflect so much of what I believe good design should be — thoughtful, functional, layered with character and designed to feel at home for years to come.

And having Pine View Acres, my own kitchen and such a personal project, among them makes it even more special.

I’m also incredibly proud to share this recognition with Caroline Castrucci and Laurysen Kitchens Ltd., whose craftsmanship and collaboration helped bring both designs to life.

Very grateful. Very proud. And perhaps still a little bit in disbelief. 🤍

Silver — GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN Awards
Pine View Acres Kitchen
Greenside Project Kitchen photography and Robin Stubbert Photography

08/19/2026

It’s been a little quiet around here lately, but certainly not behind the scenes. 🤍

This summer has been a busy one at Sonya Kinkade Design, with renovations underway, new projects taking shape, millwork being designed and all of the details that happen long before a finished room is ready to photograph and share.

At the same time, I’ve been spending a little more time at home at Pine View Acres and trying something completely new — sharing more of our home, property and everyday life on YouTube. Being in front of the camera is definitely a departure for someone who has spent most of her career happily behind the scenes, but I’m really enjoying this new creative outlet.

So while things may have looked a little quiet here, life has been anything but. There are some beautiful design projects taking shape that I’ll be sharing as they come together — and, apparently, you may be seeing a little more of me around here too. 😊
Thank you for continuing to follow along.