a simple life, a simple home - reorganizing my cottage

A Simple Life, A Simple Home - Reorganizing my cottage
I’m so happy to share that my book - The Cottage Fairy Companion - is now available for pre-order!

My favorite Books, Music, Shows ETC Below ⬇️
Simple Living in Summer. I wanted to share a little bit while reorganizing my bookshelves and talking about my love of books and art, and while I find it to be a very therapeutic pastime. I felt a need to pick myself up this week after a lightening storm started a lot of fires, so it felt right to indulge myself in some of my favorite pastimes and share some of what I love with you ✨

Children’s Books I love

Adult books

My favorite books on herbs, wild foods:
1. Wild Remedies by Rosalee de la Foret
2. Alchemy of Herbs by Rosalee de la Foret

Picture Books

Some (of many) favorite movies and shows
- Miss Potter
- The Fox and the Child (2007)
- LOTR
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople (anything directed by Taika Waititi)
- Finding Neverland
- Sense and Sensibility (2008 BBC version)
- Hilda tv series (for children)
- The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992)
- Moving Art (on Netflix)
- So, so many more

Music
- Priscilla Ahn (Dream, Living in a Tree)
- Howard Shore
- Alexis French
- Julie Fowlis
- Kate Rusby
- Yann Tiersen
- Vivaldi (look up ‘nulla in mundo pax sincera’)
- Anything that reminds me of Studio Ghibli

Documentaries
- Anything narrated by David Attenborough
- Botany, a Blooming History
- All Lucy Worsley Documentaries

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License Number - 578124 License owner - Rohan B. Merrill

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[TheCottageFairy]

please give me your book, movie, or music recommendations! So we can all discover new favorites ❤️ Thank you for the encouraging comments in my last video! It was much appreciated. An important time for me to stay positive so I wanted to share my thoughts with you. I linked favorite books, movie, etc in the description ❤️

[Rene_Voortwist]

I wrote bedtime stories for my daughters when they were young. Later, they printed them and made a book of them for my birthday. That’s probably my favorite book.. 😁

[zanesutherland]

You remind me of my grandma. She’s almost 82, and had never had internet, doesn’t have a TV, and has a flip phone she barely uses. Because of no internet, she has amassed thousands of books to learn from. Cookbooks, garden books, history, children’s books. All different kinds. Her small farm and little brick house are magical. She has book shelves on just about every wall. I was reading chapter books in kindergarten and no doubt got good at reading from the many hours spent at her house reading or being read to. It’s like my second home there. I am so busy these days with many projects, but I try to read a little when I’ve got some extra time, which is usually in the winter.

[susanmary]

I have NEVER read every single comment on anyone's video until now. Couldn't stop jotting down all the wonderful recommendations made. Thanks everyone!!!

[TheGeekMonster]

A sun-lit cottage filled with old furniture, books, plants, and wistful art, is truly the best home imaginable.

[guard]

_The Secret Garden_ was my childhood fantasy encompassed in a few hundred pages, loved that book ♥️

[TheCottageFairy]

Oh! I forgot to mention - Rohan, my brother, can be spotted in this video ❤️ he helps me out with my videos, you can find him on IG @ Rohan_Merrill

[waderichards]

THE WORLD NEEDS YOUR PEACEFUL AND WONDERFUL TEACHING..YOU ARE A BLESSING..THANK YOU..FACT....AMEN 👍👣👣👣🌲🌲👁👁👁

[RandomJumble]

A lot of people will say Harry Potter, but those books, read throughout my 20s as they were written, got me through some tough times. I am proud to count the characters as my friends and I visit often when I need to reset or comfort myself.

[myownlittlehouse]

That moment when you opened your lower kitchen cabinet ... and ALL the books ... Oh My!! :)

[jenniferbonynge]

I have a few favorites that I've had for years: Little Lord Fauntleroy, 1906, A Child's Garden of Verses, 1926, and Princess Goldenhair and the Wonderful Flower, 1915. I also love the illustrations and their attention to every detail. XO (P.S. I am 73 and still love my childhood books and all that they represented for me. ;0)

[heathermelanson]

I would love to see you write your own book! How neat would that be!! "The Adventures of the Cottage Fairy"

[lynneradcliffe]

Oh, it has to be ‘ The lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ for me, first heard it on the radio (in instalments), which was spell bounding to say the least, then I went onto the book.

[lkpage]

I've been watching you for some time. You bring a sense of peace into my evenings, after a long day of work. You seem to be a real kindred spirit, but in this video, when you sat down on your chair, amidst your books, and grinned in delight, I absolutely loved you! Please keep being you and thank you for being willing to share your thoughts and peace with us!

[hilymartinez]

I recomed reading The Hobbit.I read it in school and I love the message.And I also really enjoyed the movie.❤

[gwnn]

I love sound of music with my whole heart xxx

[Mar-rdtk]

I was loving the 'that's it's ' at the end

[kathleenfrieden]

How not only brave, but generous of you to show what is hidden behind your cupboard doors, and freeing - would you agree? - to bring them out. I found a bookcase last Spring the perfect depth for books. I also display stacks on a folding wooden chair and randomly throughout my home. My oldest grandson exclaimed "Wow, I didn't know you had so many books!", in a good way. Books are a multi-layered whole other world, a fantastic escape, a wealth of knowledge at our finger tips. Peace and thank you. 🤗🌻📚

[KKinda]

Books are our friends and will take us on adventures to far off lands if we let them. Brilliant using unused space in kitchen cabinets for books. Thank you for sharing.

[monikastep]

I just love that shot of you sitting on the chair amongst your "best friends" books and the grin on your face. You remind me of my awesome sister - who got me into reading a while back....and thanks to who I too have many "best friends". Here's to lovely days and nights spent in the company of awesome "friends".