diff --git a/bench_test.go b/bench_test.go
index 88736ac..83479b8 100644
--- a/bench_test.go
+++ b/bench_test.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ var attrs = []slog.Attr{
 	slog.Any("err", errors.New("yo")),
 	slog.Group("empty"),
 	slog.Group("group", slog.String("bar", "baz")),
+	slog.String("multi", "foo\nbar"),
 }
 
 var attrsAny = func() (a []any) {
diff --git a/buffer.go b/buffer.go
index ddff9c3..ec86921 100644
--- a/buffer.go
+++ b/buffer.go
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ func (b *buffer) Cap() int {
 }
 
 func (b *buffer) WriteTo(dst io.Writer) (int64, error) {
+	if b == nil {
+		// for convenience, if receiver is nil, treat it like an empty buffer
+		return 0, nil
+	}
 	l := len(*b)
 	if l == 0 {
 		return 0, nil
diff --git a/buffer_test.go b/buffer_test.go
index 5a4cdde..98b9ba6 100644
--- a/buffer_test.go
+++ b/buffer_test.go
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ func TestBuffer_WriteTo(t *testing.T) {
 	AssertNoError(t, err)
 	AssertEqual(t, "foobar", dest.String())
 	AssertZero(t, b.Len())
+
+	t.Run("nilbuffer", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// if receiver is nil, do nothing
+		dest.Reset()
+		c, err := (*buffer)(nil).WriteTo(&dest)
+		AssertNoError(t, err)
+		AssertZero(t, c)
+		AssertZero(t, dest.Len())
+	})
 }
 
 func TestBuffer_Clone(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/encoding.go b/encoding.go
index 6088e65..0361dbc 100644
--- a/encoding.go
+++ b/encoding.go
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ func (e encoder) writeAttr(buf *buffer, a slog.Attr, group string) {
 		}
 		return
 	}
+
 	buf.AppendByte(' ')
 	e.withColor(buf, e.opts.Theme.AttrKey(), func() {
 		if group != "" {
diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index 82ce3ea..0cad596 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package console
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"io"
 	"log/slog"
@@ -14,6 +15,17 @@ var bufferPool = &sync.Pool{
 	New: func() any { return new(buffer) },
 }
 
+func getBuf() *buffer {
+	return bufferPool.Get().(*buffer)
+}
+
+func releaseBuf(buf *buffer) {
+	if buf != nil {
+		buf.Reset()
+		bufferPool.Put(buf)
+	}
+}
+
 var cwd, _ = os.Getwd()
 
 // HandlerOptions are options for a ConsoleHandler.
@@ -82,7 +94,8 @@ func (h *Handler) Enabled(_ context.Context, l slog.Level) bool {
 
 // Handle implements slog.Handler.
 func (h *Handler) Handle(_ context.Context, rec slog.Record) error {
-	buf := bufferPool.Get().(*buffer)
+	buf := getBuf()
+	var multiLineBuf *buffer
 
 	h.enc.writeTimestamp(buf, rec.Time)
 	h.enc.writeLevel(buf, rec.Level)
@@ -92,16 +105,40 @@ func (h *Handler) Handle(_ context.Context, rec slog.Record) error {
 	h.enc.writeMessage(buf, rec.Level, rec.Message)
 	buf.copy(&h.context)
 	rec.Attrs(func(a slog.Attr) bool {
+		idx := buf.Len()
 		h.enc.writeAttr(buf, a, h.group)
+		lastAttr := (*buf)[idx:]
+		if bytes.IndexByte(lastAttr, '\n') >= 0 {
+			if multiLineBuf == nil {
+				multiLineBuf = getBuf()
+				multiLineBuf.AppendByte(' ')
+			}
+			if k, v, ok := bytes.Cut(lastAttr, []byte("=")); ok {
+				multiLineBuf.Append(k[1:])
+				multiLineBuf.AppendByte('=')
+				multiLineBuf.AppendByte('\n')
+				multiLineBuf.Append(v)
+				multiLineBuf.AppendByte('\n')
+			} else {
+				multiLineBuf.Append(lastAttr[1:])
+				multiLineBuf.AppendByte('\n')
+			}
+
+			*buf = (*buf)[:idx]
+		}
 		return true
 	})
-	h.enc.NewLine(buf)
+	if multiLineBuf == nil {
+		h.enc.NewLine(buf)
+	}
 	if _, err := buf.WriteTo(h.out); err != nil {
-		buf.Reset()
-		bufferPool.Put(buf)
 		return err
 	}
-	bufferPool.Put(buf)
+	if _, err := multiLineBuf.WriteTo(h.out); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	releaseBuf(buf)
+	releaseBuf(multiLineBuf)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/handler_test.go b/handler_test.go
index eb09629..a8e287d 100644
--- a/handler_test.go
+++ b/handler_test.go
@@ -106,6 +106,73 @@ func TestHandler_Attr(t *testing.T) {
 	AssertEqual(t, expected, buf.String())
 }
 
+func TestHandler_AttrsWithNewlines(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name           string
+		msg            string
+		escapeNewlines bool
+		attrs          []slog.Attr
+		want           string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "single attr",
+			attrs: []slog.Attr{
+				slog.String("foo", "line one\nline two"),
+			},
+			want: "INF multiline attrs foo=\nline one\nline two\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiple attrs",
+			attrs: []slog.Attr{
+				slog.String("foo", "line one\nline two"),
+				slog.String("bar", "line three\nline four"),
+			},
+			want: "INF multiline attrs foo=\nline one\nline two\nbar=\nline three\nline four\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "sort multiline attrs to end",
+			attrs: []slog.Attr{
+				slog.String("size", "big"),
+				slog.String("foo", "line one\nline two"),
+				slog.String("weight", "heavy"),
+				slog.String("bar", "line three\nline four"),
+				slog.String("color", "red"),
+			},
+			want: "INF multiline attrs size=big weight=heavy color=red foo=\nline one\nline two\nbar=\nline three\nline four\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiline message",
+			msg:  "multiline\nmessage",
+			want: "INF multiline\nmessage\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "preserve leading and trailing newlines",
+			attrs: []slog.Attr{
+				slog.String("foo", "\nline one\nline two\n"),
+			},
+			want: "INF multiline attrs foo=\n\nline one\nline two\n\n",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			buf := bytes.Buffer{}
+			h := NewHandler(&buf, &HandlerOptions{NoColor: true})
+
+			msg := test.msg
+			if msg == "" {
+				msg = "multiline attrs"
+			}
+			rec := slog.NewRecord(time.Time{}, slog.LevelInfo, msg, 0)
+			rec.AddAttrs(test.attrs...)
+			AssertNoError(t, h.Handle(context.Background(), rec))
+
+			AssertEqual(t, test.want, buf.String())
+		})
+
+	}
+}
+
 // Handlers should not log groups (or subgroups) without fields.
 // '- If a group has no Attrs (even if it has a non-empty key), ignore it.'
 // https://pkg.go.dev/log/slog@master#Handler