Blog Posts

  • What’s on the Menu?

    What’s on the Menu?

    I love planning holiday meals. Holidays are not complete without incredible food, and I love being able to create that experience for my family. It’s my artistic outlet for me and it adds to our overall family culture. I just love it. Tyler and I have some friends that we always share a text chain…

  • Change for a Change

    Change for a Change

    I’ve been a coffee drinker since my sophomore year of high school. That’s my whole life. Who knows how drinking multiple coffees a day affected my development?! I know, you coffee lovers (aka the entire country) doesn’t want to hear this, and I’m not here to tell you to stop drinking coffee. I’m actually getting…

  • Vacation: One Step Back, Two Steps Forward.

    Vacation: One Step Back, Two Steps Forward.

    We are on vacation in Florida!!! Our home life is so busy and we work really hard. Kids included! While away from jobs, household chores, cooking, cleaning and school we are free to use time how we want which is truly a luxury. I laugh when I think back on my 20 year old self,…

  • Tea at 3!

    Tea at 3!

    Our kids do school from home, and yet the school day is so full of tasks it can often seem as though we haven’t even seen each other! I was lamenting this reality and sincerely seeking a practical way to intentionally connect during the school day. Concurrently, our dear friends from England came to visit.…

  • Flip the Switch. Part 2.

    Flip the Switch. Part 2.

    After graduating from college, I worked briefly for an interior designer in Manhattan. I was only there for a year, but I gleaned a number of lessons that have stuck with me, and have been invaluable over the years. One of which was to respect the origins of a space. I was assigned to a…

I’m Audrey

I’m a wife, and mother of five. We live in a beautiful 1877 New York Victorian townhouse with all the glamour of the 19th century Gilded Age. Our home is where we do school and life and we still pinch ourselves that we get to live here. My husband and I have spent the 14 years of our marriage cultivating a space of love, joy, and beauty for our family to thrive! I invite you to peek into our ongoing journey of making this house our heaven on earth.

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