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Merry Mantles Part 3: To Kids from 1 to 92
Nothing beats Christmas time with kids in the house. and what better place than a 148 year old house! We practically feel like we’re in a Dickens Christmas novella. Sometimes, however the merger between 5 kids and an old Victorian home (or at least my vision for it) don’t perfectly meld. I see our grand…
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Merry Mantles: Part 2
The Dining Room Mantle Unlike the big open floor plan of modern homes, in our old Victorian, there is a delineation between the living room and dining room by huge case moldings and pocket doors. We always have these open, but I love having this differentiation of space that gives the opportunity to create a…
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Merry Mantles: Part 1
Putting a brief pause on the subject of lighting, I wanted to provide more of an intro to our house, and I felt what better way to do that than to take you along as I decorate our mantles for Christmas! If you can believe it, this beautiful old Victorian home has five mantles! It’s…
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Turning the Lights On!
My first job when I graduated university was at a boutique interior design firm in NYC. It was a brief but glamorous stint of one year, but I gleaned a number of gems from the designer and owner of the firm while I was there. She would say “lighting is the jewelry of a room”,…
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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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