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Continue reading →: Flip the Switch! Part 1.The day is finally here! I’ve wanted to change the lighting in the living and dining room for so long, that I can’t believe it has finally happened. Our 1877 Victorian townhome has the most stunning original plaster ceiling roses and layered crown moulding, yet the fixtures they spotlighted were…
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Continue reading →: Playing Well with OthersGetting married is great for so many reasons! One often unspoken reason, is that it forces you to change. AGH!!!! SCARY!!! Hurts so good. Well, when Tyler and I got married almost 15 years ago, I thought, I was the one with design and artistic ability and he was the…
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Continue reading →: Work with What You’ve Got!I’ve lived in so many different places. The mildewy basement of a dormitory, the cloak room of an old hotel, and a run-down builder grade ranch, to name a few. The spaces that I’ve called “mine” over the years have varied from nightmare to dream come true. What I’ve learned…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Mood for WinterChristmas is absolutely my favorite season (yes, in my world there are 5 seasons). When it ends, I struggle not to be bummed that “it’s over”. However, I’ve found over the years that I have the power to set the mood in my head and my home. New Years is…
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Continue reading →: What are you doing New Years?New Year’s Eve. Our family doesn’t need an excuse to throw a party, so we have co-opted NYE to make it a memorable night and you can too! The past few years our family has been developing some traditions for New Years that have truly been a joy and I…
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Continue reading →: Merry Mantles Part 3: To Kids from 1 to 92Nothing 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…
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Continue reading →: Merry Mantles: Part 2The 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…
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Continue reading →: Merry Mantles: Part 1Putting 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…
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Continue reading →: 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…
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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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