JOURNAL

Featuring inspiration, interviews with creatives, and insights into interior decorating and collecting, Audra encourages you to live authentically and beautifully with art and exceptional objects. 

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I grew up playing on these sculptures, watching strangers get married in front of them. I love the way public art can offer us a place to connect, commemorate, and make memories. What fun to watch my two girls spontaneously and joyfully engage with
An ode to the savory sweetness of life. I love this still life painting in all of its buttery glory. It makes me think of simple gifts and gratitude for life’s bounty; the gentle, richly abstract swirls of paint a metaphor for how we create and
All about eiderdown bed toppers on chilly mornings @florasoames @simonuptonphotos #stripes #bedroominspiration #eiderdown #vintageinteriors #englishcountryhouse
The eyes of the French artist Françoise Gilot, one blue and one brown 💙👁️🤎 Painted by miniaturist Irene Owens @mvcgems, Gilot comes in a bespoke display case created by @parvumopus for Art/artefact. Styled and photographed by @luciazolea
I love how cake is such a symbolic centerpiece in the sweet memories we make throughout life as a tradition tying together our personal milestones going back centuries. From childhood birthdays full of promise to turning 40, and many more to come,
A cozy bedroom in the poet Friedrich Schiller‘s house, Weimar. The trompe l’œil plaid wallpaper and the olive green trim! 🫒🥀🫒 “In these days I have finally fulfilled my old wish of owning my own home. For I have now aba
Dear friend, this year, I can’t help but feel like what the world needs is more beauty and poetry in the form of acts of kindness. This year I asked Colby Beck of @post_rider_press to create a letterpressed print of a favorite poem as a keepsa