a design studio by aubrie cherie

Your home is your autobiography.

Every room tells a story: where you've been, what you love, who you're becoming. I'll help you get in touch with yours, then design around it.

01 / How to think about design

Not what to buy this season. What lasts.

Timeless architectural perspective over transient decor trends.

Light before finishes

Yours, not the trend's

How you actually live

The morning sun

Twenty-year rooms

Real mornings

Before a single tile, I look at how light moves, how you move, and what the room is really for.

I'd rather you love a room for twenty years than for one single fleeting season.

Real mornings, real mess, real people. Design that ignores how you live simply doesn't last.

A second set of eyes, before it's built.

02 / Work with me

Book a review

For Homeowners and Builders: Detailed spatial critique and circulation analysis before ground is broken on your custom build or remodel

For HOA and developers: plan reviews, guideline enforcement and design guidance for HOAs and developers, handled with consistency and care.

For everyone: One-on-one time for palettes, finishes, layouts and those decisions that keep you up at night.

Architectural blueprints and a laptop on a marble desk

Hand holding color swatches over blueprints and open book

Schedule a call

Book Hours

Floor Plan Reviews

HOA Design Review

Design Hours

Read the Letters

03 / Hello, I'm Aubs

Designing for my toughest client yet: me.

I've spent 15+ years as an interior designer, and I've watched plenty of trends come and go. What lasts is a home that actually looks like the people who live in it.

Alongside my fiancé, I co-own Adley & Elm, our design-build firm. Right now we're building our own home from the ground up, which means I'm once again designing for my toughest client: me.

Not everyone needs a full-service designer, but nearly everyone needs a design confidant, and that's my favorite role to play. I also write Letters from Home: honest notes on design and our build, sent straight to your inbox.

04 / Letters from Home: the build, the design, the in-between.

10,000 square feet. Every decision, out loud.

Essays on spatial clarity, material honesty, and my personal build diary.

Read all the letters →

Pull up a chair, pour a glass.

Honest notes on design and our build, sent straight to your inbox. Free, always.