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Coats and hats hang from hooks in an arched niche in the mudroom. The drawer below stores more gear. 

With two kids and a menagerie of pets, the house had to be child- and pet-friendly. “You have to realize there’s a balance. You want the house to feel good and be clean, but you also are living a life. You can’t be too afraid of your possessions getting used,” Serena says. The Crowleys’ furnishings are a playful mix of “Target buys, garage sales, and select pieces from high-end antique stores,” she says. “Probably my biggest splurges are antique Oriental rugs.”