I’ve been following these amazing home transformation stories for a while now, and honestly, they’ve taught me more about biophilic design than any article or research study ever could. Sometimes…
My old desktop computer finally gave up the ghost last month. Right in the middle of trying to help our church secretary figure out the new video system for streaming…
I’ve been tracking my productivity metrics for about five years now, but it wasn’t until I visited my colleague Sarah’s place last week that I realized I’d been missing a…
I was scrolling through one of those parenting forums at 2am last week (don’t judge – my son had strep and wasn’t sleeping), when I came across this incredible story…
I never really understood how much my workspace affected me until I started working from home during the pandemic. Like most parents, I’d cobbled together a “home office” in whatever…
You know what’s weird? Before I had kids, I never really thought about why certain spaces felt good and others felt… off. Like, I knew our old downtown condo felt…
About six months ago, I was helping my neighbor Marcus install a new garbage disposal in his condo kitchen. This was a gorgeous space – he’d spent more on those…
You know, when you’ve lived in the same house as long as I have, you start to notice things about how spaces affect people. My wife and I have been…
I was scrolling through urban planning Twitter last week when I saw a thread that made me stop mid-scroll: a landscape architect talking about a housing development in Portland where…
# Finding My Way Back to Nature, One Houseplant at a Time My coffee maker broke last Tuesday, and honestly? I was annoyed at first – you know how it…
I was dropping my friend Sarah’s daughter off at school last month when I accidentally took a wrong turn and ended up in the basement hallway of Roosevelt Elementary. Honestly?…
I’ll admit it – when I first heard about mycelium insulation, I thought it sounded like something from a sci-fi movie. Mushroom roots that eat agricultural waste and turn into…
I never thought I’d become the kind of person who gets excited about stripping wallpaper, but here we are. Last month I was helping our neighbors with their 1920s bungalow…
Last week, I found myself reading about something called regenerative air preheaters after running into a problem with the greenhouse I built for my wife three years ago. The heating…
I never expected to get so excited about office buildings and airports, but here we are. Last month, I finally made it to Seattle to see Amazon’s famous Spheres in…