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December 2, 2025 Home & Residential Workplace & Productivity

I Found the Ultimate Productivity Hack Hidden in a Warehouse – And It’s Not What You Think

Last month I was driving around Austin’s east side looking for a decent standing desk on Craigslist when I spotted this warehouse with “Restore Design Center” painted across the front.…

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November 25, 2025 Biophilic Design Basics Health & Wellbeing Home & Residential Workplace & Productivity

Habitat for humanity restore design center: A Complete Guide

# Discovering the Hidden World of Habitat for Humanity ReStore Design Centers NEW_TITLE: How My Random Thrift Store Visit Changed How I Think About Sustainable Design You know how sometimes…

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November 25, 2025 Biophilic Design Basics Health & Wellbeing Home & Residential Spaces & Buildings Workplace & Productivity

Why Some Spaces Make You Feel Human (And How to Create Them When You’re Broke and Live in a Box)

Okay, so there’s this thing that happens when you walk into certain spaces where your body just goes “oh, thank god” and relaxes in a way you didn’t even realize…

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November 18, 2025 Home & Residential Spaces & Buildings

When Old Houses Meet Modern Know-How: My Experience with Restoration Experts

You know what I’ve learned after thirty-eight years in the same house? There’s a big difference between contractors who just fix things and craftsmen who understand what they’re working with.…

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November 4, 2025 Biophilic Design Basics Health & Wellbeing Home & Residential

How Three Families Completely Changed Their Lives With Simple Biophilic House Changes (And What I Learned From Their Stories)

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…

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November 3, 2025 Home & Residential Workplace & Productivity

Learning About Home Offices the Hard Way – How Nature Finally Got Me Working Better at 68

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…

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October 31, 2025 Biophilic Design Basics Home & Residential Workplace & Productivity

I Tracked How Natural Elements Affect My Home Productivity (The Data Will Surprise You)

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…

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October 29, 2025 Biophilic Design Basics Health & Wellbeing Home & Residential Spaces & Buildings Workplace & Productivity

How Bringing Nature Indoors Changed Everything for My Family (And Why Every Parent Should Know This)

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…

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October 27, 2025 Home & Residential Workplace & Productivity

The 7 AM Call That Changed How I Think About Home Workspaces (And Why Plants Aren’t Enough)

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…

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October 24, 2025 Home & Residential

When I Discovered That Bringing Nature Indoors Actually Changes Everything (And Why I’m Now That Dad Who Talks About “Daylighting” at PTA Meetings)

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…

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October 23, 2025 Biophilic Design Basics Home & Residential

Learning Why My Friend’s Beautiful Kitchen Felt Like a Hospital – My Introduction to Nature-Based Design

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…

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October 17, 2025 Home & Residential

What I Learned About Bringing Nature Indoors After 38 Years in the Same House

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…

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October 16, 2025 Home & Residential Spaces & Buildings

Why I’m Obsessed with Buildings That Actually Heal the Planet (And Why My Tiny Apartment is Becoming a Living System)

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…

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October 14, 2025 Biophilic Design Basics Home & Residential

Biophilic design in the home: Connecting Indoor Life with Nature

# 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…

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October 13, 2025 Biophilic Design Basics Health & Wellbeing Home & Residential Spaces & Buildings Workplace & Productivity

When I Helped Transform My Friend’s Kid’s Basement Classroom (And What Happened to Test Scores)

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?…

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