I never really thought about transition spaces until I started trying to figure out why my kids behaved so differently in different parts of our house. You know how some…
You know what I’ve been obsessing over lately? How our house changes throughout the year. I was sitting in the kitchen this morning, watching my daughter eat breakfast in this…
Walking into one of those Instagram-worthy biophilic spaces makes me feel some type of way. You know the ones – all that gorgeous reclaimed wood, those smooth stone countertops, plants…
After living in the same house for nearly four decades, you start noticing things about nature that maybe passed you by when you were younger and busier. These days, spending…
Okay, I’m definitely not a parent and I don’t claim to be an expert on kid spaces, but something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is how kids growing…
When I first started working from home during the pandemic, I literally set up my laptop on my kitchen table facing a brick wall. My one window shows nothing but…
I’ve been optimizing my home workspace for about four years now, and natural light was honestly the game-changer that started it all. When I first began tracking my productivity metrics,…
I’ve been tracking productivity metrics in my home office for about three years now, and the data keeps showing something interesting: the biggest gains happen when technology and plants work…
Okay, so this is going to sound a little ridiculous, but adding a tiny tabletop fountain to my 400-square-foot studio apartment was honestly one of the best decisions I’ve made…
I’m going to be honest with you: when I first moved into my tiny, poorly-ventilated apartment, I had no idea I was accidentally working on air quality optimization through biophilic…
You know what’s funny? Before kids, I used to think creating a connection to nature in small spaces was just about cramming in as many plants as possible. Then we…
So here’s something weird that happened to me last week. I was standing on our building’s rooftop garden, watering the tomatoes, when I realized that one side of my body…
I’ll be honest – when I first stumbled across articles about companies calculating the actual financial returns on making their offices more nature-connected, my initial thought was “typical corporate approach…
I never paid much attention to school buildings when I was young – they were just places you went to learn, usually pretty sterile affairs with fluorescent lights and cinder…
After eight years of modifying our home for my wife’s changing mobility needs, I’ve learned something important: the benefits of being connected to nature shouldn’t be limited to people who…