What I’ve Learned About Restoration Work After Helping Fix Up Our Old House
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…
How I Discovered Restorative Design (And Why It’s Been a Game-Changer for Our Family)
You know that feeling when you walk into a space and your whole body just… relaxes? I experienced this so powerfully last month when I took my daughter to a…
Real Biophilic Projects That Actually Work: What I’ve Learned From Buildings Around the World
Over the past few years, I’ve been following some remarkable building projects around the world that integrate natural elements in ways I never imagined possible. After spending decades thinking about…
How I’m Using Modern Tech to Track and Optimize Historical Building Restorations
Three months ago, I found myself standing in a 1920s bank lobby in Portland, watching restoration specialists carefully remove dropped ceiling tiles to reveal original coffered plasterwork that hadn’t seen…
Why Green Buildings Don’t Go Far Enough: My Data-Driven Dive Into Regenerative Design
I’ve been tracking my home office productivity metrics for years now, and one pattern kept nagging at me: my best work days consistently happened when I spent time on my…
I Spent Three Months Tracking Regenerative Design Data – The Results Actually Surprised Me
So I went down a bit of a research rabbit hole last quarter that started with me trying to optimize my own workspace and ended with me buried in academic…
What I Learned Visiting Amazing Biophilic Buildings Around the World (And How They’re Changing My Home Projects)
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…
How London’s Getting Creative with Nature (And What I’m Stealing for My Own Neighborhood)
I’ve been obsessing over London’s approach to bringing nature into urban spaces ever since I stumbled across an article about their “nature deficit disorder” initiatives. As someone who’s spent the…
From My Tiny Apartment to Community Spaces: What I’ve Learned About Actually Making Green Design Work
So I’ve been following this regenerative design stuff on Instagram for a while now – you know how the algorithm works, you start with houseplant content and somehow end up…
Regenerative design examples: Projects That Inspire
Looking at this article, I can see it’s written from a professional consultant’s perspective, but I need to rewrite it from my amateur hobbyist viewpoint. Let me transform this while…
What I Learned About Restoration Living in a Pre-War Building (And Why Your Grandmother’s Furniture Is Probably Better Than IKEA)
Living in a pre-war building has taught me a lot about what lasts and what doesn’t. My studio might be tiny and dark, but the bones of this 1920s building…
Why I’m Learning Regenerative Design (And How It’s Changing Everything)
So I’ve been going down this rabbit hole lately about something called regenerative design, and it’s kind of blowing my mind. It started when I was researching ways to make…
Restore design company: A Complete Guide
# Finding a Restore Design Company: What I Learned From My Search NEW_TITLE: Finding a Restore Design Company: What I Learned From My Search My neighbor Sarah knocked on my…
Why Restoration Projects Are Gold Mines for Natural Design (What I Learned From Three Real Projects)
I’ll be honest – I never paid much attention to old buildings until we started looking at houses in older neighborhoods for better school districts. Most of the places we…
Learning About Nature Design the Hard Way – What Actually Works After Years of Trial and Error
Last week, my eight-year-old granddaughter came with me to the medical complex where my wife has her physical therapy appointments. Standing in that lobby – all shiny surfaces and harsh…