Creating a Welcoming Front Entrance: What I’ve Learned About Bringing Nature Indoors
When you walk into any building – whether it’s a doctor’s office, a business, or even our church – the first space you encounter sets the tone for everything that…
Making Stairs Work Better: What I’ve Learned About Bringing Nature Indoors
You know, after thirty-eight years in the same house, I’ve given a lot of thought to stairs. Not just because mine are getting harder to climb – though there’s that…
What I’ve Learned About Bringing Nature Into Workspaces (And Why It Matters More Than I Expected)
I’ve been reading about something that really caught my attention – how companies are redesigning offices to connect workers with nature. It’s called biophilic design, and after spending most of…
How Nature-Focused Spaces Changed How I Think About Kids’ Learning (And Why Museums Are Missing the Point)
I never used to pay much attention to how museum spaces were designed until I started taking my kids to them regularly. Before parenthood, I’d walk through exhibits focused mainly…
I Tested Biophilic Graphics in My Home Office for 8 Months – Here’s What Actually Works
I’ve been tracking my workspace productivity metrics for years now, and about 18 months ago I started noticing something interesting in my data. On days when I worked from coffee…
What I’ve Learned About Wellness Centers That Actually Connect You to Nature
My wife and I have visited our share of wellness centers over the past few years, partly for her physical therapy needs after her stroke, partly because we’re both interested…
Setting Up a Peaceful Yoga Corner: What I’ve Learned About Bringing Nature Indoors
After my wife’s stroke eight years ago, we both needed to find new ways to stay active and manage stress. Her physical therapist recommended gentle yoga, and I started doing…
Making Tiny Urban Spaces Feel Less Soul-Crushing: What I’ve Learned About Bringing Nature Into the City
Okay, so I’ve been thinking a lot about fabrics lately, which is honestly not something I expected to care about when I first moved to this tiny studio. But after…
Actually Measuring What Works: My Journey Testing Biophilic Workspaces (With Real Data)
Look, I’ll be honest – when I first started getting obsessed with workspace optimization and biophilic design elements, I had no idea how to actually measure whether any of this…
I Started Tracking EMF Levels in My Home Office – Here’s What I Found About Plants and Radiation
I never thought I’d become the guy with an EMF meter, but here we are. It started about eight months ago when I began getting these persistent headaches during my…
I Accidentally Fell in Love with Nature’s Secret Design Algorithms (And You Should Too)
So this is going to sound weird, but I spent last Saturday morning lying on my stomach in a community garden watching ants. Not because I’ve completely lost it (though…
When Your Phone Is Watering Your Plants Better Than You Are: Tech + Nature in Tiny Spaces
So I’m sitting in my 400-square-foot cave of an apartment last week, watching my phone send me notifications that my plants need water while simultaneously adjusting my grow lights based…
Making Nature Accessible for Everyone: What I’ve Learned About Inclusive Garden Design
After my wife’s stroke eight years ago, I learned firsthand how design choices that seem minor can create major barriers for people with mobility or sensory challenges. We had to…
Testing Nature-Based Workspace Design: What I’ve Learned from Bringing Biophilic Principles to My Home Office and Beyond
Working from home for six years has taught me a lot about optimizing my environment for productivity, but I’ll be honest – it took me way too long to figure…
Why I Started Tracking Productivity Gains from Vintage Furniture and Plants (The Data Was Surprising)
I’ve been remote for six years now, and about two years ago I started noticing something weird in my productivity data. Some days I’d be crushing through tasks, other days…