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…
I'm sitting in my home office this morning, looking at the small air quality monitor on my desk that's showing steadily improving numbers since I installed those plants two years…
The morning sun was hitting the raised garden bed I built for my wife at just the right angle when I noticed something that made me stop and really pay…
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…
I came across Timothy Beatley’s work on biophilic cities during another late night of researching and brainstorming why my kids seem to enjoy themselves so much more in certain neighborhoods…
It was not until I was standing in the Amazon Spheres in Seattle last month that I saw how architecture could affect someone emotionally. I watched as employees drifted toward…
I have tracked family interactions for a little over a year after my parents moved in with me. Tracking family dynamics may seem strange, but I’ll explain why I did…
I noticed a connection between my focus metrics (which show how focused and productive I am) and my ability to smell the pine tree outside my office window. On the…
NEW_TITLE: What I Learned About Memory Care When My Uncle Needed Help (And Why Plants Matter More Than I Thought) I never really thought about what makes a good memory…
I never thought I'd become obsessed with spa design principles until I started connecting them to what I was learning about creating calming spaces for my kids. It started when…
When I was a kid, my grandmother always said some houses just felt "friendly" while others felt cold, no matter how nice they looked. I didn't understand what she meant…
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…
So I've been thinking a lot lately about this whole obsession we have with trying to recreate jungle vibes everywhere we live, regardless of whether it makes any sense. It…
I never thought I'd be growing mushrooms in my basement at age seventy-two, but here we are. Started about two years ago when our daughter sent me an article about…
I've been tracking high-end biophilic design installations for about three years now – started as a side curiosity when I kept seeing productivity research about natural elements, but it's turned…