What I’ve Learned About Hotels That Actually Help You Feel Restored
My wife and I don’t travel as much as we used to – the mobility issues and my own arthritis make it more complicated than it once was. But when…
Regenerative design in architecture: Buildings That Restore
I stumbled across this concept totally by accident. Last summer, I was procrastinating on weekend data entry work by watching architecture documentaries on YouTube, and this one video about the…
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…
Learning About Design That Actually Heals Land – My Introduction to Regenerative Building
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the difference between fixing something that’s broken and actually making it better than it was before. It’s a distinction I never really considered…
The UK’s Biophilic Design Boom: What I’ve Learned From Tracking This Movement for 6 Years
Back when I started optimizing my own home office, I was pretty focused on my personal productivity metrics. But spending hours reading research about natural light and plants led me…