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…
Three years ago, I thought I understood green design. I mean, I'd been working with plants and natural materials for over a decade, implementing what we called "sustainable practices" in…
I'm standing in my friend Marcus's four-story brownstone in Brooklyn right now, and honestly? I can't stop staring at his staircase. Not because it's particularly beautiful – though it is…
You know that feeling when you think you’ve got something figured out, then reality smacks you in the face? That’s exactly what happened to me last month during what was…
My coffee went cold this morning while I stood mesmerized by the way morning light filtered through the bamboo screen I'd installed last month. You know that moment when you…
My friend Sarah called me last Tuesday, and I could hear the frustration in her voice before she even started explaining. She'd been apartment hunting in Seattle for months, and…
Walking through the cardiac wing of Boston Children's Hospital last month, I couldn't help but notice how different it felt from the sterile medical facilities I'd grown accustomed to during…
I was standing on the roof of a 1920s apartment building in Portland last month, helping a contractor assess some flashing that needed replacement, when he pointed to the building…
The couch in my living room is twenty-three years old, and I'm not embarrassed about that anymore. Actually, I'm proud of it. When I first bought it from a small…
Walking into my corporate client's downtown Philadelphia office last Tuesday felt like stepping into a sensory deprivation chamber. Fluorescent lights hummed overhead, casting that familiar greenish tint that makes everyone…