Walking through my neighbour's newly renovated kitchen last Tuesday, I couldn't help but notice the beautiful reclaimed oak cabinets paired with what appeared to be conventional particleboard countertops covered in…
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…
When my friend Sarah called me last month in tears about her new dining table, I honestly thought she was overreacting. The gorgeous walnut piece she'd splurged on was already…
Last Tuesday, while reviewing lumber specifications for a net-zero housing project in Vancouver, I found myself thinking about how dramatically Canada's sustainable building materials landscape has shifted in just the…
Last week my contractor husband Tom came home shaking his head about a job site where they’d just installed what looked like a kid’s bedroom set. “You should see this…
Yesterday morning, I walked into my client’s office space and immediately felt that familiar knot in my stomach – you know the one I’m talking about. The kind you get…
Just this morning I was sitting in my favorite coffee shop downtown – you know, the one with those floor-to-ceiling windows facing the small pocket park across the street –…
My neighbour knocked on my door last Tuesday night – right during dinner, actually – asking if I’d seen Ashley Furniture’s sustainability commercial during the game. “Are they actually green…
Standing in the Lotus Light Studio in Portland last month, I couldn't help but smile at the irony. Here I was, supposedly an expert in biophilic design, experiencing something close…
I never really understood how much my workspace affected me until I started working from home during the pandemic. Like most parents, I’d cobbled together a “home office” in whatever…