The Heart and Soul of Biophilic Design
Nature nurtures. Biophilic design is based on this fact. But it’s not new. Our ancestors have recognized this concept for millennia. They observed the ways of nature and understood that [...]
Landscape Lighting That Doesn’t Wake the Birds
You can reduce light pollution in your landscape with these 6 downlighting and dark sky practices. Lights in the landscape create light pollution that adversely affects nocturnal animals and [...]
Natural Swimming Pools
A Holistic answer to the traditional Swimming Pool Enjoying a refreshing swim in cool water is the remedy for the scorching days of summer. Oceans, lakes and rivers are [...]
Cottage Garden
The cottage garden is a very popular style of garden that uses an informal design, traditional materials, dense plantings, and a mixture of ornamental and edible plants. The cottage [...]
Dome Homes
Geodesic Dome These attractive and low maintenance homes are gaining popularity around the world. From 1970, Monolithic Domes can be found in every American state and in Canada, Mexico, [...]
Sustainable Feng Shui Design
Sustainable building construction and environmentally considerate living are at the forefront of the changes we are being encouraged to embrace into our lifestyle, and increasingly inspired by climate change [...]
Rammed Earth Building – An Ancient Technique for our Modern World
The ancient building techniques called “ Rammed Earth” is one of the oldest construction methods known to man. Evidence traces it as far back on the human timeline as 8000 [...]
Green Design in Commercial Environments
Graceful Lifestyles™ Goes Green for Corporate America Going Green is all the rage these days, but for Graceful Lifestyles Designers, it is a seamless marriage between two design perspectives. [...]
The 7 Things Addressed by Wellness-Focused Interior Design
An Introduction to the WELL Building Standard We have long known that interior design and architecture shapes human behavior. It's become very evident in more recent years that it [...]
The Why & How Of Biophilic (Nature-Inspired) Design
10 Ways to Bring the Benefits of Nature Indoors The Biophilic Buzz I’m sure many of you have been hearing the increasingly popular healthy design buzzword: biophilia. [...]