LIFESTYLE

The Architecture of Festive Food | Thanksgiving Recipes We’re nearly twelve weeks into our shift toward Life Architecture, and in the coming weeks we’re marking a first: we’re going all-in on food. For some of you who arrived here through interiors, this may feel like a detour. I assure you, it isn’t. I’ve always believed that the way we design our homes is inseparable from the way we design our lives. And food—its flavors, rituals, ingredients, the way it slows us down or ga

Gets a Boost There’s a special kind of courage required to invite people into your home . And there’s an even greater kind when you decide to entertain. There’s the cocktail-party kind of courage—you want good flow, great drinks , and tasty bites —with your ultimate goal that everyone has a good time. And there’s the dinner -party kind, when the stakes feel higher. You must think about the food you’ll serve—what your guests will like, what special requirements they might ha

Modern Myths We often think of investment in financial terms—returns, growth, portfolio. Even the houses we buy. But the most undervalued form of investment is the one that happens every day: the activity within our environments, our routines, and our inner lives. Just as we think of a day at the spa as regenerative—or compounding, in financial terms—what if we imagined our homes as our own private sanctuaries offering the very same returns? What would that look like to yo

The Grand Design Experiment What if you could minimize fear in life—or even possibly live without it entirely? What if you could build a braver life, inside and out, room by interior room —would you do it? Of course you would. I would too. Fear is the worst . It’s the defense mechanism meant to save us, but it misfires all the time and, more often than not, holds us back, crippling our progress and causing us to miss opportunities. The challenge is to tame the dragon, becaus

How Home Is Changing Us

Discovering, Developing and Defining My Taste

An old world makeover

Getting dressed is a daily practice that we repeat day in and day out; It’s usually without fail and sometimes, it’s without thought....

Gone are the days when the lack of sleep, or no sleep at all, was worn like a badge of honor. The best performers today don’t just sleep; they plan, protect, and obsess over the quality of it. Here's my framework for a good night's sleep.

Shelter me.

Ahh, the age-old question of nature versus nurture; it dates back to antiquity. Philosophers like Plato and Aristotle argued whether character was innate or shaped by experience long before we considered (or knew) how home literally shapes us.

I’ll tell you the secret to lasting change. It’s not about trying harder, it’s about designing smarter. What if your home, the stage where our personal development begins, could be your greatest ally in successful and productive self-growth?