This week wraps up the Components of a Wellness House series, and we're going outdoors.

A wellness house merges the indoor and outdoor environments, so it's important to consider all the outdoor spaces early in the design process.

What You'll Discover:

• Best materials for your driveway, walkways and patios
• Important things to know about choosing concrete
• How to keep critters out of your house naturally
• What xeriscaping is and why it's important
• Ideas for outdoor play area surfaces

Helpful Links:

Belgard Permeable Pavers

Vertical Veggie Garden - Garden Tower Project

• Most efficient heating and cooling systems
• Water heating systems
• Mechanical ventilation strategies
• Net zero design
• Lighting for circadian rhythms
• Water efficiency techniques

In Part 2 of the Components of a Wellness House series, we're digging into what it feels like to live in a wellness home. We'll explore daylighting, ventilation, and how the essential spaces of a home designed for sustainability, health and well-being should feel and function. We'll look into wellness kitchen design, entryways, spa like bathrooms, fitness spaces and more.

What goes into make a home that's healthy for you and healthy for the planet? Find out the components of a wellness house in this 4 part podcast series.

This week, we're starting at the beginning, and talking about site selection, building orientation, construction types, and healthy and sustainable material choices.

Image of North and South facing bedrooms

Do you have hesitations about building or renovating a health and wellness focused home? If so, you're not alone! The most common hesitations I hear involve affordability, stress and overwhelm, and feeling a bit hopeless about the endeavor. In this episode, we'll tackle each of these hesitations and show you how you can create a home that supports you family's health and well-being without breaking the bank or sending your stress levels soaring.

Helpful Links:

The Healthy Home Planning Workshop

10 free ways to improve your indoor air quality blog post

Sixclasses.org

Do you have hesitations about building or renovating a health and wellness focused home? If so, you're not alone! The most common hesitations I hear involve affordability, stress and overwhelm, and feeling a bit hopeless about the endeavor. In this episode, we'll tackle each of these hesitations and show you how you can create a home that supports you family's health and well-being without breaking the bank or sending your stress levels soaring.

Helpful Links:

The Healthy Home Planning Workshop

10 free ways to improve your indoor air quality blog post

Sixclasses.org

On this week's Healthy Home Design podcast episode, I'm diving into what makes a sustainable home and how it relates to a home designed for health and wellness.

Are sustainable homes the same thing as wellness homes?

The answer is: Not necessarily.

Listen to the episode to learn:

• What it means to design and build a sustainable home
• What the differences are between a wellness home and a sustainable home
• What you can do to make sure your home is healthy for you and the planet

Links:

The Healthy Home Planning Workshop: This is a live, online workshop hosted by Kate Hamblet (licensed architect) designed to prepare you for the journey of creating your health and wellness focused home.

What you'll learn:

• What are the major milestones of the design process of a healthy home
• What should happen when
• Who needs to be involved in the design process
• What costs are involved in the process

Healthy Home Planning Workshop: https://www.balancedhomebalancedlife.com/workshop/

Everyone needs a little escape sometimes, especially these days! No place in your house to call your own? Learn how to transform your bedroom into a healthy retreat, a place you'll be able to escape to and focus on self-care.

You will learn:

• Why a healthy bedroom is so important
• How to create a calm bedroom
• How to improve bedroom air quality
• How to improve bedroom light quality
• Ways to protect against EMFs

Pure Living Space Discount Link (This is an affiliate link): https://purelivingspace.com/discount/Balanced

Building Biology EMF guide: https://buildingbiologyinstitute.org/free-fact-sheets/healthy-sleeping-sanctuary/