Nature & Beauty

Alt: Natural Calm & Tranquility Alt: Nature & Tranquility Connection to Nature

Nature

Evidence suggests that Mother Nature provides therapeutic benefits for people healing from trauma. Specifically, spending time around natural materials or looking at nature-based imagery can significantly lower cortisol and stress levels as well as reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, especially in women. Nature's calming effects can help individuals regulate their emotions and find a sense of peace, which is particularly beneficial for those with trauma who may experience intense emotions. Thinking about nature can encourage mindfulness, allowing individuals to focus on the present moment and release negative thoughts and emotions.

Have House if full of large windows to let in fresh air and natural light. At Cloud Nine, picture and casement windows maximize light while minimizing obstruction, and each of the apartments on the top floor have two skylights.

At Haven House, wood is practically everywhere you look, from the cabinets and the shutters to the solid wood farmhouse table.

Beautiful wood from all over the world fills the living room, taking various forms, all handmade: a solid block of gnarled monkeypod from Thailand that became an art pedestal, a large wall sculpture carved from a slab of acacia from Bali, a bench made from a live edge slab of black walnut from Vermont, three custom art frames handmade from Canadian birdseye maple, six live edge teak shelves, and several turned wood bowls, each made with multiple exotic hardwoods like magnolia, bubinga, African mahogany, and wenge.

Throughout the rest of home you'll find solid wood furniture in every room and artwork made from stone, seashells, driftwood, natural fibers, pressed flowers, and living plants.

At Cloud Nine, handmade custom hard maple woodwork is all around, accenting many of areas built for cats: the deep windowsill platforms where cats can lie in the sun, the finished edge of the cat loft, the threshold of the cat door to the litter closet, and the giant catwalk lightrail that wraps around two walls. The kitchen cabinet pulls are made from real driftwood, the convertible desk-beds are made of solid alder, and the giant full length mirrors are made from live edge walnut, where they hang opposite custom art pieces made from dried moss and flowers.

Between Haven House and Cloud Nine Studios, there are 19 Digital Art Displays, which have access to thousands of photos and paintings of natural scenes, plus each one is surrounded by a handmade frame made of birdseye maple.

Outside, the giant planter right when you walk out / end of the Recovery Pathway.

Warm wood-textured flooring

Some rooms feature beautiful custom closet doors made of exotic hardwoods. giant convertible desk-beds are made of solid alder

Beauty

Alt: Beauty Immersion

Calming Beauty Color palette based on colors that have calming effects on the brain / mood

One of the mantras repeated during the design process /fundamental design principles followed

Being surrounded by beauty can help combat feelings of hopelessness/ and worthlessness.

Anything that can be, should be art.

Extends to furniture, fixtures,

Anything that can be, should be art.

Discoverable stories.