Your home is beautiful.
Is that enough?

Do you wake with a heavy head, even after a full night’s sleep?

You would open a window in a stuffy room by day. But while you sleep, who notices the air growing stale around you?

Does a bathroom or wardrobe in your home smell faintly musty, however often it is cleaned?

Cleaning may remove the smell temporarily. But what if the real problem is moisture you cannot see?

Do you light a candle or a diffuser to make a room feel fresh?

What is it covering, and what is it adding?

Does your skin or hair feel drier at home than when you travel?

Your water is tested when it reaches the building. Who has looked at it since?

Your family’s meals are prepared with care. Is the same attention given to the cookware?

Coatings wear. Plastics meet heat. And under certain conditions, substances from both can migrate into the food you serve.

Is there a dinner service you brought home from your travels, or one that has been in the family for generations?

You know its provenance. But do you know what went into its glaze, and whether it is safe for serving hot food?

Did you notice a particular smell from your new sofa, cabinetry or freshly painted walls?

As that smell fades, have you considered what may still be released into the air?

Is your laundry washed with heavily scented detergents and fabric softeners?

That lingering fragrance may contain ingredients never individually disclosed on the label. Night after night, it rests against your skin and enters the air you breathe.

Do you lie awake at night, even when you are tired?

For thousands of years, the body has taken the fading of daylight as its signal to rest. Does the lighting in your home ever give it that signal, or does it stay as bright at midnight as at noon?

Does the day stay with you long after you are home?

Does your home offer natural light, a view of greenery, the calming presence of water, or a connection to the outdoors? Anything that helps you leave the day behind?