Have you ever walked into a room and felt an immediate sense of comfort, or perhaps unease, despite its visual appeal?

This feeling is the essence of what I, Lyndsay Lowman, founder of BLLIS, have dedicated my life to exploring and transforming. Our spaces are more than just physical environments; they are reflections of who we are and have the power to elevate our lives - including our health and wellness.

SPACES AS REFLECTIONS OF OURSELVES

MY JOURNEY began in the world of marketing, where understanding attribution was crucial. However, as I transitioned into more interior design projects, I realized that the same principles could be applied to spaces.

The impact of a well-designed space on our emotions and actions is profound, yet often overlooked.

For over two decades, I have worked on diverse projects, from collaborative corporate headquarters to wellness studios, stable housing for homelessness transitions, community centers, and independently owned learning centers (thousands of them - impacting over a half a million students, parents, and staff each with different roles/goals within the spaces). Each project reinforced the idea that spaces are not just about aesthetics; they are more about creating environments that feel good, foster connection, inspiration and a sense of belonging.

I HAD AN AHA MOMENT in my own home during one of my biggest life transitions. I felt stuck, uneasy, and out of place everywhere, and a creative project that started with white paint on the floor and turned into a floor game, got me to feel/see/experience myself differently, I felt MORE me, more Lyndsay, which led to deepen my journey to understand how I/my space could do that. As my space was changing, so was I, and vice-versa.

I started learning more of the technical aspects of interior design. I learned and experimented with various design techniques, including Biophilic Design, Feng Shui, and my own newly-inspired made up ones. I simplified and decluttered my space, integrated nature, let in more sunlight, lightened the colors of my walls, played a lot more, felt more, and invited more people in. These changes not only transformed my space but also my state of mind. I realized that when we bring life love into our spaces (in all different forms), we enhance our flow, our health, our confidence, our convictions, our joys, our attention, our purpose, our everything.

Now I'm learning more about the world of neuroaesthetics/neuroarts/neuroarchitecture (the naming conventions are a work in progress!) and needless to say my mind is getting blown everyday!

Fun fact: A lot of what science is discovering, our gut (instincts) are already telling us - if we just took a moment to pay attention and listen… like self-expression can help with depression.

AT BLLIS, OUR MISSION is to inspire clients to view their interior spaces through a lens of health and wellness - with the goal of FINDING THE SIMPLEST PATH TO A FEEL-GOOD SPACE together, through our co-creative process, where simple = least amount of cost, time and energy, while making the most of what's already there. By creating environments that evoke positive emotions and actions, we can improve our lives significantly. We spend 90% of our time indoors, and it is crucial to make these spaces work for us, not against us.

Spaces are a reflection of us, and by transforming them, we transform ourselves. I invite you to join me on this journey of bringing life love into your spaces, enabling better health and a better life. Together, we can create environments that not only look good but feel good, too.