Buyers may not consciously know why a home feels good, but they respond instinctively to spaces that breathe.

In the spaces between diapers, naps, and late-night self-doubt and loneliness, I tried on more careers and business ideas than I can count on both hands. They all pointed toward something I couldn’t name yet: a yearning to intentionally create beauty in a way that would help other humans and the world around us.