Sustainability
We design regeneratively.
Because a home is an ecosystem, not a container.
Specification is a moral choice. Every finish, fixture, and surface we draw into a project carries a story — where it came from, what it cost the earth, how long it will last, and what happens to it next. We ask those questions before we commit. We design in conversation with the landscape we work in — the light, the seasons, the particular character of the Hudson Valley — so a home gives back more to its ecosystem than it takes.
Why this is foundational
A home is an ecosystem of living beings, rhythms, memories, and matter, coexisting on behalf of one another. Materials carry that story before they ever reach your home, and they carry it long after.
— Savannah Dodge
Our Approach
Three commitments, every project.
Origin, lifecycle, and ecological impact — the three lenses every specification passes through. Open each to see how.
Every material has a story before it reaches your home. We ask where it was harvested, how it was processed, who made it, how far it traveled. The answers shape what we specify. Specification is a vote.
A home is not a one-time decision — it accrues. We choose for durability, repairability, and what becomes of a piece when its first life is done. Heirloom is the upper bound. Compostable is the lower bound. Landfill is the line we don't cross.
Most conversations about a home's footprint stop at energy bills. We pay equal attention to the carbon locked into what's already there — the embodied story of every finish, fixture, and surface — and to whether the project gives back more to its ecosystem than it takes.
A home is an ecosystem
“Not a container — living beings, rhythms, memories, and matter, all coexisting on behalf of one another.”
— Savannah Dodge
From the Journal
Reading on regenerative design.
April 22, 2026
How to Design a More Sustainable and Regenerative Home
Most conversations about interior design start and end at the surface: the finishes, the furniture, the palette. And tho…
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May 27, 2026
Embodied Carbon vs. Operational Carbon: What Every Homeowner Should Know Before They Build
When most people think about the environmental impact of their home, they think about energy bills. The electricity it c…
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June 17, 2026
Eco-Friendly Home Materials: From Hemp and Reclaimed Wood to Mycelium and Biocement
Every material in your home has a story. Where it came from, what it cost the earth to produce, how it was processed and…
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January 28, 2026
What Your Home Is Made Of Matters
The materials we welcome into our homes matter far more than we’ve been taught to believe. They shape how a space feels,…
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January 5, 2026
At the Pace of the Horse: Materials That Carry a Home Forward
2026 is the Year of the Horse and as a bona fide, forever horse girl, there was no chance we were letting this moment pa…
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What we believe about materials.
Where a thing came from, what it cost the earth, how long it will last — these are design decisions, not afterthoughts.
Not a container — living beings, rhythms, memories, and matter, all coexisting on behalf of one another.
Every finish, fixture, and surface is a quiet vote — for a kind of forest, a kind of factory, a kind of future.