We design for human
and planet wellbeing.

Connecting to nature indoors, not only helps us feel and live better, it also restores our interest for nature

We don't just decor.

We provide you with designs that have your health and that of our planet, at heart.

With more natural experiences in your interiors, you can improve your everyday life, and also, encourage care about the state of the earth.

Find all the details about our mission to improve both wellbeing through nature connection; and our planet through sustainable interiors.

How do urban indoor spaces impact us?

We spend 90% of our time indoors.

Between our homes, cars, work, commercial spaces, and more... we spend in average 90% of our time indoors. Given the proven benefits of contact with nature, this percentage highlights the need for more nature inspired environments.

Up to 2X higher risks of mental issues.

Urban population has two times higher risk of schizophrenia, 21% more anxiety, 40% more mood disorders, than people having contact with nature. Today, mental disorders affect 1 in every 4 adults.

Indoor air is 10X more polluted than the outdoor.

Air pollutants are up to ten times higher in indoor spaces. The choice of products that build our surroundings can seriously impact the air we breathe.

Benefits of nature design

Why does our connection with nature matter?

It's difficult to overstate how beneficial nature is to our well-being: Connecting with nature has been shown in study after study to have psychological and physical benefits. People who have a stronger connection to nature are happier, feel more vital, and have a greater sense of purpose in their lives.

Benefits of nature inspired design.

Higher wellbeing and creativity

Biophilic design features play a therapeutic role. It's been shown that these designs can be calming, uplifting and stress/anxiety-reducing. In fact, this design shows the potential to increase 15% the perception of wellbeing and creativity.

Increased focus and productivity

With biophilic design, schools can increase focus and concentration in students and staff ( ex. increased rates of learning 20-25%) whilst reducing the impacts of cognitive fatigue, stress and ADHD. This can improve the schools performance, and staff and student retention.

Faster and better healing

We recover significantly faster when exposed to a natural environment, in comparison to an urban setting. In nature inspired design interventions, patients have shown 22% reduction in pain medication, and an average of 10% faster post-operatory recovery time.

At Forest Homes, we provide you with designs with the qualities and features of nature in mind to help you create both more naturally evocative and sustainable spaces. These spaces enable you numerous benefits for your own wellbeing, and the wellbeing of our planet.

More nature connection for more care for the environment.

In addition to improving our well-being, a strong connection to nature encourages pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors.

So at a time when nature seems to need our attention and care more than ever, designs that bind us with nature are essential.

Founder & CEO

Daniela Rodriguez-Coelho

A scientist and entrepreneur, she has created this beautiful project, which has by now enhanced millions of people's indoor lives through sustainable, nature-inspired design.

Named Top Female Entrepreneur by European organizations, she is a spokesperson for many international agencies, and her work has been featured in various workplace and interior magazines as ECO, People and House Beautiful. Through all these channels, she shares her passion to help people and organizations thrive by being be more aware of their surroundings.

Her mission with Forest Homes is to widely develop environments that bring out the best in each individual, foster the most fruitful collaborations, and protect our planet's resources.

From ideation in 2016, to changing the way you think about interiors. This is my story.

I've always been passionate about making the world a better place every day. Starting from making myself a better human.

During my mid-twenties as a chemical engineer and business professional, I struggled to identify with my job’s mission. So, at that time, I decided to take some time off work and go on a nature trip to get ideas for a more fulfilling career move.

This ended up being a year-long immersion in nature. In this year, I felt more present, alive, and satisfied with life than ever before. Being surrounded by nature and all of its processes reminded me I was a part of it, and it changed the way I saw the world.

When I returned from this wonderful journey, I realized that, while we can all go outside and enjoy the benefits of being surrounded by nature, we still need to spend a significant portion of our time indoors. So, I realized that in order for us to live a better life, we need these indoor spaces to feel more natural.

Also, this is when I began to connect the concepts of biophilic design (nature inspired design for human wellbeing) and sustainability. In fact, in my postgraduate thesis, I investigated the adoption of sustainable behaviors. During these studies, we discovered that people who had more contact with nature felt more environmentally responsible and performed more sustainable actions.

And that's when everything came together to bring light into my life’s purpose.

I'm passionate about assisting people in feeling their best, and I'm also an advocate for protecting our planet's life and resources.

So I realised, nothing would make me happier than making people feel better while also encouraging more environmentally conscious behaviour by increasing their connection to nature.

Maybe at some point in our life we’ve all felt like we’ve lacked inspiration, or vision of what we wanted to do.

And there’s a saying that our environment shapes us. And I believe it couldn’t be more true.

If we all become more conscious of our environment and how to make it best for us to be the best version of ourselves and achieve the most fruitful collaborations, imagine all the advancement we could build in our species and for our planet.

We can’t always control the circumstances or outcomes of our lives, but we can shape our environment. And when we shape our environment, we access the power to shape our lives.

With passion and care,

Daniela

For a more sustainable and happier life

Build an invisible bridge between the indoor and outdoor.

Nature is usually not evenly distributed in urban areas. Lots of people are lucky enough to live near parks, have big trees lining their streets, or have beautiful landscaping in their surroundings.

However, even if you can't visit nature because you live far away or are too busy, there are lots of ways to incorporate nature-inspired designs into your urban spaces with Forest Homes.