For the past fifty years the development industry has told us that we should think like consumers and make isolated decisions about our home based on momentary desires. But every choice you make is a design decision that contributes to our built environment. Every home and community is the physical result of that series of choices. These accidental choices from the past have created a present that we never intended; one that degrades the quality of our lives and harms our planet. It's time to start thinking like a designer rather than like a consumer. You can take control of your home and start creating the kind of future you want. Every choice you make, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant, contributes to the design of this future. Slow Home helps you make these decisions about where and how you live according to the principles of CLOSE, SIMPLE and LIGHT.

Use our website to learn about design thinking and how you can apply it to your home. Slow Home has the tools, resources, and information you need to start envisioning a new kind of future that both improves the quality of your domestic life and maximize your home's future value as an investment.






We believe that our homes and neighborhoods should be healthy, vibrant places that uplift the spirit and gracefully fit our needs. We call for an end to poor construction, bad design, misleading marketing, unfair lending practices and environmental neglect in the housing industry. We acknowledge our collective responsibility to create CLOSE, SIMPLE, LIGHT places to live that leave a positive legacy for future generations.

provides design focused information that homeowners can use to improve the quality of how and where they live. It takes its name from the slow food movement which arose as a reaction to the processed food industry. The sprawl of cookie cutter housing that surrounds us is like fast food - standardized, homogenous, and wasteful. It contributes to a too fast life that is bad for us, our cities, and the environment. In the same way that slow food raises awareness of the food we eat and how these choices affect our lives, Slow Home empowers you to take more control of your home and improve the quality of how you live while reducing your environmental impact and futureproofing the long term investment value of your home.