Designing for the Life Ahead: How Homes Can Support Every Stage of Family Life

Welcome to Legacy Builders, strategies for building successful family enterprises. Brought to you by Beacon Family Office at CI Assante Wealth Management Limited. I’m your host, Cory Gagnon, Senior Wealth Advisor. And on this show, we explore global ideas, concepts, and models that help family enterprises better navigate the complexities of family wealth.

Today, we welcome Sarah Walker, Founder and Principal Designer of Nuance Interior Design, who creates deeply personalized, wellness-centered estates for families and family offices. Her work focuses on homes designed not just to impress, but to restore, connect, and support real life. With more than 20 years of experience and over 50 multimillion-dollar estates and compounds completed, Sarah brings a rare blend of sophisticated global taste, technical fluency, and systems thinking to her work. She treats the home as a long-term operating system for health, relationships, and multigenerational wellbeing.

My goal is to be the most curious person in today’s conversation with Sarah, as we explore what it means for a home to feel like a sanctuary and to support everyday life to its fullest. We’ll look at how the spaces families live in can influence connection, recovery, focus, and the way people feel when they walk through the door. This is a conversation about designing homes that are deeply personal, supportive, and able to evolve with a family over time.

Now, let’s dive in!

Cory: Welcome, Sarah. We’re excited to have you here today to share your wealth of knowledge and experiences with us. Let’s dive in, shall we?

Sarah: Thanks, Cory, for having me. I’m excited.

Cory: Sarah, imagine you’re delivering a commencement speech to the graduating class of 2026, and you have the chance to inspire them with your story. How would you begin your speech to convey the incredible lessons and expertise you’ve gained along your career?

Sarah: Love this question because it gives meaning to the past experiences in my life. Some of which have been amazing, and some of which have been challenging, just like anyone else’s life. But the way it’s informed my career is interesting. So if I were to share that with that graduating class, I’d say, growing up, born and raised in Dubai, I got to see some incredible people and environments, and travel extensively in my formative years.

My father is an environmentalist, wildlife biologist, red falcons in captivity for Sheikh Mohammed, and my mother has a holistic medicine background and is a teacher educator. And so I got to see the world through those lenses, and it really informed how I thought about environments and spaces, and how the world around us should support us. When I was 12, I met an interior designer and fell in love with everything interior design, and knew that that’s what I wanted to do when I grew up.

Fast forward, through some job shadowing, and I’m in college at an accredited university studying art and architecture, interior design, business, and I really have my whole life planned out. And at 20, I was in a severe car accident that left me with chronic fatigue and chronic pain, really a lot of musculoskeletal things that weren’t easy to diagnose twenty years ago. And I really viewed this as a tremendous setback. What was I going to do? I had all these dreams and plans as any 20-year-old does, and I really thought, my goodness. I’ve had it figured out since I was 12, and now I can’t get out of bed. I lost my short-term memory for about three months. All of these health issues were super surprising and unexpected, and there weren’t a lot of opportunities to plan around.

And so what I found myself doing for the next twenty years was going on a on a personal health journey, and discovering different modalities outside typical western medicine that we have in the United States, that allowed me to experience firsthand how healing can take place, really from your nervous system to your physical self and in your brain, and all the different things that then once I finished my healing journey, was able to fold into my business and into my career with the the hope and dream that the families that I serve in creating these legacy estates will never hopefully have to go through a health chapter that is limited by their home, and that their home is now able to support them because of the design and the architectural interiors that we’ve put in place to support them at every phase of life and for all the generations that live there. And so that transformed that experience from something that was kind of a bitter setback to something that has brought me tremendous joy and fulfillment as I’m able to help other families.

And so what I took away from that is to really view all of those experiences as opportunities, and that they will enable me to have greater depth in my perspective in helping others.

Cory: Amazing. Sarah, I’m curious when you share the background and stories of your parents and seeing the world through the lens in which they bring to the world, how do you see that in the way that you approach families today, and some of those experiences that they’re bringing forward based on their lens?

Sarah: I really felt like when I started doing my degree, there was a research element and a thesis that I put together for the honors element, and it was about how to incorporate sustainability into homes. And twenty-plus years ago, that was pretty cutting edge. It was more common in commercial spaces, and the elements that have translated into residential spaces were quite frankly hideous or cost-prohibitive. I mean, it was things like, let’s take recycled glass soda bottles, grind them up, put them in our countertop resin, and say, look how green we are.

I wanted to present a different thesis on the sustainability and luxury interiors, or beauty don’t have to be mutually exclusive. They can be one and the same. And that was, I would say, almost entirely shaped by growing up with my father and his love of the environment and nature, and that love that he passed on to me, of that things can be beautiful, they can also not deplete the Earth’s resources. And now a huge pillar of my interior design practice is what we call biophilic design, which is how do we bring nature into the home. And from a science-based perspective, it has a tremendous role in lowering cortisol and your heart rate and all of your stress hormones, so that you’re actually more productive because you have natural light, views of the outdoors, organic materials, and earth tone color palettes.

And so what an interesting journey for me because of my parents, to be able to see science catch up with what they knew all along, and what they instilled in me just through taking me to see the most beautiful places on earth, and what that did for my brain. It rewires you when you get to go to Europe and see some of the most beautiful palaces in Dubai. And I got to experience that at a very young age, which was an incredible privilege, and shaped my business to what it is now.

Cory: And when you think of the people who seek you out to do design work, I think that there’s some sort of signature that each person brings to their work. Are those elements of nature and some of those aspects a signature design of yours, or do you find that people are seeking you out because of that? Or is that something that you’re incorporating in all designs, and they don’t really understand the value to it as much?

Sarah: I think there’s subtle elements of our design that could be considered a signature look, and there’s more over elements. I would say that we’re client-centric at our core. And so the style of every home is going to be quite unique and reflective of the families that live there, and also the architecture of the home. There’s also some core things that we like to think of from what we bring to the table as far as, yes, there’s the biophilic design, the core wellness piece. We’re an interior design and wellness advisory, and we’re really the only ones in the world right now that are bringing wellness in at the depth and breadth that we are.

So you think of these, private wellness retreats. Our premise is that instead of you having to carve two weeks out of your hectic life, pack up, cram all the work in before and catch up after, you can have a private wellness retreat and a sanctuary in your home on a daily basis. And it’s that element that people, I find, are most interested in, is how do we use a science-based interior design as a foundation, and make it incredibly beautiful, elegant, and sophisticated, where it doesn’t read like a hospitality, or the hotel, or even a luxury hospital. There’s nothing clinical about it. But what it does is it feels like a sanctuary. Of course, there’s active spaces for entertaining, focusing, and work. But at the core, we want to create a place where people can connect, they can recover, they can focus, and they can live everyday life to its fullest.

I find that our clients come to us because they have these beautiful homes. Money is not the issue. They have a show home that feels like it doesn’t have a soul. It doesn’t help them connect with the people that they’ve built a family office for, or they’ve accumulated all this wealth and they want to enjoy it. And they have this show home that doesn’t actually support how they want to live, either from just a day-to-day, I’m jet-lagged, or I’m stressed, or I’m burnt-out, or I’m chasing after kids, all the way to I had a health crisis. And now what? My home is hard to maneuver. It’s hard to manage. It’s hard to take care of. The staff are frustrated. And so they come to us really for almost a feeling that we imbue in our homes, where the people are more important than the portfolio piece.

And we believe that, yes, of course, your home can be beautiful as well as supportive of those everyday activities. But so many people think, I’ve got this home, and I have to make it ostentatious, and I have to prove something to my friends, whereas we say, you can, but also let’s make it wonderfully supportive of how you want to live and connect.

Cory: And, Sarah, as you speak of bringing that nature component in, and that retreat feel into the space, I’m thinking about physical location of these properties, how important is that to your design and what you’re incorporating? Or do you feel like you can build something beautiful and that feels amazing in just about any place?

Sarah: Great question, because I think that there’s a couple ways to answer that. Oftentimes, our clients have multiple residences all over the world. For example, we just did a penthouse in Bellevue in the Washington state area and urban environment, and we were still able to make it feel very much like a sanctuary, even though it was in a high-rise surrounded by their high rises, and capitalize on tremendous amounts of natural light, and create a place that was very reflective of them. Now they also have homes to other places, a waterfront home, the Ski Chile, the places that are more intertwined with nature, and I find that those homes have a different role.

Ultimately, what I love to do with a real estate portfolio is give each home a key role so that we design to that, rather than trying to make a blanket statement across the portfolio. This is the standard that the client likes. They get this everywhere. Just as that’s unreasonable to do with every client, it’s unreasonable to do with every home. And so we like to take a tailored approach to the architecture, to the location, and I will absolutely say that our brains are wired to feel more calm when we are near water, for example, when we have an expansive view out the back porch, when we have fireplaces even. It’s part of how we signal to the brain that we’re calm and safe is very dependent on our environment.

And so when I don’t have an expansive vista, or a lake, or a beautiful mountain, or whatever that I’m working with, I bring that inside. And so I will have artwork of nature. I will have more natural materials and plants, and different ways that I balance that out. But ultimately, I think I’ve been very fortunate to work with homes in very beautiful locations, and there’s a synergy that happens.

Cory: Thinking of that feeling of living in the show home, how do you take that feeling out of the space when it’s something that already exists, and somebody is coming to you saying this space is not supporting us?

Sarah: Great question. And we tend to get involved in large-scale renovations, as well as the new builds. So if there’s an existing property that just really missed the mark, or it was wonderful for the clients before, and now we have new people that need something completely different, we really spend a lot of time listening and getting to know them, and saying, what colors resonate with you? What wood tones, what textures, what fabrics, what really speaks to you, either from your travels or from past homes? And then we take all of that information and do a lot of extrapolating, frankly, because it’s so hard to translate a client’s feeling into a fully baked design.

And so we do a lot of that translating work, of saying, okay, they love this. That means how do we make that snapshot into a whole home? And a lot of it comes down to acoustics, quality of light, the layering of textures and materials, the artwork. And all of these things, we wrap into a science-based term called neurosensory design or neurosensory architecture, which is what your nervous system is reading from that space? And science tells us that within three seconds, your nervous system has scanned the new room that you’ve walked into and made a decision. Is this safe or is this not?

And it’s so subtle, and it’s so ingrained into how we live our lives that we don’t always know that we’re actually being undermined at a low level by our homes constantly. We just take it at face value that this is what it is. This is how it has to be. I paid $50,000,000 for this home. I’m going to love it. And we kind of force ourselves into that, unfortunately. And what I like to do is say, okay, what can we do to have this room feel like a space where your family wants to sit around for hours and talk, where they love to just watch, be in the kitchen, or have movie night, or where your friends want to come over to your house because they can’t quite put their finger on it, but they love being there. And that is neuroscience, and that is what we have spent a lot of years figuring out how do we signal to the brain that this is an inviting, safe, and enjoyable place to be, and it’s very personal. And so it really comes down to getting to know that person.

But like I mentioned, things like art, the views, how we incorporate, some of the other science-based elements with the acoustics and the circadian lighting even. But things that you can’t see, like toxins in the furniture, It dysregulates your nervous system. It’s agitating at a low level, kind of like a rock in your shoe that you’re like, I’ll take care of that weird smell. I’ll just air out the house, open some windows, and it’ll be fine. But, actually, those off-gassing chemicals are in the air for years after the smell that your nose can pick up goes away. And so we start at the very basic level of saying that the construction materials are going to be nontoxic all the way to the furnishings.

Cory: When you speak of the nervous system, I think of families where there’s a space where there’s trauma associated. It might be the summer property where there’s been some major fights, or that room in the house where people just aren’t getting along. How much do you think is associated with the space itself, as much as maybe there is some conflict that was coming out anyway, and it just happened to be in that space where we see a pattern?

Sarah: I find that the more I talk to other people thinking about neurosensory design and our nervous systems, the more that we see how much of a product of our environment we are, and that we can take supplements, and we can do juice cleanses, and we can do steam showers and saunas and try and kind of address maybe some of the surface-level things. But if we are spending 90% on average of our time indoors, it is quite safe to say that we’re a product of our environment indoors. And so what I find is that the home has a tremendous impact on conflict and emotional regulation. And a lot of what our work structures around is how we optimize for emotional regulation, and that, at its core, often starts with sleep.

If someone is not well-rested, they are not going to be extra patient the next day. It just doesn’t math out that way. So if we can create an environment that supports the family from the moment they wake up until they go to sleep and through the night, they’re often better equipped to self-regulate, and we find that it significantly reduces conflict. I mean, there’s no guarantee, but we are so much a product of our environment that our brain, if it doesn’t feel safe in that environment, isn’t going to be calm in a high-pressure situation. It just adds fuel to the fire that is already there.

And so I think that there are a lot of interesting tangents that we could go on about how to address those things with different healers, and there are all sorts of different modalities to go down that at a deeper specialist level. But what I found is that all of the counseling and the dietitians and the yoga retreats aren’t as effective if the home has toxins. It has poor air quality, no one’s able to sleep adequately. It’s really the foundation of what all those other things are building on. And I find that I have clients that come to me and they’re like, yes, we’re doing all those other things, and we don’t really feel better. Our kids are unhappy because all we do is fight in our house. And I go, okay, what if we inverted that pyramid and started with your house and where you spend most of your time, and how it feels when you walk through the door. If you walk through the door and your shoulders are still up by your ears, and you are so stressed and so tense, and then you walk into an echoey home and everything is shiny and the lighting is horrific, you are not going to de-escalate from your day. But if you can come in, the greatest compliment I have from clients is that they come in and they can exhale. They can take that deep breath. They can finally feel like they’ve walked into a sanctuary and that they’re okay, that everything can be left at the door, and they have the energy to deal with it tomorrow when they wake up.

Cory: Wow. And so building this with the family, what, what sort of things do we need to really think about, and when somebody comes to you, and you say, all right, I want to learn about you and your preferences, and how you are going to operate here, what is it that they need to bring to you so that you can do your job the best?

Sarah: Well, ideally, they’ll have a few inspiration images. We don’t ask for a whole lot because we want them to feel like it’s a natural dialogue. They don’t have to come with a full set of scrapbooks or anything like that. What we’re really looking for is a few pictures that resonate with them, that speak to their end goal of how they want the home to feel and look ideally. And then we have a questionnaire that takes maybe about an hour to fill out, but what it goes through is kind of their preferences of where’s a place they’ve visited, maybe a hotel, a retreat or a home that they’ve seen that really resonated with them and why. And it kind of gets them thinking, instead of just about the aesthetics, about how did it change your day-to-day when you were there? What were you able to do that you enjoyed?

And so thinking about how does the home make you feel is really at the core of our work, and that’s it’s hard for clients to come prepared with that. So the questionnaire is really designed as a dialogue to help us guide them through. Yes, the colors are super important. We want to know what you love and what you hate. But maybe in a past home, you had something that drove you crazy. What was that? So that we don’t replicate that. No matter how many homes you see it in, if it doesn’t work for you, let’s not do it. And so really thinking through some of those things. And then the rest of the time is really just a dialogue with them in person with samples and materials, and figuring out what it is that they like and don’t like. And we’re going to do the rest of the legwork for them, and they can be as involved as much or as little as they want.

I had one client who literally sent me over 100 images, and I’ve had some clients that go, we didn’t find any. You bring us a few, and we’ll go from there. So I’m happy to deal with all parts of the spectrum, but at the end of the day, it’s their home, and they’re not hiring me as some celebrity designer to give them the Sarah Walker style. It’s a home that if someone were to walk in, they would go, this is your home that you custom did. It’s you. It’s exactly what I would think of a home for you, and that’s, I think, a win. That’s when we celebrate that we did our job well. And, ideally, we have a wonderful team of engineers, architects, contractors, builders, artisans, that are working at that highest level of having the client’s best interest at heart. And that is where the projects are most successful. It’s a great team and a client that trusts us that we also have their best interest at heart.

Cory: Right. And, Sarah, aside from the activities that might go on in the home, thinking of theater and sports and whatnot, and maybe those are incorporated into your answer here. What is it that makes the home a space that those others that the family wants to invite, the friends and extended relatives, to say that this is a destination, or this is a place where people want to gather?

Sarah: I find that it’s a combination of multipurpose spaces and also purpose-built spaces. So what I mean by that is, like, the kitchen is great for entertaining and for cooking and for gathering. There’s also a back kitchen for the chef so that it doesn’t disrupt everyday life. So kind of that separation that allows the staff to do their best work in the family, to not have to feel like they’re on stage all the time in front of the staff, and that there are those specialty rooms that allow people to go and do something that they love.

So whether that’s yoga, whether that’s pilates, whether that’s a gun safe room that’s a showcase, or a specialty car garage museum, or an art gallery, or a craft room, or multiple offices for multiple people to keep it separate or together. Having those designated areas where people can do something that they really love is so energizing and so contagious when someone else comes over, and they’re like, this is amazing. I am not into x, but I love that you are, and I can see the full depth and breadth of what your hobby is or what it is you’re excited about, and be a participant in that. And so I find that that is just a really fun destination. It’s kind of like, how do you celebrate what everybody loves and give everyone a place to be celebrated?

Cory: And, Sarah, as you mentioned, having, people to support the property and the family, what is it that the family says, and what is it that the staff says that makes the home a place where we can all do our best work and be our best selves?

Sarah: That’s a great question, and I think it’s really coming back around as we’ve gone from, you think of prewar homes that really had staff quarters, back staircases, separate areas for the staff to work and do their work successfully, and then the family was really in a different part of the home. And then when we switched to having less staff, just due to the economics of the country, speaking more specifically, US-based, obviously, and then we took that a step further and went into these open concept homes. It really kind of created this fishbowl effect when we brought staff and support back into the home. And that does not reduce stress, to have someone that you think is always potentially watching you or listening to your private conversations, even inadvertently. It’s really been interesting, as I speak with estate managers and chief of staff and saying, what will help you be successful? And so that you have a place where you can be off when it’s a break time, and the family can feel like you’re not underfoot, because that energy isn’t conducive to happy family life. And what they’ve said to me is we would really just like designated spaces and designated walkways where we’re not having to use the main thoroughfares, and the family doesn’t feel like every time we bump into them, we’re going to bombard them with questions about the operations of the home.

And so we’ve addressed that in two separate ways. First is to give the support staff support space. The second way is to create an operating manual for the home, with everything that we design, select, and specify. It comes with a care manual, and it’s completely transparent as far as who the vendor is, the supplier, how to take care of it, what the warranty is, and where it is in the house. And so when there is a need to clean that and maintain it, we’re doing that staff handover. And then we’re coming back in ninety days and saying, is everything going smoothly as expected? Do you have any questions or anything we missed? And so that dialogue means that it isn’t happening with the family. And it’s a completely different handoff experience. When we say the home is move-in ready, the staff is also move-in ready.

Cory: Right. And as you think of the lifespan of the home, just the materials as you just mentioned, but also the lifespan of the people living in that space, what is it that, as at the beginning of our conversation, you mentioned not being limited by your home as it relates to care and health? How do you match those two things to allow that space to evolve with the people, and the people to evolve with the space?

Sarah: Absolutely. We do that in a couple of different ways. One of them is to, instead of thinking of it as aging in place, we think of it as living in place. Aging in place often happens as people age and they retire, and they go, okay, I’m ready to remodel my home. I want to be in here for another twenty years, and so we need to make some significant changes to make that happen. And it’s like we could build that in on day one with a little bit more of intentionality and forethought. So let’s do that. And then it’s not this really inconvenient overhaul that often impacts structural walls and doors, and windows. If we’re really thinking through the lifespan of a home, we’re often designing legacy estates that are going to be in the family, and have been in the family for generations, and often are housing multiple generations.

So very common that we’re seeing right now, especially that aging parents are moving back in with their children and their grandchildren. So we have a generation that’s that sandwich generation, and they’re the caretakers for children and parents. And the amount of renovation that’s happening right now, albeit wonderful, is a bit shortsighted. It could have been done that way when the home was built. And so I’m a big advocate of it, not only looks better, but it feels better if your stairs are a little bit wider, that you have an elevator if you break your leg on that ski trip at the prime of your life, if you have wider doorways that are accommodating for walkers and wheelchairs and curbless showers. All of these things are fantastic to have as a 20, 30, 40, 50-year-old, let alone 60, 70, 80. So enjoy them now. And so I’m a huge proponent of that idea of living in place instead of aging in place.

I also think that when we design homes, building in flexibility that allows for adapting to different circumstances that maybe weren’t planned for, but we like to think of ourselves as experts that have been doing this for long enough that we can see around corners a little bit. And we can make recommendations of, yes, that’s great for this chapter, but what about the next and the one after that? And here are some contingencies that might happen. Like, let’s put a primary bedroom on the main floor. Let’s make sure there are maybe two elevators for the size of this home. Let’s make sure that we have a place for a caretaker to sleep nearby if needed. So these rooms that can be, it’s an office now, but it’s a caretaker suite later. There are just elements like that, that we can think through to combine the living in place with adaptability to kind of fill in the gaps.

Cory: And, Sarah, as you mentioned the North American aspects. What is it that you have learned from other areas of the world about ways of living, but also maybe some of those health perspectives that you mentioned?

Sarah: So much. North America, in some cases, feels a little bit behind, and it’s so interesting. We just got back from a trip to Vienna, Hungary, and Budapest, and just different cities and countries over in Europe this last week. And what our goal was, was to see how different families live. Of course, we were doing product research and connecting with different artisans. But the way that they merge the modern with the old and the more traditional homes is fascinating and so timely, as America is kind of catching up to that multigenerational living everywhere else in the world is normal. And that’s really not what we’re seeing as much in the United States, but it’s becoming more popular, kind of almost against our will, a little bit. But what’s wonderful with family offices, and one of the reasons I love working with so many family offices and ultra high net worth individuals, is they understand that some of their greatest assets are their family. Or and it could be their chosen family. But choosing to build a family compound or a large enough estate with multiple wings to encapsulate their family, and kind of take care of them under one efficient umbrella is is such, I think, a beautiful thing, and and so aligned with my values and our company values as a family owned business, that I really love seeing that in other countries and how well they do it and how seamlessly it works. It’s fabulous.

One of the other things that I loved when we went to Vienna, and saw just the sheer beauty and how they celebrate using the natural materials. When we went to Budapest, it was the geothermal baths. And what a sense of community that they’ve incorporated into the areas of healing and relaxation. And I feel like I love that that’s becoming more of an ask with clients, as they want areas of gathering and community and connection. Because in a world of AI, the human connection is more valuable than ever. And so I love that, I feel like the other countries that I’ve been able to go to, they just bring that to every facet. I’m excited to take our learnings from our annual trips to Europe, China, or New Zealand and incorporate them into our designs, as we have projects worldwide and want to celebrate the best of what we’ve seen in each of those projects.

Cory: Great thing. As we near the end of our conversation, there are a few questions that I ask each guest before we wrap up. Are you ready for the tough ones?

Sarah: Love it.

Cory: First, what is one key strategy you believe is essential for building a successful family enterprise?

Sarah: I love to think of the flagship home as the family’s operating system, and not just a backdrop. So having those legacy estates that incorporate all of the elements that we talk about so that they are a setup for success as absolutely possible, and that family feels like a group of superheroes, really. It’s so exciting when a family loves to be in their home, and they feel like they can do their best work together, and it lowers that friction between the generations, allows the nervous system to reset, and it ultimately fosters those conversations that families want to have. And so I think that those conversations ultimately lead to that successful family enterprise.

Cory: And what is the most common challenge that you see family enterprises encountering when it comes to wealth transition and generational continuity?

Sarah: I find that each generation wants something different than the one before, and I think that that’s definitely true in homes. The rising gen, it really is valuing wellness to a greater extent, the idea of a legacy of health. They have the wealth, but without that kind of core wellness and well-being, the wealth isn’t as enjoyable. And so, having a home that works to support the family, not just to display success, I think, is what future or past generations were really interested in having homes do, the idea of a show home. But the rising generation is really interested in the experiences and having a home that supports their life.

Cory: And in your experience, what are the top three key qualities that successful family enterprise leaders possess?

Sarah: Emotional regulation is one of my favorites. They take their nervous system seriously, and so we’re so excited to be able to leverage that as we design a home, that we know that the nervous system is something that they value, and that we have science-based tools and interior design techniques that we can use to support that nervous system.

The second thing is designing for everyone’s bandwidth. And we think about neurodiversity as an increasingly key topic in families, and how to support everyone’s different neurological makeup, because even staff will experience the space differently than the family. Kids will experience it differently from adults. And so we want to make sure that we’re not doing things that are overwhelming that type of brain, that type of bandwidth, because we’re all in kind of different places when we walk into a home.

And the third thing is, we want to think in decades or generations with these homes. And we find that the successful family leaders are doing the same, that they’re really thinking of the home as more than an asset. They’re thinking of it as part of that wealth transfer, as part of that legacy of health. And so those three things have been really a hallmark of success.

Cory: Wow. And, Sarah, before we conclude our discussion, I’d like to highlight where listeners can engage in more of the conversations that you’re having, as well as any relevant conversations that maybe others are having around this topic. And kindly provide us with where our guests can find you.

Sarah: I’d love that. We’re writing extensively in different publications, but largely on LinkedIn, you can find a kind of collection of those articles about multigenerational living, about air and water quality and its impact on your nervous system, about neurodivergence in the home and how to design for it. And my LinkedIn is Sarah Platt Walker. Also, finding us on our website at nuanceinteriors.com and Instagram for kind of the behind-the-scenes is super fun if you like to follow along at nuance interiors. But I’m looking to really help families. And so if you’re designing a home, either a large renovation or a new construction project, and feel like it might be worth having a clarity call around how wellness can be incorporated. Or if you need assistance seeing around some of those corners, I’m always happy to do an estate clarity call.

Cory: And I wanted to make sure we covered everything today. Is there anything else that you’d like to share with our audience that we didn’t get a chance to touch on?

Sarah: Well, one exciting piece is that next summer, we’ll be relocating our global headquarters from Seattle to Tampa, Florida, to be more centrally located for our clients across the US, Europe, and the GCC, as well as for our partner vendors and artisans there. So we’re excited to share that and looking forward to continuing the discussion.

Cory: Amazing. Well, thank you so much, Sarah, for taking the time to share your expertise, your experiences, and all that wonderful knowledge with us today. I found this conversation very insightful and valuable to me in my life, and I know that our audience will also be grateful for your contribution to this episode.

Sarah: Thank you, Cory. It’s been a delight talking with you, and I appreciate your time as well.

As we wrap up this episode, we invite you to reflect on Sarah’s reminder that a home can shape how people feel, connect, recover, and move through everyday life. When a space is designed with care, it can become more than a beautiful place to live. It can help a family exhale, feel supported, and return to what matters most.

Whether you’re part of a family enterprise or walk alongside one, our conversation highlights the value of viewing the home as integral to the family’s well-being. When families design for how they truly live, the home can support connection, recovery, privacy, and the chapters still ahead.

If this conversation brought forward a few considerations for your own family or clients, Sarah and Nuance Interior Design support families and family offices through large renovations, new construction projects, and estate clarity calls focused on incorporating wellness into the home. 

If this conversation brought forward a few considerations for your own family or clients, Sarah and Nuance Interior Design support families and family offices through large renovations, new construction projects, and estate clarity calls focused on incorporating wellness into the home. You can find Sarah’s website, social links, and ways to connect in the show notes.

Disclaimer:

This program was prepared by Cory Gagnon, who is a Senior Wealth Advisor with Beacon Family Office at CI Assante Wealth Management Ltd. This is not an official program of CI Assante Wealth Management Ltd, and the statements and opinions expressed during this podcast are not necessarily those of CI Assante Wealth Management Ltd. This show is intended for general information only and may not apply to all listeners or investors; please obtain professional financial advice or contact us at BeaconFamilyOffice@Assante.com or visit BeaconFamilyOffice.com to discuss your particular circumstances before acting on the information presented.