Bante Design LLC

Design Services to improve the indoor environment and enhance the healing process for the patient, pets, caregivers & healthcare professionals!

Whether a person is recovering from an illness or injury, or just trying to cope with the nuances of everyday life, the surrounding environment can have a profound impact (positively or negatively). Color, space planning, furniture, hardware/accessory choices & placement, paint, flooring and textiles can all affect a patient's health & the health of their caregiver(s). Applying Integrative Lifestyle Design principles can make a difference to those facing challenges such as ADD/ADHD, stress, anxiety, headaches, fatigue, allergies, asthma and visual impairment.

***These same design principles can be applied to the physician office, clinic & treatment rooms!***

Did you know:

Paint colors can affect sleep, heart rate, blood pressure and concentration?

Indoor environments can have levels of pollutants that are 3x higher than levels found outside?
Indoor Air Quality can impact the health, comfort, well-being and productivity of the building's occupants?

Odors and chemical vapors from cleaning supplies, paint, carpeting, paneling and furniture are emitted as gasses called volatile organic compounds (VOC)? (The VOCs in paint can off-gas up to 18 months and capeting can off-gas up to 5 years after installation!).

Proper space planning can help those with ADD/ADHD and make spaces comfortable, safe and accessible for all, regardless of age, height or ability?

Want to be more environmentally friendly? Don't know where to start? Have health issues or environmental sensitivities? Bante Design now offers a Healthy Home Consultation. This 60 minute "check up" will look at your home (or office!) floor/space-plan, energy efficiency & offer tips on how to increase the life quality of your home & help you to reduce utility bills.

Healthy Home/Space Workshops:

RESIDENTIAL spaces include: Designing the Bedroom of Your Dreams (adults, teens, nurseries), our #1 Workshop (!!!) Top 10 Design Tips for Everyone and Every Space, Organizing Your Inner Pack Rat (check out The Clutter Counselor website for even more offerings!), Healthy Design for Companion Animals & Healthy Home Remodeling: Get Your Home Ready for Healthy Hibernation!
COMMERCIAL spaces include: Healthy Retail Design: Leave the Competition feeling GREEN w/Envy, Feng Shui in Healthcare & The Importance of Color for Health & Well-Being in Healthcare Facilities
Physician's, their staff and patients, as well as veterinarian (pets can suffer the same affects from unhealthy spaces!!) offices & wellness centers and spas: Workshops include: Feng Shui for the Office, Top 10 Healthy Home Tips for Everyone & Every Space, Healthy Bedroom Design (adult/teen), Healthy Companion Pet Design, Healthy Nursery & Children's Room Design, and Feng Shui for Your Healthcare Facility, Clinic or Office.

Clients include: Froedtert Hospital for their Employee Fitness Week and Aurora Women's Center-Women's Day Expo, and the Healthcare Facilitators Symposium, as well as private doctors & clinics.

Here are a couple of articles for Medical Office Today that DeAnna has contributed to: 5 Biggest Design Mistakes, and Making Your Breakroom More Comfortable.

Healthcare design services include:

The (re) design of your office and patient rooms to make more comfortable & healthy, for patients and staff
In-home visits for patients to help make their space supportive, nurturing & healthy (using universal design principles)
A review of your floor-plan to make your office/clinic patient-friendly

Here is the link to the interview done w/veterinarian, Dr Lisa Kluslow, Animal Wellness Center. Healthy companion pet design for pets that have undergone surgery, cancer treatment or elderly pets. Dr Lisa also gives tips on picking out "healthy" food for dogs/cats.

This is DeAnna @ the Ask the Speaker booth from the Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo, Navy Pier-Chicago, 10/09.