MATERIAL: Furniture and Home Accessories

Factors that affect our well-being either directly or indirectly are heating/cooling ventilation, furniture, office equipment.

Most of our furniture is selected based on the Well Building Standard guidelines; it is also selected not only for environmental benefits, but also that the appearance invokes a special feeling in us and we hope to share with others. Certain natural stones, metals, glass, furniture made with stones and metals can help maintain good health and be your connection to Living Well!

Antimicrobial Properties of Copper and Brass

Brass/bronze, copper are natural antimicrobial materials. Ancient civilizations exploited the antimicrobial properties of copper long before the concept of microbes became understood in the nineteenth century. In addition to several copper medicinal preparations, it was also observed centuries ago that water contained in copper vessels or transported in copper conveyance systems was of better quality than water contained or transported in other materials.

In 1852 Victor Burq discovered those working with copper had far fewer deaths to cholera than anyone else, and did extensive research confirming this. In 1867 he presented his findings to the French Academies of Science and Medicine, informing them that putting copper on the skin was effective at preventing someone from getting cholera.

In 1973, researchers at Battelle Columbus Laboratories conducted a comprehensive literature, technology, and patent search that traced the history of understanding the "bacteriostatic and sanitizing properties of copper and copper alloy surfaces", which demonstrated that copper, in very small quantities, has the power to control a wide range of molds, fungi, algae, and harmful microbes.