06/19/2025
🌿 What if the places we go for healing were beautiful?
What if they felt more like home… or sanctuary…
and less like institutions? This is why I was so intentional in making Clovelea so beautiful inside.
Design that heals: Every corner—from the “Hinterland Liminal Space” to therapy rooms—was shaped with neurodiversity and mental-wellbeing in mind.
That’s the vision behind Clovelea — a space I poured my heart, hands, and every ounce of vision into.
Having been used to working in offices of institutionalized care to creating a space that is now a living, breathing testament to what’s possible when we lead with love, artistry, and community.
🕊️ Because healing deserves beauty.
Because care shouldn’t happen under fluorescent lights and cold tile floors.
Because our nervous systems respond to color, light, softness, and safety.
Because the spaces we’re held in matter.
Clovelea’s aesthetic—from hand-picked color palettes to historic restoration—was chosen because being surrounded by beauty is itself healing. It is proof that we can reclaim and reimagine what healing looks like.
Learn more about why Nina Schmidbaur was so intentional about the creation of the waiting room and offices at Clovelea.
Here at Clovelea, we believe that beauty matters. Being surrounded by beauty — in nature, with light pouring in through windows, in colored walls and art — is itself healing. Our bodies calm when we see things that are visually appealing.