Designing For Her
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I’m Denine Jackson, an interior designer and engineer based in Buffalo, NY. I recently completed a bedroom project that tackles a design challenge often overlooked: how to create spaces that support nervous system regulation in the lives of women who are rarely permitted to rest.
The Project:
A secondary bedroom in an 1800s home, reimagined for a woman with no off-switch—balancing work, caregiving, and the pressure to always appear “put together.”
The Approach:
I treated the space as a study in emotional architecture, where every design decision supports physical and psychological ease:
• Indirect chandelier + sconce lighting to ease overstimulation
• Velvet, cotton, faux fur & bamboo textures for grounded softness
• Moss art as a tactile symbol of renewal
• Rounded furniture to soften energy
• A sculptural bust representing stillness and strength
Why It Matters:
As “always-on” lifestyles become the norm, interior design has an opportunity to become more than aesthetic. It can be a therapeutic intervention—an intentional tool for wellness.