Creating Healthier Places for the Way You Live, Work, and Heal

DesignWell Studios connects health, design, and the built environment through wellness assessments, restorative design, and strategic support for people, places, and businesses.

DesignWell Studios helps people and organizations understand, create, and communicate healthier environments. Founded by Michelle Bexelius, the studio combines more than 15 years of experience in environmental wellness, testing, healthy materials, biophilic design, usability, and strategic communication to create spaces and solutions that feel better, function better, and support long-term well-being.

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OFFERINGS

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    ASSESSMENTS

    Understand what may be affecting your home—and what to do next. A virtual assessment for homeowners and renters concerned about mold, moisture, air quality, VOCs, chemicals, or unexplained symptoms at home.

    Includes:

    • Property and health-history review

    • 60-minute virtual assessment

    • Testing and laboratory guidance

    • Concise report with priorities organized into Now, Next, and Later

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    DESIGN

    Create a healthier, more restorative, and beautifully designed space. Personalized guidance for homeowners, practitioners, and project teams planning a room refresh, renovation, new home, clinic, or wellness-focused space.

    Includes:

    • Wellness design direction

    • Healthy material and product recommendations

    • Lighting, sleep, air, EMF, and biophilic guidance

    • A room-by-room or phased implementation plan

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Wellness Guides

After years of leading both onsite and virtual assessments—paired with in-depth testing and consulting—I’ve curated, written, and designed a collection of practical wellness guides to make healthy living feel clear, grounded, and doable.

These guides are here to help you:

  • better understand your body and your space

  • identify what may be quietly affecting your energy, sleep, focus, and overall wellbeing

  • learn simple, design-forward upgrades that support longevity and everyday vitality

  • create an environment that feels more supportive, calming, and aligned with how you want to live

Each resource blends wellness education with real-world application—so you’re not just learning what matters, you’re learning how to implement it in a way that fits your lifestyle. 💛

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Take our 5-Minute Wellness Home Quiz!

This five-minute self-assessment uncovers how your home environment may be influencing your health, energy, and overall well-being. It highlights potential stressors such as air quality, materials, light, and layout-revealing where your space may be working against you.

After completing the assessment, you’ll receive an email with personalized insights and light recommendations to help you begin restoring balance in your space, along with an invitation to schedule a deeper consultation for tailored guidance and next steps.

“I highly recommend DesignWell Studios if you are facing an environmental issues that you think could be contributing to any health symptoms. And the bonus of getting such a sweet, kind, fun, smart, funny, and aesthetically talented Designer as well, is just the icing on the cake! THANK YOU so very much Michelle and DesignWell Studios. You have restored my faith in humanity and given me some hope back, for a brighter & healthier life.”

- Kristina, Portland, OR

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