Award-winning senior living designer and author Lisa Cini has purchased the storied Columbus Woodland Manor Mansion in Columbus Ohio and is renovating the mansion into a fully functional sustainable experience to highlight the latest technology for senior and multi-generational living.
The Woodland Manor will embrace sustainability not only in the use of new materials but in how they will use the majority of the existing manor house bringing it back to its original glory over 100 years ago. "Sustainability often gets spoke about when selecting new materials but the fact of the matter is we intend to use all of the existing materials that can be utilized such as the wood floors, the coffered plaster ceilings, all of the exquisite wood detailing in the grand staircase and railings, mahogany raised panel walls and carved fireplaces, solid oak doors and wood beams," explains Cini.
Biophilic design is a large part of the design vision, bringing the outside in with large windows, outdoor dining (both covered and uncovered), the addition of a conservatory (honoring the Franklin Park Conservatory across the street) that will host informal dining off the kitchen and wash the manor house with incredible views of the secluded respite garden which will include a bocce court, reflection ponds and fireplace to encourage the perfect location for multi-generational gatherings to be remembered for years to come.
"One of the reasons I selected the Woodland Manor as the perfect location for this Limitless Living showcase home was to encourage seniors to not fear making small modifications to their existing homes. Sustainability is as much about selecting the right new materials as it is about honor the existing, much like multi-general living. We need to break the concept that old and new (young) should be separated and embrace the beauty that emerges from blending the best of both worlds together to form a newer, stronger, more sustainable future" says Cini.
Lisa has the ability to take the complex and make it simple, as well as repeatable. By harnessing this ability, the award-winning company has expanded 149 percent over the past three years.