About - The Story of BLLIS

I had an “aha” moment eight years ago.

I was collaborating on designing spaces that brought out the best in everyone else—an 18,000 square foot corporate headquarters, 2,200 learning centers impacting over half a million students and families—while my own home no longer brought out the best in me.

~~~ I was physically and mentally maxed out. Buying, purging, rearranging endlessly. I couldn’t find peace in my space. I was good at creating spaces for others yet struggling to create one for myself where I felt at ease.

As I started exploring the technical aspects of what made spaces *feel* good for my work—lighting, color, flow, balance, culture, connections — I began experimenting at home. My space got lighter and brighter. And so did I. The constant rearranging slowed down. I started to feel more like myself, which I didn't realize I was missing...

Then one day, I threw white paint on my floor.

My surface intention was to cover ugly plywood. My deeper intention was to change the direction I was heading in life—to figure out a path with more balance, more support, more alignment with me.

I painted myself into a corner almost literally to see how I’d get out - having a gut feeling the essence of who I am would figure it out.  

I had a vision of a beautiful floral mural but I didn’t know how to paint flowers or anything else beyond solid blocks BUT I knew my attention to detail was top-notch so I started measuring and taping. And then staining the floor. I watched layers unfold over two months, with my neighbor Alex checking in to make sure I didn’t give up or pull the tape too early.

While waiting for stain to dry, my inner child kicked in. I started dreaming about not just a floral mural, but a game. I started playing with coins on the lines of the floor thinking of what the game could be. I placed tape stars where flowers might go, adding reminders to come back to that layer, while keeping my options open as I continued to stain. 

When Alex came over for the final unveiling, I removed the last tape, turned the scraps into balls, and started tossing them around my space.

That’s when Tapeball was born.

The rules were simple: Shoot for the Stars. Land on a tape star = automatic win, your name on the floor. Then more rules were co-created from there.

A simple, made-up game in a Toronto loft changed everything. Neighbors I never talked to in five years came over to play. Friends visiting from out of town met the old-pro “Tapeballers” from my building. Those who got their name on the floor bragged about it. Those who didn’t couldn’t wait for their shot.

My space felt alive and so did I.

That’s when the “aha” came: spaces need *life* to feel good. Not just aesthetics. Not just function. Life.

I put it on my wall by my front door, in Braille, as a reminder to *feel* into it every day: Bring Life Into Spaces.

Then I debated: was it really *love* I needed to bring in?

My conclusion: Life = Love. Love = Life.

**Bring Life Love Into Spaces… BLLIS**

I’ve spent 15+ years discovering what makes spaces work—from those 2,200 learning centers to yoga studios to certifications in Biophilic Design and Feng Shui to my own trial and error. But the real education came from that floor game (seeing what’s possible when you allow yourself to play), and from watching clients transform their lives (and businesses) by transforming their spaces.

Here’s a validation point: In that 18,000 square foot, multimillion-dollar corporate headquarters I helped design, the #1 thing that employees loved the most (when surveyed) wasn’t the custom furniture or the high-end lighting—it was a bamboo plant from IKEA (in an IKEA drinking glass, surrounded by IKEA rocks, sitting on a gold IKEA drink coaster) that everyone got on their desk the day we opened the space. Simple. Alive. Accessible. Intentional. Joyful. Connecting. That’s the BLLIS philosophy.

**We spend 90% of our time indoors. When mental health challenges are at an all-time high, we need to elevate the conditions in which our lives are taking shape.**

With a background in marketing and operations, I’m wired to measure impact. BLLIS combines science-informed design with deeply personal transformation—because while patterns exist, your space should be uniquely yours.

BLLIS distills everything I’ve learned (and continue to learn) into one question: What’s the shortest path to a space that supports you?

Lyndsay Lowman

Founder, Biophilic Design Consultant, Feng Shui Practitioner, Student of Science-Informed Design

Learn More About Lyndsay:

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyndsaylowman/) | [Tapeball](https://www.tapeball.com/)