Materials
Natural, low-toxicity and durable materials—wood, stone, clay, lime, wool, linen, natural oils and mineral finishes.
Natural materials & healthy home consulting
Beautiful homes begin with what they’re made of.
Whitney Page is a natural materials and healthy home consultant helping homeowners, architects, and designers create spaces that are beautiful, durable, and thoughtfully made.
The idea behind the work
A different way of thinking about home.
The materials that surround us shape more than how a home looks. They influence how it ages, how it feels, how it performs, and how we experience living in it.
Whitney helps clients navigate the increasingly complicated world of building and interior materials—with an emphasis on natural materials, healthier finishes, traditional methods, and enduring design.
Paints, finishes, flooring, adhesives, insulation, cabinetry, textiles and furnishings often contain synthetic chemicals and fossil-fuel-derived ingredients that persist long after a project is finished. Some affect indoor air. Others leave a longer trail in the soil and water. Beauty and responsibility belong together.
Beauty
Timeless materials and thoughtful design. A healthy home can be warm, elegant, historic, modern or completely unconventional.
Longevity
Building choices meant to age well—materials that can be repaired rather than replaced, and look better with time.
Choosing a paint isn’t only a design decision. It is a decision about what goes on the walls and into the air.
Whitney Page
Consulting
Make better material decisions—with an expert in your corner.
Natural, beautiful, healthier materials can be surprisingly difficult to navigate. Whitney helps homeowners, architects, designers and builders research, evaluate and choose materials that work for the way a project needs to look, feel, perform and age.
Material Selection
Help choosing the right material for a specific decision, room or spec.
- flooring
- paint
- plaster
- tile
- countertops
- cabinetry
- insulation
- wood finishes
- hardware
- textiles
- furniture
- art
Whole-Home Material Strategy
For new construction and major renovations. Whitney helps establish a cohesive material palette and guides selections throughout the project.
Special interest in hemp-lime construction
Project Consultation
For homeowners, architects, designers and builders who need another set of eyes on specific material decisions.
Single sessions or ongoing
For homeowners
You’re renovating or building and want a home that feels beautiful, natural and considered—but don’t know where to start.
For designers
You want a materials specialist who can help you research and evaluate healthier alternatives without compromising the aesthetic of the project.
For architects & builders
You want someone who can bridge the gap between building performance, material health and design.
What the role is—and isn’t
The role is advisory. Whitney researches, evaluates, curates and recommends materials based on a project’s goals, aesthetics and priorities. She does not purchase materials, place orders, manage inventory, or act as contractor or project manager.
How research is done
Beyond the marketing claims: ingredients, sourcing, manufacturing, durability, maintenance, performance and end-of-life. Recommendations are then curated around what the project actually needs—not a fixed list of approved products.
Does a healthy home have to look “green”?
No. A healthy home can be warm, elegant, historic, modern, colorful, quiet or completely unconventional. The point isn’t a style—it’s becoming more curious about where a material comes from, how it was made, how it performs, how it will be maintained, and what happens at the end of its life.
Material studies
Wood, stone, clay, lime, wool, linen.
Materials that come from the earth, require less processing, can be repaired rather than replaced, and become more beautiful with time—examined sample by sample, on real projects.
About
I believe the health of our homes is inseparable from the health of the earth.
The materials we choose to build and furnish our homes become part of the places we live, the air we breathe, the water that carries them away, and the bodies of the people we love.
I work at the intersection of healthy materials, natural building, design and construction, helping homeowners, architects and designers make more thoughtful choices about what goes into a home—and ultimately, what comes back out into the world.
My path to this work has moved through construction management, interior styling, fashion, retail and the arts. Construction taught me how materials need to perform in the real world. Design taught me how they shape the experience of a space. My work as an artist—primarily pastel and oil—taught me to pay attention to color, texture, light and the quiet beauty of natural materials.
I’m particularly drawn to materials that come from the earth, require less processing, can be repaired rather than replaced, and become more beautiful with time.
For me, healthy design isn’t about perfection. It’s about paying attention.
- Healthy materials
- Parsons School of Design — Healthy Materials Lab
- Construction
- Project management + residential construction
- Design
- Interior styling + design
- Art
- Pastel + oil painting
Client notes
Notes from happy clients.
A sense of what it’s like to have a materials specialist in your corner—on questions large and small.
When it comes to eco- and health-friendly building, Whitney is a wealth of information, advice, and support. I don’t know what I would do without her.
She knows traditional as well as cutting-edge techniques and products.
Whitney has an encyclopedic knowledge of healthy building materials and a deeply rooted commitment to healing the earth through built environments.
Our journey with natural building materials started with Whitney Page. For our home and our business we go to Whitney with problems like this: “How do I not coat this handmade piece of furniture in toxic veneer but still preserve the wood?”
On our organic farm we are working hard to improve soil health and use regenerative growing methods, so it’s important to us to continue the thread of sustainability. We recently booked a color consultation with her for the build-out of our retail farm store. Whitney guided us through her vast catalogue of natural paints and stains to choose a color and finish for our walls that allowed our products to really stand out. Calling Whitney is an easy decision for us, every time.
Brian and Laura Torma Tekla Farms
The home is part of a larger ecosystem—and we have an opportunity to make that relationship a little healthier.
Orcas Island, Washington
Start a project
Book a consultation.
Not sure where to start? Tell me about your project and I’ll help you figure out the right next step.
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Email
wrwhite89@gmail.com -
Based on
Orcas Island, Washington -
Working with
Homeowners, designers, architects & builders