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Our Mission
As pediatric cancer treatment has shifted from hospitals into the home, children now spend the majority of their treatment recovering in bedrooms that were never designed to support the physical and emotional realities of prolonged cancer care. Families return home to environments that often depend entirely on financial circumstances, housing conditions, caregiving capacity, and available space.
Designing Dreams exists to bridge that gap, we transform children's bedrooms into treatment-informed healing environments designed to support recovery at home. More than a beautiful bedroom, we create spaces that help children safely heal, rest, recover, and experience the joy of simply being a kid throughout treatment.
GROUNDED IN RESEARCH
Medical Safety
Children fighting cancer are immunocompromised, making their home environment an important part of their recovery. Depending on each child's needs, we may replace worn carpeting with easier-to-maintain flooring, improve organization to reduce environmental hazards, and create spaces that better support treatment at home.
Learning & Development
Extended treatment often means months to years away from school. We design dedicated spaces that support home-based education, creativity, and age-appropriate development while helping children maintain a sense of normalcy.
Rest & Recovery
Sleep is essential to healing. We create comfortable, accessible sleep environments that promote restorative rest and adapt to each child's medical and physical needs throughout treatment.
Emotional Well-Being
Research shows the built environment influences stress, anxiety, emotional regulation, and overall well-being. That's why every treatment-informed healing environment is thoughtfully designed to reduce environmental stress while restoring comfort, dignity, and hope. By incorporating each child's interests, hobbies, favorite colors, and passions, we create spaces that celebrate their identity and remind them they are so much more than their diagnosis.
What They Say?
Our Core Values
Have Passion: Our hearts and minds are wired to help.
Build Relationships: Empathy is everything.
Practice Integrity: We do the right thing.
Be Happy: We are zealous, creative, positive, and fun-loving.
Be Bold: We are courageous in our endeavors to make an impact.
Foster Leadership: We lead by example and listen to all ideas.
Latest Blog
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A castle & a kitchen oasis created especially for Princess Keely, offering her a sense of joy for her difficult battle against leukemia.
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Larissa had one very clear dream — she wanted a forest-themed bedroom to feel calm and at peace while she continued her fight against cancer.
Vicky is a vibrant, kind-hearted 11-year-old who has already shown more courage than most of us will in a lifetime.
What They Say?
What they Say?
"We are filled with renewed hope by imagining our daughter growing up in her new room. It has helped us feel not alone in this battle, and it restores our faith in humanity that people care about our daughter enough to go so far and above to bring smiles to our faces." Parent
lia's mom
“Of all of the programs helping kids with cancer, this is the one that makes a difference through the years of treatment."
Keelys mom
"We have shed SO many tears over the last several months and this helps replace tears with smiles and joy! You have brighten up the absolutely darkest period of our lives."
Haylee's mom
"When you're seven you don't resign yourself to daily struggles, you encounter them each day anew. Having a fortress of solitude helps immeasurably."
Cecilia's dad
“The great thing about Designing Dreams is that you can make a tremendous impact on a kid at the worst time in their life. And what’s really cool is we can get our employees involved with the bedroom transformation. We really enjoy giving financially as well as our employees getting out there and being part of the community.”