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5 Ways to Future-Proof Your Home
Have you thought about what the future holds for you in your home? Will you be able to live their comfortably and get around independently and safely, no matter what happens as you get older? If your home has certain design features within its walls, you have a higher...
Accessible Master Bedroom Retreat
A master bedroom that is accessible and luxurious? You bet! If all you can think of is clinical and hospital-like when the word accessible is brought up. Think again. We will help you make your master bedroom an accessible, inviting, comforting haven. Check out the 13...
Flooring: How do You Choose?
The flooring in your house can amount to a significant percentage of your building or renovating budget depending on which material you choose. The choices are endless and the colors and finishes are mind-boggling. To make things even more difficult you can buy vinyl...
Accessibility Hacks. An Effortless Front Entrance
Is it easy for you and your friends to enter your home? Are you constantly battling the elements and cursing the tripping hazards? How do you think it would feel to have an accessible front entrance? Well, perhaps a little like this…… It’s a hot sunny day. You’ve just...
Accessibility Hacks. A Main Floor Bedroom
Would it be possible for you to live only on the main floor of your home? Would you have everything you need just on that one level? Even a comfortable bedroom? If you want to live in your current home forever there are a few necessities as far as room requirements...
10 Things I Couldn’t Live Without; and Neither Should You
A home that gives you pleasure is a fine thing indeed. Do you have some particular things that you feel are essential to a comfortable home? I am talking about practical or physical things as opposed to emotional ones. As I was compiling this list I realized that...
Accessible Front Door Security and Automation
We are half-way to the airport a few hours away from home and I start questioning if I locked my front door. It was my responsibility as I was the last one out, but I have no recollection of turning the key in the dead-bolt. Uh oh! A series of panicky text messages to...
Accessibility Hacks. Get a Grip on Grab-Bars
Shower accidents are disproportionately common among people aged 15-24. That shocking statistic really surprised me. However, for the elderly most falls occur near the toilet. So in other words, grab-bars could benefit everybody. Especially in the bathroom. Grab-bars...
Windows: Their Importance in Accessible Homes and Good Health
Our homes can have a bigger impact on our health than we realize. Florence Nightingale said that two of the five basic requirements for securing health in the home are pure air and daylight. In the 1870’s, scientists discovered that daylight actually kills bacteria....
Lighting: See Better and be Safer
Are you cursing the small print? Do you have to search out the brightest spot in your kitchen in order to read cooking instructions? Or maybe you are playing the game of getting the magazine at just the right distance from your eyes. Improving the lighting in your...