Fabulous Accessible Interiors
During Winter, our thoughts generally turn towards Spring and warmer weather, and this leads us into how we might want to use our garden once the weather warms up. With lockdowns during 2020 and 2021, outdoor space became even more important if we couldn't get further afield, and this prompted lots of Instagram posts of [...]
Even when you've done all your research on your holiday let, hotel room, or when you're travelling to stay with a friend or relative, there's inevitably something that doesn't quite meet your access needs, be it stairs in your friend's home, no grab rails near the loo or in the shower, or sleeping in a [...]
Following on from my 'How to Design a Wheelchair Accessible Home Part 1' I wanted to put down some more ideas of things that you might want to think about when renovating your home or if you're lucky to start from scratch. In the previous post we talked about doors, floors and space. Today we're [...]
It's been a while since we've looked at some homes for inspiration, so today I want to look at some of my favourite showers, shower rooms, bathrooms and wet rooms of instagram. I'm always looking for interiors inspiration wherever I go, and I can always seem to see something that can work for someone with [...]
If you're an interiors buff like me you're no doubt already a fan of The Great Indoors Podcast - the top UK Interiors Podcast presented by Interiors Expert and TV Designer Sophie Robinson, and the UK's number 1 Interiors Blogger and Writer, Kate Watson-Smyth. Kate and Sophie have presented the podcast for a couple of [...]
If you're a wheelchair user you will be well aware of the design challenges as you go about your daily business - lack of dropped kerbs in a city, restaurants you can't access, lack of accessible toilets, shop aisles being too narrow and counters being too high. When hunting for a home there's likely to [...]
As most of us are currently working from home more than we used to, no doubt we are looking for ways to find a comfortable and easy way to work, rather than sitting on the sofa or at the dining table with the children. We are currently finding ways in spare rooms, corners of the [...]
Since starting the blog and my instagram a few years ago I've been luckily and privileged to 'meet' a lot of disabled people with a love for interiors who have since become Instagram friends and who provide me with inspiration every day. I've been collecting some of their stories on the blog in the Accessible [...]
I know there's been probably hundreds of blog posts out there with tips on how to survive lockdown, social distancing or shielding in the current Corona Virus crisis. I'm probably not going to tell you anything you don't know, but I want to share a couple of the things I've already done in the house [...]
While we're all at at home at the moment in the throes of a certain virus, what we could do with is some inspiration and a lovely home tour. So, in my latest Accessible Home Tour, we're chatting to Deborah Chapman from PearlGrey7 on Instagram, and chatting to her about how she's made her semi-detached [...]