Fabulous disabled friendly interiors
Recently Mr Wheel Chic Home and I went to Naidex, which is an industry show for disability and inclusivity. The show has exhibitors ranging from wheelchairs to exercise equipment, to gadgets to help around the house and bathroom displays. I was particularly struck by the bathroom room sets, there were some fantastic options on display [...]
As regular readers to the blog will know, Mr Wheel Chic Home has Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. This is the form of MS that starts and just gets worse, with gradual changes over the years. We started to think about adjustments after his diagnosis, but he was still walking without an aid at that time [...]
The space under the bed is usually one of the least utilised spaces in our home and yet it's a large opportunity for storage that we don't often think about. I'm on the look out for a new storage bed in my spare room and so I wanted to share some ideas... If you're a [...]
Our kitchen is an awkward shape, being "L" Shaped, with the shorter part of the L being the original kitchen and the longer part being an extension (from before we moved in). The original kitchen part is dark, with no windows and full of cabinets and the newer part has windows on three sides. It's [...]
We've all done it haven't we? We've all had a great decorating idea and after we've finished, (or even halfway through doing it) we've stood back and held our head in our hands because it doesn't look how you thought it would. Many people stick to neutrals for this reason, they don't want to make [...]
This week on my occasional series of conversations with lovely people who have made some adaptations in their home to deal with a disability I'm talking to Harri from Home Wasn't Built in a Day. A self confessed lover of travel and design, Harri's page is full of interesting, unusual and inspiring images, art, culture, interiors, [...]
Today on the blog I'm chatting to the lovely LeAnne Lavender. LeAnne and her husband Derek were forced to make changes to their lives and their home following an accident that left Derek paralysed. I've been following LeAnne for a little while now as they've been working on a new very stylish home from scratch, [...]
This week on my Conversation With series I'm talking to the instagram queen Pati Robins, the diva of DIY, dark interiors and maximalism. If you're an interiors obsessive on Instagram you've almost certainly come across Pati. Not only are her dark interiors famous, her DIY solutions are innovative and inexpensive, and she's also a blogger and [...]
In case you were asleep during 2017, the Tropical and Botanical trend was well and truly in full flow. Much of this came from the colour of the year 'Greenery' and there was a growth in plants, trees, flowers and bold themes enter our homes. In 2018 it doesn't appear to show any signs of [...]
As you may have seen from my Instagram stories recently, I'm refurbishing the kitchen on a limited budget at the moment. We all know kitchens and bathroooms are the most expensive rooms in the home and also the most disruptive when we want to make them over. But there are ways to make even these [...]
