Fabulous Accessible Interiors
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 [...]
It's odd isn't it, how I can add the word 'fabulous' next to 'wheelchair' in the title, as when you think of a wheelchair ramp you think of something pretty dull. Mr Wheel Chic Home has recently spent a little more time in the wheelchair than usual due to a number of falls needing stitches [...]
Having spent the large part of the last two weeks helping my mother in law move house after 45 years in her last home it got me thinking. As I had the time to spare I've been helping her sort out before the move and get unpacked after the move, it made me think about [...]
We were recently invited to a BBQ and for most people you look up the date, see if it's free, collect the beer and head off to hang out with friends. For us, it's a little more difficult. We have to make sure the house is accessible for Mr Wheel Chic Home, otherwise we would [...]
I was thrilled when U.S company AeroFlow Healthcare Inc got in touch to ask if I could to work with them on a Guest Post about tips for making your home more accessible with style. AeroFlow Healthcare Inc are a U.S provider of disability and medical aids and during our conversations they mentioned to me [...]
Aah Spring. Time for Easter Bunnies, newly born lamb, daffodils - and house buying. Spring is a popular time to put your house on the market, probably to do with us coming our of winter hibernation, the nights are lighter and the garden and house are getting a spring clean. House buying is a real [...]
Today I wanted to talk a little bit about how to add some va-va-voom to storing the ugly disability aids that we unfortunately have to have around our house. As you might know from my post 5 Tips for styling your house to accommodate a disability there's a number of different options I like to use that [...]
There's a lot of bloggers out there looking at interiors, or looking at disability and the lifestyle impacts or issues can come up. However, what I want to do in my blog is try to find the right blend of interiors and styling that can work WITH a disability. I realise it's a niche area, [...]
The front door is a really important first impression any visitor has to your home. A scruffy front door has the potential to lower your house price and bring the neighbourhood down - which we didn't want! We have elderly passive aggressive neighbours who once knocked on the door to offer us the number for [...]