Fabulous Accessible Interiors
During this Covid-19 Pandemic we've been mostly at home and we've not had to worry about visiting other people's homes and the worries that come with that for a person with a disability. Now the world is slowly opening up again and we're getting ready to spend time with family and friends again. However, the [...]
It's five years now since I started this blog (thanks for reading, can't believe it's been going this long!) I thought I’d share a little about how Mr Wheel Chic's Home's condition has changed in those years and how we’re dealing with it in the home, the changes that we’re continuing to make and how [...]
It's time for another dose of interiors inspiration featuring some of my favourite homes from the 'gram. If you're looking for accessible interiors inspiration, it's everywhere, we just have to be open minded and see how we can adapt some of the fabulous ideas on Instagram or Pinterest for our own needs. Some of the [...]
Anyone who has ever used a wheelchair, or tried to push a wheelchair or child's buggy over a thick carpet or rug (particularly in a hotel corridor!) knows how hard it is to move the wheels over the carpet. The rubber almost sticks to it and makes it really hard to move. So what flooring [...]
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 [...]