Finding the Accessible in the Inaccessible – Showers of Instagram!

Finding the Accessible in the Inaccessible – Showers of Instagram!

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 [...]

How to design a wheelchair accessible home Part 1

How to design a wheelchair accessible home Part 1

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 [...]

Home Tour – Maegan from Blue Copper Design

Home Tour – Maegan from Blue Copper Design

It's been a while since we've had a chat with an insta-pal who has a wonderful adapted, #inclusivechic home but I'm glad to say the Conversation With... series is back with a BANG! Today we're talking to Maegan Blau, an interior designer in Arizona, USA. Her speciality in her Blue Copper Design interior design practice [...]

Finding the Accessible in the Inaccessible – Kitchens of Instagram!

Finding the Accessible in the Inaccessible – Kitchens of Instagram!

In my occasional series about finding accessible inspiration in the seemingly inaccessible, I wanted to share today some of my favourite kitchens and utility rooms on Instagram and how they have some features and ideas that we can steal if we're planning an accessible space. There will be elements of the kitchens I'm going to [...]

How to deal with a deteriorating medical condition and keep a fabulous home

How to deal with a deteriorating medical condition and keep a fabulous home

As you might know from earlier posts, my husband, Mr Wheel Chic Home (aka Mr Wobblelegs) has Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. This year is the 10th anniversary of our wedding, and not long after, the 10th anniversary of his MS diagnosis. It's been three years since I started the blog so I thought I'd share [...]

Revealed – our Accessible Garden makeover!

Revealed – our Accessible Garden makeover!

Regular readers to this blog will know that our bungalow didn't have level garden access and eventually this prevented Mr Wheel Chic Home from getting out into the garden.  We tried a metal temporary ramp, we tried bits of wood but in the end it became clear we needed to bite the bullet and get [...]

Interiors Inspiration: How to find the accessible in the inaccessible – Insta Famous homes!

Interiors Inspiration: How to find the accessible in the inaccessible – Insta Famous homes!

That's an odd title isn't it?  How can you find accessible interiors inspiration from inaccessible places? Fact is, I think you can get interiors and accessible design from anywhere and everywhere.  Just because a space isn't technically accessible, it can still give you some ideas for how you might be able to adapt it to [...]