Accessible home ideas

A retired Oregon couple builds a house that truly works for people of all ages.

A few years before I met my husband, I wrote A LIST. On it, I noted all of the things I was looking for in a partner, namely my forever partner. I folded up the three pages, put them at the back of my journal. Planned to offer the list to the Moon, and see what happened. Real talk, I ended up offering the list to my washing machine first, transferred from my journal to a sweater with pockets. The list then resembled gloop, but I remembered what was on it. On my first date with my husband, I…

From the very beginning, the goal and purpose of this master bathroom...

Even if you don’t belong to an older generation or the disability community, there’s still something to be gained from accessible design.

A fabulous charcoal grey matt finish inclusive kitchen, designed by Adam Thomas for a family home using Freedom by Symphony furniture.

This wheelchair accessible kitchen cabinet is installed in the kitchen of the wheelchair accessible house for rent in Baltimore, MD.

Learn about accessible home design from Schumacher Homes and how they are integrating house designs with mobility in mind. Learn more at Schumacher Homes.

These affordable projects can make your kitchen more wheelchair accessible if you or someone you live with is a wheelchair user. Lowering outlets, adding a ramp into the kitchen, and removing cabinets under the sink can make a kitchen a lot easier to use for someone in a wheelchair.

More than 56 million people in the U.S. have some type of physical disability, according to the 2010 census. Whether someone needs help in the kitchen and bathroom or more space to maneuver a wheelchair around the house, here are 10 ways to make your home more handicap accessible.