The kitchen combines standard counter heights and a lowered work area that can accommodate seated users. The shelves and drawers are stocked with a variety of assistive devices to make daily tasks easier. The living room includes a daybed, work table, and storage units for clothing and personal items. The exhibit is interactive. People can try out features and gadgets in each room that will accommodate people with mobility limitations, hearing and vision loss, and low energy.
Devices range from a high tech electronic faucet to inexpensive utensils for food preparation.
Fact sheets provide information about the cost and source of each item and ways to make an existing home more accessible. The exhibit is plumbed and wired to be fully operational. Staff and volunteers are trained to demonstrate the special furnishings and equipment and to explain how these items might be used, whether building a new home or doing major remodeling. Yearns and Warme made telephone calls and personal visits to Iowa businesses, suppliers, and manufacturers to explain the Home for All Ages proposal. University funds paid for labor and materials to build the basic structure.