Knack Universal Design: A Step-by-Step Guide to Modifying Your Home for Comfortable, Accessible Living (Knack: Make It easy)
It happens to almost all of us sooner or later: Home, Sweet Home turns sour as life becomes an obstacle course. But it doesn’t have to. Interior spaces, especially homes, can be made easily accessible to everyone, regardless of mobility or ability. EnterKnack Universal Design. With 450 full-color, step-by-step photos, this is the essential primer to a vital new approach to design and building. From easier-to-live-with appliances to fixtures, flooring, lighting, electrical considerations, color choices, traffic flow, and structural adaptations, this incomparable guide shows hundreds of ways to make your own surroundings barrier-free, and to help others do the same. 450 full-color photos covering:Entries & Doorways * FlooringKitchen Counters & SinksHand Helpers * BathroomsLiving & Dining RoomsBedrooms * StorageHalls & Stairs * Landscaping