Simplifying Your Home Environment

One of the challenges of ensuring mobility and access to what you most need is that the modern American home is often a bit cluttered. Tables, lamps, piles of books and magazines, and even decorations can all make it more difficult for people with impaired movement and mobility to have what they need at hand.

Here are some tips from organizing and design experts to help you simplify your home environment:

Remember, simplification means saving time and energy for  everyone.

• Create a place you love to be. It might be a sunny room with your bird in a cage, or perhaps a spot with a lovely view of the yard, a restful, cozy corner, or the best seat in the house, right in front of the big screen TV. Make it convenient, have the things you like to use right there next to you, and enjoy it!

• Make an organized effort to declutter. Ensure there’s room to get around your furniture and try to convert your home’s obstacle course into more of an open road.

• Put the things you need for certain activities all together, in a plastic carryall or a basket. That will make it easier for you and will also assist those who are helping you to have what you want when you want it. For example, you could have a plastic carryall with everything you need for a shave, or all your post-shower accessories, or even the items you need to send a bill or a note (right down to the pen and stamps).
 

For more ideas, refer to the following resources.
• Simplify Your Space by Marchia Ramsland
• Organizing Your Home by Emily Wilska