189) Building Green for Life – Master Bedroom and Mobility

Today, I’m sharing our master bedroom and other spaces in our home that improve access for us into our old age.

Part of our building green philosophy is to build a house that we could live in for the rest of our lives. To that end, we have built all the essentials on one floor: kitchen, bathroom, living, dining, and even our deck and rooftop garden are on the same level.

If we are ever mobility-challenged, we have a level access to this main floor from a vehicle, 36″ wide doors and hallways, smooth wood floors,

higher toilets and accessible showers.

Our basement can also serve as a level-access living space, with its smooth concrete floors and accessible shower. Or, it could be a place for a caregiver to live.

Our vertical and horizontal surfaces are spare, almost Shaker-simple, partly to reduce the amount of cleaning required. This built-in storage unit, built by our cabinet-maker to our specs, incorporates dressers, bookshelves, reading lights, storage, and even a short closet for shirts and trousers. It is the same (two-sided) unit as in the bathroom.

This re-upholstered old-school reading chair is low-profile to preserve the view.

Our decor is not fussy – in the daytime and even at night, our main focus is outside, where we have all the greenery and visual interest we could want. (Although, as an artist, I certainly appreciate art on the walls.)

I’m sharing this post with these generous party hosts:

Miss Mustard Seed’s Furniture Feature Friday, Funky Junk Interiors’ Saturday Night Special, A Little Knick Knack, Rooted in Thyme, Diana Rambles’ Pin Me Party, Mockingbird Hill Cottage’s A Favorite Thing, Debbiedoos’ The Power of Pinterest, Be Different, Act Normal, Coastal Charm’s Nifty Thrifty Tuesday, Cozy Little House’s Tweak-it Tuesday, Savvy Southern Style’s Wow Us Wednesday, From My Front Porch to Yours, Fireflies and Jellybeans’ Show Us Your Stuff, Sew Many Ways’ Find a Friend Friday,

Tagged as: a home to grow old in, building a home for reduced mobility, Green home philosophy, keeping maintenance low at home, master bedroom view