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where we host our loved ones and spend quality time together with our families to our upstairs relaxing and resting spaces. When investing in a self- build or embarking on a major renovation on the home, thinking about mobility between the upper and lower floors is a smart, modern way of developing your key asset. The main reason for feeling your house no longer works for you is when stairs start to be difficult or painful to use. Let’s look at this key component of the house in a bit more depth. We have highlighted some main areas to focus on with regards to stairs from safety, mobility compliance and the all-important aesthetic perspectives. Open-tread stairs are highly desirable and look amazing but can pose a potential danger to younger children, older people, and those with reduced mobility. Less obviously, steps with deep treads and high risers can also be difficult to manage. If the staircase you have no longer works for your family, it might be necessary to install a completely new one. There are clear UK Building Regulations relating to replacement stairs and this type of design and installation can be a costly project, with further building disruption and reduced
Allowing your home to grow and develop with you to support your family’s life cycle is the key to ‘ageing in place’
stairs. Alternatively, because the best of today’s contemporary home lifts do not need a supporting wall, you can choose to locate one away from the stairs altogether, either in a living room and have it travel directly to the bedroom or even inside a cupboard if a suitable one exists.
Home lifts make so much sense and are
proving to be an increasingly popular solution. They are quick and easy to install, either at the point of a self-build or as a retrofit when needed. A few brands of home lifts also bring a contemporary design twist too, which is of huge importance. If you’ve invested time, money and effort creating your home exactly as you want it, then a home lift is the perfectly stylish design solution.
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accessibility within your home during the construction phase. As an alternative to either relocating or
creating a new staircase, there might be compelling reasons for fitting a home lift. A home lift can be positioned close to the existing staircase; in some instances (depending on your stairwell configuration), it might even be possible to install a home lift at the turn of your
Allowing your home to grow and develop with you to accommodate your family’s life cycle needs is the key to ‘ageing in place.’ Make sure you consider locking in ease of access by incorporating future- proofed designs and solutions into your finished build. This will enable enjoyment and ease-of-living for you and your family, now and well into the future.
Yola Mealing is marketing manager at Stiltz
A simple guide to Earthborn Colours
Earthborn believes that paint has the ability to transform our spaces for the better. A beautiful dose of its uniquely formulated colour can improve anyone's surroundings and uplift their mood. And its paints are eco friendly and virtually VOC free, with no nasty paint smells or harmful emissions. But where to start? If you’re looking for a brand new colour scheme and don’t know where to start, or even if you’ve chosen your wall colour but are stuck on what to put with it, help is at hand in a new simple guide. Earthborn has created a mood picker which will generate a choice of colour palettes that match your chosen mood. Try it. It might even give you some ideas and paint colour combinations that you love but would never have thought of. And Earthborn's eco credentials extend beyond its paints – its Classic range colour card is now 100% recyclable, including the paint chips and adhesive too! As always, the colour card is painted in real Claypaint, and displays the brand's other finishes as well. Go to
earthbornpaints.co.uk/colour-picker/ and click on the “Colour Guide” link at the foot of the page.
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