Reference, not instruction
Sketches and captions describe one room in one home. They are not a building plan, a compliance document or a substitute for advice from an occupational therapist who has seen the space.
A few honest boundaries, so nothing in the gallery is read as more than it is.
Every entry on this page is a reference, not a specification. Measurements are taken from the room as photographed, and small differences in wall thickness, floor level or stud position can change what works in your own home.
Sketches and captions describe one room in one home. They are not a building plan, a compliance document or a substitute for advice from an occupational therapist who has seen the space.
Clearances, rail heights and counter levels are noted as they were recorded on the day. Treat them as a starting point for your own measurement, not a fixed number to copy.
Photographs, sketches and notes are shared by interior stylists, occupational therapists and family caregivers who agreed to be credited. A room shown here reflects their choices, not a recommendation for every household.
We do not publish prices, delivery times, guarantees or clinical outcomes, because none of those belong to a reference gallery. If a detail is missing from an entry, it was not recorded, and we would rather leave the gap visible than fill it with a guess.
A walkthrough of the workshop process behind a single gallery entry, from the first photograph to the finished caption.
A family in Johannesburg was rearranging a bedroom for a parent who had started using a walking frame. The room was narrow, the wardrobe sat close to the door, and the bedside area had no clear space to park the frame overnight. They wanted to see how other households had solved the same squeeze before moving any furniture.
Turn that room into a reference entry: one photograph in soft daylight, a measured floor sketch, and short captions that explain the turning circle beside the bed, the clearance to the wardrobe and the doorway swing. Nothing clinical, nothing decorative for its own sake.
The room could not be rebuilt, so the entry had to work with the existing walls and window. The floor was already a matte timber-look finish, which stayed. The wardrobe could be moved once, not twice, so its final position had to be measured before anything was shifted.
The room was photographed first, before any furniture moved, so the starting point stayed on record. An occupational therapist then walked the space with a tape measure and marked the clear width between the bed and the wardrobe, the reach from the mattress to the bedside lamp, and the arc of the door. The wardrobe was pushed to the far wall and fitted with full-length handles instead of knobs, which are easier to grip from a seated position. A low, warm-toned lamp was placed within reach, and a small non-slip mat went beside the bed.
The finished entry pairs the daylight photograph with a hand-annotated sketch and a short material note. Captions name the measured clearance, the floor finish and the lamp height, so a family reading it at home can compare those numbers with their own room. The palette stays in oatmeal, sage and warm timber, with clean sans-serif captions and plenty of white space around the sketch.
This is an example entry, not a named client project, and it is written to show how the workshop prepares a reference rather than to claim a result. What it offers is a repeatable shape: photograph the room as it is, measure the clearances that matter, annotate the sketch, and write captions that explain placement in plain language. Families can then read the entry alongside their own measurements before deciding what to move.
Every room set on this page follows the same working sequence. A stylist and an occupational therapist walk the space together, agree on what the room is actually for, and only then start measuring. Nothing is published from a single visit, and nothing is added to a caption that the sketch cannot support.
We do not issue certificates, ratings or guarantees. What you see is a documented arrangement, not a claim about how a room will perform in your own home.
Before anything is photographed, the contributors confirm which room is being documented, who uses it and which mobility need the entry should speak to. A bedroom with a walking frame is treated differently from a hallway planned around a wheelchair, so the brief is written down first.
Doorway clearances, rail heights, flooring texture and lighting levels are measured on site and written into the notes. Where a figure cannot be confirmed, the caption describes the arrangement in words instead of stating a number.
Each entry is built in a set order: the room photograph in soft daylight, then the measured floor sketch, then the material notes, then the short caption. Keeping the order steady means families can compare one room against another without relearning the layout.
Drafts go back to the stylist and therapist for a second read. Captions are trimmed, sketches are redrawn if a measurement shifted, and the finished entry is handed over as a calm reference for planning conversations at home.
Every entry in the gallery follows the same working method, but the depth changes with what a family needs. Some want a single measured sketch to settle a doorway question. Others want the full set of captions and material notes before a builder or occupational therapist visits. Pick the format that matches the conversation you are already having at home.
One room, photographed in soft daylight and paired with a measured floor sketch. Captions cover grab-rail placement, non-slip flooring, lighting levels and doorway clearances for that space alone.
Several linked rooms that share a walking route, so you can follow the path from the entry through to the bathroom and see where thresholds, turns and lighting change.
A physical copy of the reference entries, made for families who want to spread sketches and captions across a table with relatives, a stylist or an occupational therapist.
Whichever format you start with, the same contributors are behind it: interior stylists, occupational therapists and family caregivers working around Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. If you are still deciding what to plan first, the company page explains who prepares the entries and how the gallery is kept as a reference resource rather than a clinical or retail service.
Every room reference on this site passes through the same internal sequence before it appears in the gallery. It is a small editorial process, not a production line, and the steps below describe what happens between a room being suggested and the finished entry being handed over for browsing.
Step one
A room is put forward by a stylist, an occupational therapist or a family caregiver. We check what the room actually demonstrates: a turning circle, a rail height, a doorway clearance, a flooring choice. If the point is unclear or the room is mid-renovation, it waits until the detail can be described honestly.
Step two
Before anything is photographed, we agree on the angle. One entry usually carries a single idea, so the planning stage decides which measurements matter, which materials need naming, and where a hand-drawn floor sketch will sit alongside the image.
Step three
The room is shot in soft daylight, with the furniture left where it normally sits. Clearances are measured on site rather than estimated from the image, and the sketch is drawn to those numbers. Material notes are taken at the same visit, so the caption and the photograph describe the same floor and the same wall.
Step four
A second pair of eyes reads the entry against the sketch. Rail placement, doorway widths and lighting levels are compared line by line, and anything that reads as a clinical claim or a promise gets rewritten. Captions stay short and plain, in the same clean sans-serif style used across the gallery.
Step five
The finished entry is filed under its room type and mobility need, then handed over for browsing. From there it can be saved to a shared board or pulled into a printed catalogue for a planning conversation at home. Nothing is published as advice for a specific household; each entry is a reference that families and their therapists can read against their own room.
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