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Posts tagged “safety”

Put Safety First: 14 Universal Design Tips
This Old House

Most of us take it for granted that we can reach the sinks in our kitchen and bathrooms, get through doorways, and climb in and out of bathtubs in our homes, but for those who are disabled and/or elde...

Wildfire: Oakland Hills, 17 Years Later
SF Chronicle: 07.09.08

Today's Chronicle tackles a subject that's actually been on our minds a lot lately. Wildfires. Eve Kushner writes about the wide variety of architectural styles of homes that have been rebuilt since...

AT on... Fireworks and Fires

This weekend will mark the one year anniversary of us moving in to our (that's the bf and myself, thank you...) new home. We closed in the end of May, stayed in our apartment for the month of June an...

Earthquake Table by D'Esposito & Gaillard

The fact that this table is apparently "earthquake and bombardment proof" is only a fraction of what makes it a go-to piece of furniture for one of the worlds unnerving natural occurrences, if the c...