Things In My Accessible Home That Just Make Sense! (my blind accessible condo features)
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12:25 - We made sure to do the push to open doors, flat door handles, or pull open cabinetry throughout every room to minimize having to have knobs and handles that I could bump into or get things caught on!
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I'm Molly, a typical sushi, makeup, and fashion loving millennial girl who just so happens to be blind! I was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa at just 4 years old and began public speaking at age 5. I started just doing motivational speaking, but now I make videos and even model! Even though I can’t see, I know that there are bright spots in everything we face. Let’s find them together. 💕
What would you do to make your home more accessible to suit your needs? :)
Watch the full empty, fully renovated condo tour here: czcams.com/video/WRt09BAg68k/video.html
It’s cool that you share different ways to help accessibility become easier! It gives people great ideas so that it can help them too ❤️
Couldn't help laughing when Elton John sat on your lap, reminded me of when he did this at Mira when I thought he was trying to cheer you up 😂
I would have my bathroom sink to be higher.
@@shalacarter6658 She is 4'9" tall. I am sure there is a reason her bathroom sink is the height it is.
Rounded corners are such a good idea!! I’m sighted but incredibly clumsy, and I hadn’t even thought of choosing rounded corners! Probably could’ve saved myself a lot of bruises lol
It is so kind of Elton John to let Molly make an appearance on his channel.
Right!! 😅
Im an architecture studient. This was incredibly helpful and will serve as a great precedent for future designs of my own. Thank you for sharing with us!
Love this! I'm a planner and I definitely look to Molly for tips too! Her channel is such a great resource :)
Very cool! There are so many different accessibility needs. I feel like sighted people could benefit from rounded corners as well. I have chronic back pain and can not bend so for me, things that are low to the ground are tough. And don't even get me started on types of chairs lol
Elton John is crazy for attention. But Gallop looks sad with no attention to him. He is still as calm as when he was on duty as your guide dog. Love the tour of your place. You look great with those colors.
We have lights all over our corridors and bathroom that turn on by a sensor. It’s great because we do not have to walk in the dark nor we have to turn all the lights.
@@jillsarah7356 Out of curiosity, what types of chairs are better?
YES! As a disabled interior designer, my career goal is to design accessible, sustainable, and beautiful spaces! I was cheering along with you every step of the way in this video. Thanks you, Molly!
If Molly ever quits CZcams and moves on to something else, it better be accessible interior design because she NAILED this.
My partner is a frustrated interior designer. Created a beautiful bathroom recently that is fully accessible for my mobility needs. Raised loo seat built in seat in the shower etc. So nicely done that people don't even notice the adaptations. Accessible doesn't have to be ugly.
molly i know you're all about color (which ofc i love and support lol) but the neutral outfit with the blonde hair looks absolutely STUNNING on you
Oh wow, thank you so much!! I really appreciate that!
Yes! Looks soooo good!!!
I was literally staring at her outfit the whole time 😍😍 it looks flawless on her
@@MollyBurkeOfficial, I totally agree! The neutrals are also a GREAT look. Very sleek and sophisticated.
I love a sleek look on her, but I don't care for those colours at all.
The middle button on the light switch is to set your favorite dim level with one touch - I think it can only be setup in the Lutron app 💜💜
You can do it on the switch itself by putting it at the dim you like and holding down the round button for 5 sec I think or until the lights flash twice.
The lighting with all the brown wood, white walls, paired with your adorable brown outfit and black/brown pets, your condo just looks so warm and cozy, it really looks like you're thriving there ❤❤❤
Rounded corners are ingenious. I hit corners way too often, it's like I forget I have hips, or consistently underestimate how much space I need to in order to walk around.
Textures are super helpful to differentiate each space/room!
I'm obsessed with your beautiful home 😍
I think normal corners and door handles are pretty formidable enemies to many fully sighted people (including me lol). 😂
@@Silthria I'm sighted and I'm convinced that I was given the wrong body (hips, tall, long arms & legs, etc). Like, how am I *so clumsy??* Was I a snail in a past life, with zero spacial awareness to how an environment affects my shelled body? 🤣
Right? I'm sighted and I still walk into them. This is brilliant!
Just have to say, your home is truly stunning. The attention to detail and beautiful style is next level. AD needs to come over and tour it!!
I have buttons on my floor that I've taught my assistance dog to press to let me know when to take my meds and time to eat but also when she wants to go outside, when she wants to play, when she wants to go for a walk etc. I was worried she would just press them all the time but she's really good and knows our routine; it just means bad days I don't need to worry about caring for her needs as she'll let me know. She also does it for carers so they know what to do. I even bring a bell into hospital with me so she can let us know when she needs to go toilet. I also have attachments on all my door handles so she can open and close any of them herself, especially helpful if she needs to go an item for me like my medbag.
The rounded corners are fabulous!!! Even though I have some sight, I'm constantly walking into things. Particularly the wall at the head of our upstairs where the bedrooms are. I swear that wall jumps out at me lol.
When my parents change the furniture around in the living room, my mom will walk me through so I can get through the new arrangement of furniture.
The rounded edges are a must!! Total game changer!
Rounded corners are safer for all but the most coordinated people.
Honestly, my vision is fine.. but Fibromyalgia causes me to be unbalanced and bump into things all the time. I wish there were rounded doors and doorways. I always have bruises.
Honest question: Would I be a bad person to accept an ada apartment? They have wider doorways, so I'm injured less often, but I know they're meant for wheelchairs. But, they do prioritize wheelchair users, so being offered one means they have none on the list. If accepted, would it be ok to keep it?
@@cetkat This sounds like an accommodation you need.
I'm sighted and I run into corners all the time because I'm in too much of a hurry and clutzy.
I think many of these ideas could be incorporated into rental properties to make disability accessable places for many whom might in need just sharing a friendly thought 🙂. And ❤ Elton-john and Lavender they are always a highlight to the video as well I always enjoy your content 😊
I started using a John Frieda shampoo and conditioner a couple months ago and I instantly noticed the accessible way they do the packaging. And it's so simple and pretty! The shampoo has a glossy finish and the conditioner has a matte finish. Both have a glossy finish on the main logo but the majority of the surface of the conditioner is matte. Super simple. Sumper pretty. Super accessible.
I’d love to see a (sponsored) video of Molly making her Hello Fresh meal in her new kitchen (yes, I still count it as new 😉).
I’m soooo happy that you get this fantastic apartment, Molly! 🐾
I’ll be doing a big reno on my first house (I’m so excited!!) and Molly has DEFINITELY inspired me to make the space as accessible as possible to as many people as possible. This video, and the other many videos detailing Molly’s accessible choices for her condo, are SO helpful in reminding me what to be mindful of!
Gem from Wheels No Heels made some videos a while back about her wheelchair accessible kitchen. Jessica Kellgren-Fozard has also made some videos about her house renovations (she has a list of disabilities).
I started training as a flight attendant and I was very excited to learn the special attention passengers briefing!! I don't know if I will say this wrong but I learned how to brief someone with visual impairment and I hope that ill be able to help someone feel comfortable flying for the first time 💕💕💕
Honestly during training they didn’t teach us at all at my airline, I won’t say what airline , and I feel like I did absolutely everything wrong that you’re not supposed to do. So what I wish someone would have told us at training …. ( I don’t know if your aisles are straight but our first class actually has a random … curve ? Before you get to the main cabin. ) So be sure to let that person know if anything is coming up even if it’s at shin or knee level. I think we get so used to the layout of our own aircraft sometimes you don’t realize small details like that. Then , I would say be sure to offer your elbow or ask if you can grab their elbow . Be sure to mention if any of the lavatories are closed on one end or another so they don’t waste their time and if you say it over the speakers they may not notice so be sure to mention that during the briefing. Finally 😅 and most embarrassingly , I would say once they’re seated , maybe even lean in during the conversation , especially if they have a soft voice. I had thought this person was finished speaking and that we had understood each other and apparently after I walked away they had more to say and they didn’t know I had left. I felt totally mortified ! But anyway no one warned me about that stuff and I was brand new when that happened so I felt really jittery about getting the passengers seated and the door closed on time. So just relax and apologize best as you can if you happen to make any mistakes like me !! 😅
The only special assistance they trained me at my airline was basically four basic comments to remind them of and none really had to do with day to day activities it was all emergency procedures stuff. But your airline is hopefully more advanced than mine they may have really improved as time goes on as well I suppose .
They should call it Accessibility for Passengers briefing. Accessibility is not "special," it's for everyone! Stairs, glasses, cars, are all forms of accessibility!
Your place is so beautiful! ❤❤❤
My assistance dog (what we call service dogs in Australia) in training is the same if I’m on the floor, he’s either trying to sit on me or if I’m lying down he tries to “rescue” me by using his face to scoop me up off the floor lol 😂 😂😂
I love how attention seeking the animals were in this video. Molly you probably couldn't tell but Lavender followed you around the kitchen as the tour went on and came over to see what the fuss was about as Elton John kept sitting on you. More fluffy animal content!!!! not that I mind what your content is, I watch all of it. Also I absolutely love all of your home tour and decor videos, your current homes are definitely my favorite out of the places you've owned and decorated so far and I've saved the videos so that in my future, when I have my own place, I can replicate some things
MOLLY is decor / reno / fashion / make up QUEEN !!!
OMG STOOOPP! You're too kind!!!
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@@MollyBurkeOfficial you are 💖 you're such a role model 💪
100% agree!
Some of us sighted people have had our clothes or belt loops get stuck on those kind of handles on doors too. You’re not alone on that one 😂. So I too prefer door knobs.
As a sighted person who shares my house with two cats, I have to ask, how do you keep from closing Lavender in cupboards? With my two, any time I open any type of cupboard they make a beeline for it, so I have to check that both are out before closing the door. And yet at least once a week, one of them gets locked in. So how do you do it?
I love how Molly's whole outfit and accessories match the warm tones of her home. Very aesthetically pleasing :)
*random internet trolls* “ she isn’t blind! She moves around too confidently” meanwhile Molly walks into multiple doors in her own house 😂
I’m sure she does. I mean, even I do & I don’t have vision issues. I just haven’t seen it in any of her videos I’ve seen.
I love it! So much texture makes my ADHD brain so happy and rounded corners are essential for me because I’m a clutz. 😂 The ceiling lighting is spectacular!
Did you know you can make your own home ADHD-accessable/friendly? I also have ADHD, as well as a bunch of other psychiatric disorders, and since I did some changes a lot of things are easier for me to do at home.
- A big whiteboard where I plan the week, with magnets of things to do (laundry, pharmacy, shower, friends etc), and a small portable one where I plan my day. I can easily see if I have planned in too much and need to cut down, or if it's imbalance in the week.
- Place out things where I need them, so I don't need to go get them and get distracted on my way and forget my mission. Therefore I have 3 stations of pen and paper just in my kitchen, and that helps me not forgetting what I'm about to write down. My food shopping is easier to plan when I can grab the pen right on the spot.
- Having timers on multiple places. If you're gonna do something fun and risk hyperfocus or getting stuck for too long, put a timer! If I'm on the computer I use the computer timer, for showering I use a kitchen timer to remind me to go to the next step and not standing for 30 minutes doing creams or whatever.
There is more to do, this is just what I remembered right now. You can check out the channel "How to ADHD" here on CZcams, that's where I got my inspiration from. She's really great!
@@SamirCCat I LOVE that channel! Those are great suggestions.
YES! I too am a sighted ADHDer and was thinking the same thing! I came to this video after seeing a short Molly did on her rounded kitchen island and lack of drawer pulls. I thought, “now THAT is a kitchen for me!”
Molly, your home is stunning! I am completely in love love LOVE with all the textures and lighting options. Chef’s kiss!
Gotta say that the filter tap is totally a *want* because the area of BCs water is absolutely delicious and safe. I thought it was going to be a hot water tap for tea which should totally be the next thing in the sink area!
I'm sighted and am CONSTANTLY getting my clothes caught on knobs and handles in my apartment! If I ever get to own my own place (shakes fist at Canadian housing market) I will definitely want to implement some of the stuff from your video!
14:47 "I think it's just as important to be able to enjoy the beauty of the space, not just be able to use the space." Amen sister!!! :D
Besides being absolutely STUNNING, the light and design and accessibility is fantastic. The phrase that describes the glow that YOU share in this video is what Marie Kondo says…it SPARKS joy😊😊😊😊
I'm still mad about the radiator. Its such a horrible design flaw. I don't understand why the building would have been built like that. However you have done a great job keeping your self safe.
Your condo is gorgeous Molly! It would be amazing if you became an interior designer for people with less vision! I know everyone is different and needs different things but I think you would do such a great job listening to their specific needs and tracking down the best thing for them and make it stylish!
I am such a huge fan of all the lighting in your home! I am visually impaired but go full blind, like no shadows 100% blind, in darkness so I love have as much light as possible and somehow you made it possible in your home. Thanks for sharing and giving me that inspo!!
I love this so much! I’m in commercial architecture and have a passion and lens of accessibility with each project I touch. Thank you for sharing your experience!
Elton was SO cute when you were showing the microwave! The big ol smile on his face when he nudged under your arm like “HI MOM IM HERE 😁”
I love interior design and have several disabilities due to a head injury. I just moved into my own apartment last year and I am loving finding ways to make the space work specifically for me ❤
I am not blind but I have a huge issues where glasses can barely get me to 20/20 and I can't wear contacts. So I made my bathroom work without my glasses. White walls, all things from the wall are black. I made the shower walk in as I have broken my toe on the shower pan many times. I have textured and heated flooring so I won't trip on rugs as they are hard to see. I am looking into shampoo, conditioner, and body wash I can use and distinguish without opening it to smell it.
Love this! It's such a blessing when we can make our spaces work for us, whatever those needs may be!
Maybe something like a bar soap for body wash, a pump top shampoo dispenser, and a squeezy conditioner bottle so they all have distinct shapes?
I think you had mentioned that the home would be much more black and white and I love the wood. It's so beautiful and warm and I bet it also changes how sound travels around the home. You and your team did an amazing job!
Yay Molly! Next week I am going to be posting my wheelchair accessible apartment I just moved into this year! This is inspiring.
It's so adorable how Elton keeps wanting to sit on you. He's like, this video is about me, right?
Love your 'new' place! We own those dimmer switches in our house, and that middle, circular button is supposed to bring the light to 50%💡
Thanks for this! So helpful!
I watch your videos because they're accessible I me as a neurodevergent person. Your videos aren't specifically made to be accessible for me but they are because of the audio description. I found it very cool to see things that help you and relate to how I would greatly benefit from them as well.
The middle button on your dimmer switches is the "favorite" button, it will remember your favorite dim/bright setting. The install instructions on the website for them says "Press and hold the "favorite"
button on either the remote or
dimmer. Hold for 6 seconds until
LEDS blink twice on in-wall dimmer.
New favorite level is now saved."
Your home is STUNNING Molly!! And so are you!! ❤️
i truly love the design of your home, it's just so beautiful and unique
I love round corners!! love round shapes a lot!! And the light around the unit makes it looks so modern! I love it!
I love this so much! I’m currently planning a new house build for my husband and my retirement home. I’m disabled (MS) and want to make some adaptations in the kitchen, but my husband doesn’t understand why I need them because I “do just fine” in our current basic kitchen. But cooking is my hobby, I’m in the kitchen all day every day. And it’s hard being in a wheelchair and not being able to turn around or reach the counter.
I love the lighting in your condo. I love bright lighting and I wish more spaces were lit with pot lights. Also, having strip lighting everywhere is really cool.
This is so educational on so many levels! Thank you :)
I said it in the previous tour video and I'll say it again, I LOVE the tambour paneling! It's so 80s and 90s and I love to see it!
I hope the cat stepping and laying on the stove top won’t cause it to turn on and burn something/someone! ❤ Should make the shower seat have a rounded or safer edge, that could hurt you so bad if you fell! Absolutely gorgeous home Molly ❤️🎉
I’m not blind but I have neurological impairments. The amount of stuff one can trip over is astounding. Just moved to a new place that offers me to move more freely. Some of the thresholds couldn’t be removed for structural reasons so I found a motion sensored light strip online, no actual assembly needed, but it’s powered by USB-battery which needs to be charged regularly (If you have hand tremoring or weakness it might not be for you). I’ve places them near thresholds so they light up reminding me to be careful. Will share name of company if there’s interest.
So cool Molly!!! Your place it'd incredible ✨️ 🎉 the details and the atmosphere it'd amazing 👏 ✨️
Molly's so awesome at explaining all of this! Also Elton John is SO in love with Molly 😂 She says he loves everyone but I can tell she's DEFINITELY his girl 😂❤
My mother has a hot & cold filtered water tap…. No need to boil water for tea! It’s so wonderful!!!
This is amazing.
You’ve done amazing things to your space. Bidets are the best!!
Molly you are beyond a joy of a person ❤I just love following you. Although I am sighted, your content has encouraged, educated and inspired me so much. This video was FUN 😅!! I’m glad EJ was so involved Lol 😂 adorable!!!! Sir G, Lavender and EJ always make your content special in their own way. Love it!!!! And to mom, you add a lot with your comments and giggles ❤ What a beautiful family!! Love to all from Colorado God Bless your journey 🤍🙏🏼🤍😘
Your home is beautiful and i can see how helpful it would be to add some of this elements. ❤
Molly, enjoy your space! It’s really beautiful and is clearly well thought out. Elton and the furry crew are clearly comfortable there too. Looking forward to seeing the rest. I remember how the apartment started, and how frustrating the renovation was - hopefully you’re totally past that all now lol. I love it too!
I absolutely loved seeing Lavender throughout the video. Love seeing her. 💖
When my husband and I buy our forever home, I'm going to use your condo as design inspiration-minus the high tech appliances, because I have zero patience for technical difficulties. I'm not blind, but eye problems do run on my mom's side of the family and my grandmother has now been blind for years as had been her mother, grandmother, and five of her other family members of the older generation (not her siblings though). I have no idea if my mom and I are going to be blind one day. My grandmother didn't start losing her vision until she was in her mid to late 60's, and I believe her other blind family members also only started losing it post-retirement. My mom is now 64 years old, so I guess we will soon see if she inherited her mother's poor eye health.
By the way, Elton John is more adorable than I could have ever imagined! I've never been a fan of black dogs or hairy dogs, and he is changing my entire perception of what I like and dislike in dogs because his playfulness, empathetic nature, and just overall BIG personality makes it impossible to not think he's the best and cutest dog on the planet.
It's so nice of Elton John to welcome you as a guest in his home. He's such an awesome cuddle king. Love ya
Your home really is beautiful. It makes me so happy that you get to have a place to call your own and that suits your special needs.
I’m sighted and have hooks at my front door for my doggies lead and harnesses too. Living in an apartment building I have had to evacuate too many times and finding a harness on top of struggling to put it on in a rush is not fun. Also love all the smooth corners they are so aesthetically please in in style right now.
I am so proud of you with your incredible hairstyle, with your necklaces and bracelets - you look like Cleopatra in her palace.
Everything about your outfit and hair looks stunning!❤
Love this. Accessibility is for everyone
I love the bee hooks in your main bathroom!
What we did with our appliances is we tried to find things that connect to a device, but for the ones we couldn’t and that also had flat buttons we put on puffy paint that can easily come off
Every inch is beautiful!!!!
Molly, you are a delight, and your home is beautiful and functional.
w0w w0w w0w love your home! I most definitely can relate to many of your amazing installations as a senior with ADHD that seldom can find things and constantly runs into stuff.
As an artist I found your textures delightful!❤
This outfit is so cute! The headband is my favorite ❤️
I apppreciate that whenever you said Alexa in this show? episode? video? episode. I appreciate that whenever you said Alexa in this episode it did not trigger the Alexa in my house.
Omg Elton stole the show! I love your home but I am obsessed with how much your dog adores you! He is such a sweetheart who loves his mama so much!!
It's stunning
Very interesting. I love all the different hooks, the rabbit heads or the bee hive in the bathroon. There is a lot of things I would love as a sighted person as well.
And how adorably cuddly was Elton John in this video ❤
It's amazing! The rounded corners makes sense.! Very expressive in ur videos and I wanna know how she knows how to look at the camera like she does...could never tell she's blinds!
What a beautiful condo! ❤
I was hoping you'd make a video like this! I love seeing all of the accessibility
I need rounded corners and no handles. I do not have any visual disabilities but I have been told that with ADHD my coordination is crap. I catch walls fast and door handles are my worst enemy. Especially the one that are bars. I typically have such bad bruises on my arms.
I have the same dimmer switches. That middle button sets it to a preset lighting. You can set it and then every time you push it it will move your lights to the same brightness every time
I very much like the rounded corners idea, I'm sighted but klutzy and always catching my hips on bannisters and doorknobs and any corner that sticks out... and I've slowly gotten rid of everything I catch my toes on. No sticky-outy table legs or chair legs.
I've already started using hooks for the stuff I need when I leave the house because leaving it all in a heap, or trying to remember where the heck I put the thing I need, or walking out of the house without my purse-equivalent... ugh.
I'm left-handed, which you wouldn't think makes that much difference but it sometimes really does, I've got my tea station set up for me and right-handers have trouble with it, the last one who tried to use my electric kettle where it is ended up splashing boiling water on herself. Little things, but they make a difference. I've also got a back injury that makes it difficult to move heavy objects (like food processor and air fryer) from one elevation to another so I solved it with a wheeled cart where the couple heavy things that don't fit on the countertop but need to be used there can just be transferred from hip-height to hip-height which is fine for me.
We've also removed all the closet doors, the sliding ones are always in the way and I run into the folding type because they inevitably end up open.
Also my house doesn't have as many outlets attached to wall switches as I'd like so I've installed a couple of adapters so I can have certain things on switches that weren't wired that way. And I've got a couple of battery-operated motion sensor lights for stairwells that were not properly lit when the place was built, one's at the unlit top of a stairwell aimed at the top few stairs, and the other's in my main entry and it shines at the light switch.
Wow! I started watching this video within 20 seconds that it was published and with 0 views and 0 comments 😄
You have a great home and most important that YOU love it! I did renovation too and I'm so glad that I did what I wanted to do and not what others wanted to see.
I have IBSc and I finally got a bidet last year and I love it so much
Oh so beautiful❤️
Outfit aesthetic is so 10/10 👌🏻 love this video!
In LOVE with your outfit Molly
Elton loves you so muchhhhhhhh. What a sweet baby. Your home is beautiful, and I'm wishing you so much joy there!
I LOVE that you've been able to create a space that is exactly what YOU need, and what will make your life more joyful and to provide more beauty.
And I do have agree with Elton John. It IS all about him. Absolutely.
Such a good video!❤❤❤
I loved this video so much 🥰🥰
Love your look in this video Molly. Super cute hairstyle, makeup and outfit ❤.
The bench in the shower is the best thing. - I sometimes get vertigo when in the shower- something about the hot water. ( which is why I probably prefer a bath) more places should do benches in their showers. ( also good when you are sick with a cold and need to do a eucalyptus steam) I hear you about banging into things. And pot lights have been pretty normal here in Europe for quite a while actually( especially Switzerland)
This video was total CHAOS 😂 so fun
This home is so beautiful. I want a home like this in the future. It looks very high-end while also being homely.
❤❤❤ Thanks for keeping it real.
Loving call the uploads lately!! ❤