I'd still prefer doors to bathrooms and bedrooms. The main living area, including the kitchen, I'd prefer to be in the open style. But now that I'm older, I find it easier to get around in with a walker. Also, fewer walls to bounce back and forth against. But I'm in a particular set of mind right now, as I just fractured my knee, tore the ligaments and the arthritis in the knee, and have "water on the knee" (whatever that means). The house I live in now is your usual 1950's WWII style, but the people who've lived here before me added on to the back of the house (badly, I should add). Plus, the rooms are not very large in the house. I moved from a 3800 sq ft house in one city to this 1800 sq ft here in order to take care of my mom. I tell ya now, tho... To be able to move easily throughout the house would be such a blessing for me, especially as this is the 2nd time I've been through this not being able to walk situation. I'm looking toward the future and worrying... no way could a wheelchair or motorized chair get through this place easily... and there'd be whole areas blocked from me. An open floor plan would be much more amenable to my needs... and to a lot of other disabled people.
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