When renovating a household, we don’t always think about how to design it so our children are more safe. That comes after, be that adding soft foam protectors to table corners, plugging sockets, or simply rearranging furniture so they can’t climb out of the window.
After all, odds are you want your renovation to last at least ten years, and your children will only be very small for about half of that. For this reason, curating your house for a temporary need might not be a main priority.
But in actual fact, if you’re expecting to become new neighbors, to enjoy the wonders of family, to welcome friends into the household and have sleepovers, it can’t hurt to have a few considerations in mind. This way, perhaps the job of being a parent and looking over little ones, or even other relatives that need more assistance (like elderly loved ones) could be appropriate.
What could that mean in practice? Let’s explore that below:
Smarter Flow Usually Means Fewer Hazards
Open-plan living is still popular, but it’s worth thinking about how spaces connect. For example, will your children be running through a kitchen to get from their bedrooms to the living room? The impressive speed of a toddler has to be seen to be believed. However, this can also be a bonus, as if there’s a clear line of sight between where you usually relax and where they tend to play, that can lead to better observation. Or if you can see them through a hole in the wall, such as a kitchen and living room with an opening, that can be healthy too.
If an open-plan living arrangement is your preference, it can often mean designing with fewer bottlenecks, fewer sharp turns, and ideally, fewer trip hazards. Not a bad start.
Safe Spaces That Still Feel Like Home
Creating certain “kid-friendly” spaces in the home that are safe can require softening your surroundings, such as with rounded table edges, durable wipe-clean paint finishes, and fewer opportunities to pull things over.
For example, you might go for built-in storage as opposed to those that can be pulled over, because not only do they look more polished, but they can’t be climbed on, or tipped over. You might also want to think about easy-access storage at child height just for convenience sake.
Pools, Patios & The Outside World
If you have a pool, or you’re thinking of installing one, child safety becomes an even bigger priority to get right. Of course, there are the basics such as fencing, covers, and alarms you can put in place, but these need to be integrated into the design rather than slapped on as an second priority. Swimming pool upkeep also matters more than most expect, because f a child falls in or plays near the edge, the last thing you want is contaminated water or slippery tile mould making the situation worse as you quickly rescue them.
With this advice, we hope you can more easily design your home space to be safe for your kids.
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