The hard work of accessible design conjures stress-free effortlessness

When David and Sandi Cherun’s entire world changed, beautiful choreography from friend and interior designer Shelley Kirsch created the new kind of space the couple needed

A word to the wise: be careful what you do in the dark, since even a routine chore can have dire consequences. On a hot August night in 2018, David Cherun got up to adjust the thermostat. And, in his words, “I took a zig instead of a zag” in the “pitch dark.” And he fell down a flight of stairs.But that wall caused Mr. Cherun ’s neck to break, and his entire world to change. Now a quadriplegic, not only was Mr.

Sitting at their large custom-designed dining table, which is cantilever at one end, Mr. Cherun, who hails from Glace Bay, N.S., smiles. Maritimers, he says, “don’t know how to spell the word stress.” They assist one another, they live simply: “If you couldn’t afford to build a shed, helped; they didn’t have their hand out,” he says.

However, the design is so well executed that if Mr. Cherun were not at home, a visitor might not realize she is sitting in a fully-accessible unit. Rather, it’s a condominium filled with colour , curios , tons of collected paintings and sculpture, a new gas fireplace surrounded by shelves filled with memories, and jewel-like light fixtures .

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