When we think of inclusive design, it’s often in the context of public or commercial buildings. However, residential designers increasingly now have inclusivity in mind too. But what exactly is inclusive design and why is it important? While you’ll have heard of accessible design — which, broadly, facilitates wheelchair access and is required to meet building regulations in many public and commercial spaces — it’s often confused with inclusive design, which goes way beyond legal requirements, slopes and wide doorways. In addition to creating accessible spaces, inclusive design also takes in the 92% of people with disabilities who don’t require a wheelchair. It increasingly also caters to a whole raft of other considerations, from age to sex and gender to race, mental health and well-being, ethnicity, heritage, faith and culture, and even needs arising from hormonal fluctuations, such as those prompted by pregnancy, breastfeeding, menstruation, IVF treatment and menopause. Of course, not all of this is relevant to all homes, but there are lots of inclusive ideas from public design that can help us better shape our domestic environments to be more comfortable now, as well as future-proof and sustainable. Below are a few key points you could consider for each room in your home.

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