{"id":30725,"date":"2017-04-17T21:52:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T01:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=30725"},"modified":"2017-04-17T21:52:32","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T01:52:32","slug":"designing-real-future-carrie-oesmann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=30725","title":{"rendered":"Designing for the REAL Future &#8211; by: Carrie Oesmann"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I remember my first trip to Disney World when I was very young and visiting \u201cTomorrowland\u201d for the first time. The cool, modern designs made us all dream up our own vision of what our individual \u201ctomorrows\u201d might entail. At that time planning for the future was all about streamlined, glossy laminates and multi-functional, automated designs. Today we might look at that same vision of Tomorrowland as very retro 1960\u2019s. But one point stands out to me \u2013 this vision of tomorrow was more about appearances than real functionality.<\/p>\n<p>Each of us will have a different future \u2013 with our own specific needs. Who can say whether we will be able to maintain an active lifestyle or if health issues will force us to adjust our personal Tomorrowland. In the past 30 years, there has been a growing movement aimed at addressing the ever-growing portion of our population that has special needs in their living environments, whether that be through unexpected medical conditions or simply natural aging process.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bailiwickdesign.com\/blog\/2017\/4\/16\/designing-for-the-real-future\"><b><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">bailiwickdesign.com\/<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/a> learn more about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Aging-in-Place OR Living-in-Place<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aging and Your Home<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aging-in-Place Gets Personal<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>An Accessible Approach<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bailiwickdesign.com\/blog\/2017\/4\/16\/designing-for-the-real-future\"><strong>You can find the rest of these tips and even more interior design tips at http:\/\/www.bailiwickdesign.com\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Carrie,<\/strong><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>Carrie Oesmann is the ASID, CAPS and AKBD certified Interior Designer of Bailiwick Interior Design, a business she has owned and operated in New Jersey since 1999. Last year she had the pleasure of expanding her business and relocating to the Lehigh Valley, so she now lives in downtown historic Bethlehem with her husband John. Her \u201cJourney to Bethlehem\u201d inspired her to start sharing her adventure on her blog, which you can find on her website, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bailiwickinteriordesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.bailiwickinteriordesign.com<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. You can also follow her on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/www.facebook.com\/bailiwickinteriordesign\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook.<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Carrie\u2019s home also doubles as Bailiwick Interior Design\u2019s Pennsylvania office and unique lifestyle showroom, a place where her clients can experience a variety of options in a real home\u2014it\u2019s unlike anything we have seen in the Valley! Call Carrie for a personal tour of the lifestyle showroom.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Website:<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bailiwickinteriordesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.bailiwickinteriordesign.com<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bailiwickdesign.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bailiwick-Interior-Design-Updated-Banner-Oct15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bailiwick-Interior-Design-Updated-Banner-Oct15.jpg 851w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bailiwick-Interior-Design-Updated-Banner-Oct15-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bailiwick-Interior-Design-Updated-Banner-Oct15-768x284.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?author=20\" target=\"_blank\">For more articles by Carrie Oesmann on<br \/>\nThe Valley Ledger Click Here&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4651,69,1453],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carrie-oesmann","category-in-the-valley","category-interior-design"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/interior-design-LV.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30725"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}