Helping loved ones who need the most changes in their home environment with simple design solutions. These plans can dramatically improve the lighting, colors and furniture arrangement to make their home more beautiful, inviting and safe.
Lighting, color and space planning are the key to Independent Living with Low Vision. Once it was done, my client turned and said to me, “You don’t just provide a service, you change people’s lives.” Design can change your life too. I have been picking color, changing lighting and moving furniture around for my whole life. Lately, it has more meaning. My mother has Low Vision. Making changes for her has made her place safer. My sister has helped people with Low Vision for over a decade now in her Occupational Therapy practice. She changes people’s habits, I change people’s habitat. Why not make your space as beautiful as it is safe?
Michelle Molloy, founder of Penates Way, has remodeled and redesigned homes for over 14 years. Each unique client has experienced Michelle’s “soul satisfying” approach to design. Warmth and familiarity are essential to the changes needed in each transition of life. Michelle brings fresh ideas in a structured design to create a home that supports their daily living activities.She has experience coordinating interior projects from small residential to major light commercial facilities planning. She has over 25 years’ experience as a Professional Interior Designer with NCIDQ accreditation, and background lighting design and in Environmental Textiles and Design as well as Family Studies and Child Development.
Penates Way is Pro Bono Project Designer for 2009 AARP Recession Remodel contestant winner, designed aesthetics of aging-in-place concept with finishes selected for beauty and function for users with low-vision criteria. This project won the 2010 Dream Home Awards™ Community Service Project of the Year Award. Michelle received the 2010 ASID Chapter Presidential Citation for Distinguished Service to the Society and Profession. Michelle designed many kitchen and bath remodels featured on the MBA Remodeled Home Tours and NKBA 1999 to 2007; has won 2010 and 2007 Remodeling Excellence (REX) Award for Universal Design, Gourmet Kitchen, and 2006 Bathroom REX Award. She had the privilege of being recorded on Story Corps™ for the AARP Create the Good™ series. Also, Michelle has authored the booklet “Bright Ideas for Low Vision: Home Colors, Lighting, and Furniture for Beautiful Independent Living”.