what helps with...
The solutions library
Things that make keeping a home easy, filed by the problem they solve rather than what they are: a table that is also the craft storage, a cradle that lets a kettle pour without being lifted, a caddy that lives where the crafting happens. It is here so the looking for a Sorted for Good set-up can start from things we already know.
It is yours to keep: add a find (a Temu or Amazon link and a line about what it helps with is enough), change anything, bin anything. Entries an agent finds for you show up marked "suggested" until you keep them. Two things it is not: a promise that the right thing exists for every space, and an equipment assessment. Entries marked "OT territory" are there so you can point someone to an occupational therapist or the council's equipment service.
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Nothing in the library matches that yet. That is useful to know: add it when you find it, or leave a note and it goes on the list to research.
Where the deal gets found
The links in the library show the kind of thing. Once the kind is chosen, the actual buying is a price comparison, delivered straight to the client's door. These are the places we compare; tell us the ones you already use and they go on the list.
- Amazon UK
widest range, delivery to the client's door, easy returns
- eBay UK
second-hand and refurbished; good for solid wood pieces at a fraction of new
- Temu
cheapest for small gadgets and caddies; slower delivery, check sizes twice
Before any looking starts: five questions
Most of the time research runs long, it is because one of these was missing. Send them as a message and the hour has a chance of staying an hour.
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1. Where would it go? A photo of the spot and the width, depth and height you have to play with.
most of the time lost in research is guessing whether something fits
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2. What are the two or three things it needs to do? (dinner table, craft desk, craft storage...)
the "several jobs" list decides the kind of piece
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3. What is the most you would want to spend on it?
a ceiling, not a target; it rules out half the internet
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4. Any words for the look you like? (light wood, white, dark, soft, plain...)
so the shortlist feels like yours
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5. Anything about lifting, reaching, bending or building it that I should design around?
assembly, height and weight are chosen up front, not discovered on the day
The message, ready to paste
Before I go looking, five quick things so the shortlist fits: 1. A photo of the spot, and the width, depth and height there is to play with. 2. The two or three things it needs to do (dinner table, craft desk, craft storage...). 3. The most you would want to spend on it. 4. Any words for the look you like (light wood, white, dark, soft, plain...). 5. Anything about lifting, reaching, bending or building it that I should design around. No rush, and rough numbers are fine. 💚 Kari
Local places
Shops, reuse projects and the council routes within reach of W13. For pointing people to, and, if you like the idea, for a conversation about looking after each other's clients. Any arrangement gets told to the client plainly; nothing is promised to anyone until it exists.