''Creating a Lifelong Home''

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Join us for this unique opportunity to learn how to change your living spaces to improve your mobility, your sense of well-being and your life – into old age. This talk is especially geared toward baby boomers and families choosing to age at home. Award winning interior designer, speaker and author, Lisa Bonneville, will present the steps to planning and creating a lifelong home with a case study on this transformative process. Light refreshments and optional showroom tour, courtesy of TOTO.  Speaker:   Lisa Bonneville, FASID, is a certified interior designer who has, for over 30 years, created lifelong living environments for hundreds of clients on residential, corporate, healthcare and retail projects. She applies the precepts of Accessibility and Universal Design and believes that incorporating connections to nature is life affirming and sustains good health.  Lisa is a fellow of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), serves on the Advisory Board of the Mass Interior Design Coalition (MIDC), spent 7 years on the National Fire Protection (NFPA) Technical Committee for Furnishings and Contents, authored the book The Safe Home, Designing for Safety in the Home, chaired the board of trustees of the Boston Architectural College, was named a Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Small Business Person of the Year, was inducted into the New England Design Hall of Fame, has employed and mentored design students, delivered Meals on Wheels to shut-ins for 18 years, and is a charter member of the Americans with Disabilities (ADA) Advisory Committee for her town of Manchester, MA.  Venue: TOTO is the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of plumbing fixtures. For over 90 years, they have produced superbly designed, high performance lifestyle enhancing plumbing products for residential bathrooms and commercial restrooms. They are committed to achieving the seamless integration of performance, conservation, technology, and innovation. The Boston TOTO Showroom is not a retail store, but is used by TOTO distributors in New England to demonstrate the actual installation and use of their exceptional fixtures. TOTO is a national ASID Industry Partner (IP-ASID).