Van Deusen Design

After our son was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in 2004, we knew that at some point we were going to have to make the house handicap accessible. We met with several builders to discuss how to make our house accessible and none of them followed up with us, which left us frustrated. In August of 2013, Mackenzie fell down the stairs at a friend?s house. He fractured his arm and injured his knee. At that point, he could no longer go up and down the stairs to his bedroom so we moved his bed to the dining room. We knew we had to find someone to help us redesign our living space. We started looking for an interior designer since our previous experience with contractors was unproductive. A few were found in the Chattanooga area, but the one I kept going back to was Beth Van Deusen. I emailed Beth and briefly described what we were looking for and I actually told her that if she didn?t have time to take this project on to please not my waste my time. She called me that evening and we scheduled a day for her to come to the house and meet with us. Within a couple of weeks she had three drafts for us to review. Beth provided us with one option that we had never even considered which ended up being the one we chose. She understood what we needed to accomplish from a handicap accessible perspective. She was patient and listened to every change we came up with. She kept us on track and guided us away from bad ideas. It was exciting to see the design come to life