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How to Paint Patterns on Your Wheelchair

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

This young man shows us how he dis­as­sem­bled his wheel­chair and painted the frame and footrest in fancy pat­terns. (I’d rec­om­mend turn­ing off the sound  —  the instruc­tions are in text, and the back­ground music is dis­tract­ing.) He found a sym­bol on the web and cut it out of plas­tic to make a sten­cil for the footrest. […]

Another Steampunk Wheelchair! Professor Xavier Blings His Ride

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

This wheel­chair is totally imprac­ti­cal, non­sen­si­cal, flab­ber­gast­ing and fun! But if you have a poor old used-up pow­er­chair des­tined for the thrift store  —  or if you just want a few ideas to bling up your daily ride  —  this young man’s project offers major steamy inspi­ra­tion. This chair’s dec­o­ra­tion goes beyond brass fit­tings and dials. It’s an actual […]

Wheelchair Wedding Dance

Friday, August 27th, 2010

I’ve always thought of a couple’s first wed­ding dance as a close, slow, roman­tic waltz. But of course that wouldn’t work as well if one party is in a wheel­chair (if it would work at all  —  I need to look around You Tube some more for exam­ples!) This cou­ple has really solved the dif­fi­culty, a created […]

How to be beautiful in a wheelchair

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

How can you feel beau­ti­ful in a wheel­chair, whether it’s tem­po­rary or per­ma­nent? These Wik­i­How authors have some sug­ges­tions, among them “Dec­o­rate your chair”. I can get behind that one!  They sug­gest sea­sonal dec­o­rat­ing for the hol­i­days, which is a neat idea.  Maybe make pat­terns in col­ored tape, that can be peeled off for the […]