E99: InvisiYouth Chat Sessions with owner and principal interior designer of Blue Copper Design, Maegan Blau

It’s the Season 6 FINALE episode, so we had to celebrate in style not only bringing on a brand new special guest, but someone that had created a business of interior design that’s beautiful and functional. It’s the founder and principal designer of Blue Copper Design, Maegan Blau. After an accident 15 years ago left Maegan with a spinal cord injury and became a wheelchair user, Maegan took her love of interior design and her challenging experience of finding an accessible and beautiful home and created her own interior design company in 2018. Blue Copper Design, based in Arizona, fuses modern, southwest aesthetic with barrier-free design so clients are empowered to have beautiful homes that are functional for their needs. And they relay even more advice online for all those looking to make their spaces accessible and beautiful. Here’s our Four Hot Takeaways: At 3:34, Maegan examines all of her ‘lasts’ like the last design in a home she became obsessed with, the last new restaurant she went to, the last time she watched a home renovation TV show as actually an episode she was on. At 12:16 Dominique and Maegan talk all about Maegan’s origin story of going from homebuyer to interior designer, why it’s valuable for our personal spaces to mirror our aesthetics and functional needs, the reasons it’s important to break the mentality that you can should adapt to live in your own home, and the top tips to mention to a realtor, construction worker or yourself when making your non-negotiables during the house/apartment hunt. INTERMISSION STORY TIME at 31:02 brings the humor as Maegan tells the story of when she worked at Lululemon and fell backwards in her wheelchair while ringing out a customer and had a good laugh as her coworkers had to find her. And the final segment at 35:21 gets deep in the interior design feels as Maegan and Dominique talk about the ways you can bring some styling and accessible projects to your home without a full renovation, what’s the difference between renovating communal spaces versus private spaces in your home, how to get creative when figuring out renovation projects so you tackle one room at a time, and why it’s not you, in the space, when it comes to making it functional and beautiful for each person. Please like, comment, subscribe and share this episode, follow Maegan @bluecopperdesign on Instagram! Donate during our Donate Match Campaign until New Years Eve on our website (www.invisiyouthcharity.com/donate) and all donations will be matched by a private board member! Please check out the InvisiYouth Charity Shop to buy yourself or someone you care about our limited edition Subtle Activist Color Block bracelet on www.etsy.com/shop/invisiyouthcharity with free shipping globally, and please support InvisiYouth Charity by donating, following and joining our programs and community @invisiyouth!Wanna support our nonprofit?Watch on YouTubeShopInstagramTwitterFacebookDonate