Creativity and Beauty
• Creating a typical Martha Child senior community is approximately a year long process combining intricate planning with design and logistical expertise. Designing a typical community for 100 residents consists of coordinating over 5,000-6,000 items.
• We handle design decisions on carpeting, paint, wallpaper, light fixtures, furnishings, artwork and accessories. We also design special furniture pieces that work specifically with the overall design of the home.
• Using the theories, best practices and innovative ideas established by Martha, a staff of over 15 designers executes the design process with Martha evaluating and reviewing each project.
• We oversee renovations and maintenance for many existing communities. Once completed, we will carry out periodic evaluations of the environment to determine a schedule for future renovations.

Focusing on the Needs of Seniors
We believe that a beautiful environment is a healthy environment.
• Designing a community for seniors is about:
- Enhancing a setting and adding emotion to it.
- Understanding local tastes and the native architecture of the area.
- Creating a community with sensitivity to the cultural and emotional attributes of the residents living there.
• Our goal is to connect with residents through their surroundings, ultimately providing them a higher quality of life.
• Bringing a senior living community to life requires a special understanding of the problems older people face including:

• Comfort
• Safety
• Affordability
• Maintainability
• Beauty

Human Factors Considerations
A beautiful atmosphere can make all the difference in the world. But beauty without functionality doesn't serve the needs of the residents, the staff or the sponsor of the community.

• Our staff is expert in understanding the human factors specifications
unique to these developments, including:
• Stability and mobility of furniture.
• Special issues such as incontinence: we offer creative ways to use materials in a dignified and eye-appealing manner.
• Designing and outfitting Alzheimer's facilities: we've earned national recognition for our life-skills installations. Using furniture and accessory items to support patterns of daily living, we design these installations to enhance feelings of success and accomplishment.
• We work with the operations staff and activity directors to ensure that furniture and accessories for each room work in conjunction with the activities envisioned.

Located in Virginia, how do you work throughout the U.S. and the world?

Martha Child Interiors will do $35 million of work in 20 states, Canada and England this year. Only about 15% of that work will be located within the states of Virginia and Maryland. We are experts in long distance installations with trucks and personnel criss-crossing the U.S. several times a month.