HIGH RISING Aging expert Lisa Cini designed her Park Towers condo in a modern style. The mural of Rome is produced by LED lighting.
AN AGING EXPERT RENOVATES A NEAR EAST CONDOMINIUM WITH THE FUTURE IN MIND. BY TAYLOR SWOPE
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isa Cini knows how to create beautiful living spaces. As the founder of a firm that that specializes in designing spaces for people transitioning into their senior years, Cini fully believes in the aging-in-space concept. She often encourages clients to make adjustments to their current living spaces for longevity instead of feeling that they must move to an assisted living facility or a nursing home. “It doesn’t have to be clinical,” she says of a home. “You don’t have to compromise your design aesthetic.” Cini is the owner of the Mosaic Design Studio, and its work focuses on senior living and independent care communities, healthcare facilities, corporate offices and the hospitality industry. Her professional experience informed recent relocation decisions for her family and her parents. Cini says four generations of her family were living in her former Bexley home. After their children went to college, she and her husband reevaluated their situation, and they started searching for smaller homes that would allow the two of them to eventually age in place. With this thought in mind, Cini and her husband purchased a unit to renovate in Park Towers on East Broad Street, just across the street from Franklin Park Conservatory. A second unit was purchased to accommodate her parents, who live on the floor below.
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