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Alex Dvoryadkin

BLISSFUL BEDROOMS

DIYers team up to create cool rooms for disabled kids.

By Jon Kalish

For the last three years, a group of New York City DIYers have been doing weekend bedroom makeovers for young people in wheelchairs. Blissful Bedrooms, founded by the husband and wife team of photographer Alex Dvoryadkin and physical therapist Martha Gold-Dvoryadkin, has no paid staff. The volunteer group pays for building supplies and materials used for handmade interior decor with donations solicited online.

Blissful Bedrooms celebrates the passions of the disabled youths while making their bedrooms more functional. Wall murals are painted ...

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