These are the rooms lived in every day — which is exactly why hazards here go unnoticed. A rug that's been in the same spot for a decade stops looking like a hazard and starts looking like furniture.
Loose rugs appear on nearly every national fall-prevention checklist as a leading tripping hazard — particularly where they sit at a change in flooring, like a room threshold.
If a rug can't be fully secured on all sides and edges, it's safer to remove it.
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A lamp or extension cord stretched across a room is invisible until the moment a foot catches it — and it's one of the easiest hazards to create without noticing.
Route cords along the baseboard instead of across open floor.
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Furniture that's accumulated or shifted over the years can quietly narrow the route through a room — easy to navigate from memory, harder when attention or balance is off.
Makes it realistic to actually reposition heavy pieces and open up a clear, wide path.
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Hallways connect the rooms used most — bedroom to bathroom, living room to kitchen — and a dark one shares the same risk as a dark staircase.
Placed at both ends of the hall, they light the path automatically.
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