The biggest thing and the hardest thing is persuading everyone else to be tidy. I have a place for everything and if you don't put it back there, you will get the rough edge of my personality because no I cannot just see that it's four inches to the right of where it should be. Start training the family!

I would also think having a home for everything is important for both of you start doing, so the remote always goes back on to the coffee table, not sometimes, same for keys, always on that hook not sometimes

Things in the bathroom could be more important like tubes of toothpaste vs tube of ointment

I would recommend that you install handrails on any stairs and make sure the ones that you do have are sturdy. Sooner later you’re going to start relying on the more they probably do now. Also I’m a big fan of a video doorbell ringer so that you don’t have to open the door at all I can find out who’s out there before you find out that it’s something awful.

Smart speakers and anything that can hook into them like washer dryer, thermostat especially. We have a Rachio smart sprinkler box so we can control it from the phone. Maybe get into a system of buying reusable spice jars. Your spouse can write print labels. You can check out something called Way Around. They have stickers and magnets where you use an app on your phone to write data to it. Then, when you bring your phone near the sticker, it reads whatever data you wrote to it with the screen reader on your phone. This last one is probably down the road since it still sounds like you've got vision!

If you are not currently living with your future spouse, and they are not VI, that is going to be the biggest adjustment. Otherwise you’re going to have arguments revolving around “where’s my stuff” and “why didn’t you put that back where it goes?!” Which will really kill the honeymoon vibe. My wife’s shoes are the bane of my existence. She kicks them off to chill on the couch but instead of tucking them under a table or putting them to the side they lay right in front and then the dogs kick them in the walkway and boom! I trip. Good luck.

Get training. Get someone to train and help you in Independent living skills for the blind and learn to adapt things do things as a blind person there are some people who come out to your house to help with this. You could also go to some blind centeres and train. Learn to use your remaining vision and also use a sleep shade to learn to completely do things as a totally blind person. It will help you adjust and adapt so you don’t have nothing or freak out and panic when you’re totally blind. Learn mobility and learn to use a cane. Also train in assistive technology now I am talking about training. There are instructors for this.

This is last likely already spoken. I grew up with a totally blind dad. This helps: do not move the furniture. Keep it simple. Don’t use sharp corners if possible (like a square table plus those squishy things on) and walk them through the place until they know it. Period. ❤️

This isn’t a whole lot of advice, but, its a little.

I personally can see, not a lot, but I can. The worse place for me is the shower because I don’t shower with my glasses on, so I have basically no vision while I’m in the shower.

On the shampoo and conditioner bottles, my mom labels them with big (C)s all over the bottle. One in each corner on the front, and two on other side between the corners on the front, six in all. We do the same on the shampoo, but with (S)s instead.

The kitchen is also hard because we have so many different things, all sorts of bowls, plates, cups, silverware, Tupperware, measuring tools, and lot and lot actually food. Spices, crackers, chips, bread, candy, nuts, you name it! I have a hard time finding anything because my family doesn’t always put things away in the same place. So, I suggest, you and your spouse make sure you have only what you need and little extra. It’ll help you keep things organized and tidy. Make sure both of you know where things belong, and make sure that the two of you put things back where they belong after using them, that way, it’s easier to find. Anything that’s dirty, in the case of the kitchen, make sure you have your spots for dirty dishes. For us, the counter to the right of the sink is where dirty dishes go, or the dishwasher, which happens to be right below that same counter. Clean dishes that are drying are on the counter to the left of the sink, or are in the left sink itself. The right sink is for washing, the left for drying and wet dishes.

Hope this is helpful! I’ll try to think of more and let ya know asap!

It sounds like having a place for everything and making sure fiends and family puts everything in its place is key! I’m wondering if labeling everything so those who are sighted know where to put things back will help. Maybe that’s extra, but I’m trying to make things as easy as possible