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Originally Posted by Tenebrae
Wow. Those are pretty interesting, Robino1! Funnily enough, I was just looking at light switch plates last night. I have the need for some oversized plates to cover up some rough / missing drywall. I was browsing one of the cabinet hardware links and found some very cool light cover plate as well. Let's see if I can remember where...
The big box hardware stores are actually expanding out and have some very nice selections these days. Check out Home Depot, Lowes, and Menard's.
If your tastes range to the, uh, less traditional (like Robino1's link), you might also look on Etsy for some one of a kind art pieces. I am seriously considering a nice Cthulhu light switch cover for my bedroom. Not dead, but dreaming.
Oh man. I looked at chiluvr1228's link and it was crazy expensive for everything I saw. Nice looking stuff, though.
In my particular case, I am in love with the metallic plates that are all fancy, but my mother freaked out at having metal around electrical, especially in the BATHROOM, and nixed that idea. Probably going to put a nice ceramic plate in there.
-T.
The first link you posted, they actually have different colored switches not just the cover plate.
The Legrand Adorne that was linked earlier looks light it might be a slight compromise for you. You're right - the British rocker switches are so much nicer looking.
The "guts" of them would certainly work in the US. The issues is that the they are NOT certified as "safe" by the UL, which is sort of the privately funded (by insurance industry) authority that controls the verification. The other thing is that those things are SIZED internally to fit in the metric built junction boxes. Apparently there was a time when Australia was on "imperial units" and part of the "charm" of old homes down under is a nightmare for electrical contractors trying to retrofit things. Maybe there are sources of "old fashioned" stuff that would work...
About to remodel my place on the west coast and I've realised that light switches in the states are uniformly terrible. I see everything from 60k condos to $6m homes with the same god awful huge white plastic white light switches.
Is anyone aware of a good source of nice looking "designer" light switches?
I would personally go with motion sensor switches.
The reason Debora switches are used is simple. Cheap. Hey look clean and thecswitch itself doesn't stick out like the typical toggle switches do.
My pet peeve is when someone has bone colored switches and receptacles and they put WHITE cover plates. It's a serious "WTF are you thinking" moment for me. To me it reeks of laziness and I'm too cheap to actually do it right,
I would need 9 of the single, 2 of double, 2 of the triple and few of the others. That is over $166 just for the singles. Can I justify spending that $$$ on just light plates?
Cat
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The issue is really not "technical" in an electrical context ...
