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Nothing wrong with that and I never claimed there was. You absolutely should get something that matches your wall/tile/paper.
Usually that is your standard white plate (metal or plastic doesn't matter to me just so long as they all match; ditto for size and style), but occasionally other plate colors make sense. I'm sure your stainless steel plates will look just fine on a grey wall.
My issue was with the folly of just rolling paint over the plates and devices. And yeah, I will always stand by that as being tacky.
In our last house we had our movie theater room pre-wired for surround sound speakers/projector so we did paint the plates to blend in with the dark gray wall and ceiling paint. We didn't "prep" them though.
IF you are going to paint your plates, remove them first, paint them separately, and then let the paint dry before screwing them onto your device/wall.
Otherwise you will be using a razor blade to remove them in the future and you will damage your wall doing so.
I have during my time removed plates that have had multiple layers of paint on them. Usually little bits of the wet paint seep around the back side, and it's sometimes interesting to see the history of the house: tacky puke green, then blue, the pink, then white, then dark green....always interesting to see what's in vogue over the decades and/or between home owners.
This is a good list! I know everyone has different opinions though. I guess it keeps things interesting.
1. Open shelves in kitchen. It is so cheap. And your stuff will get all dusty. And the lack of storage sucks.
2. Garage additions where they don't level the floors or change driveway layout.
3. Builder grade stuff. A lot of it is just cheap and doesn't last long.
4. Full see-through glass front doors without blinds. Talk about a lack of privacy and safety.
5. Farmhouse sinks. They are too deep and may require lots of bending over.
6. Vessel sinks in bathroom. I have one and can't wait to get rid of it. It is not functional and is hard to clean.
7. Multiple shower heads. Unless you have really good water pressure it doesn't work.
8. Solar tubes on the roof to add more light. I can so see them leaking.
8. Solar tubes on the roof to add more light. I can so see them leaking.
Agree with everything you've said except this last one. I've added solar tubes to the last three houses I've owned and they have been superb at bringing light to dark rooms and hallways. I've never had one leak or fail; the most I've ever had to do is clean out some bugs.
Now REGULAR skylights: yup, have had several leakers over the years.
Heck the "open concept" used to be the only way to build a house for our ancestors:
We're just returning to the great hall, just with a more efficient layout.
Depends on how far back you go. In the 1700s and early 1800s, the kitchen was not only not open to the rest of the house, it was in a separate building. Kitchens burned down a lot, they were smoky places, they smelled bad. They did not want ant of tat connected to and spreading into the house, so the kitchen was separate like a detached garage.
Our house was "modernized" in 1868 by rolling the small milking barn up against the back of the house and attaching it to make a new fangled attached kitchen (for short people only - milking barns have low ceilings or at least this one did).
Agree with everything you've said except this last one. I've added solar tubes to the last three houses I've owned and they have been superb at bringing light to dark rooms and hallways. I've never had one leak or fail; the most I've ever had to do is clean out some bugs.
Now REGULAR skylights: yup, have had several leakers over the years.
We added two solartubes to our house when we re-roofed it. That was in 2006. No leaks, not problems. My only regret is that I did not put in more of them.
My favorite thing about them is nighttime lightening storms. They carry the flashes of lightening into the upstairs hall and we get to have a strobe light dance party
IF you are going to paint your plates, remove them first, paint them separately, and then let the paint dry before screwing them onto your device/wall.
Otherwise you will be using a razor blade to remove them in the future and you will damage your wall doing so.
I have during my time removed plates that have had multiple layers of paint on them. Usually little bits of the wet paint seep around the back side, and it's sometimes interesting to see the history of the house: tacky puke green, then blue, the pink, then white, then dark green....always interesting to see what's in vogue over the decades and/or between home owners.
And don’t forget to lightly sand or scuff the plate so the paint will hold longer.
Depends on how far back you go. In the 1700s and early 1800s, the kitchen was not only not open to the rest of the house, it was in a separate building. Kitchens burned down a lot, they were smoky places, they smelled bad. They did not want ant of tat connected to and spreading into the house, so the kitchen was separate like a detached garage.
Our house was "modernized" in 1868 by rolling the small milking barn up against the back of the house and attaching it to make a new fangled attached kitchen (for short people only - milking barns have low ceilings or at least this one did).
I toured a historic house (now basically a museum) and a woman asked, "would the room normally have been this crowded with furniture?" The tour guide's answer was "Yes, if not more so. The style was many rooms, filled with things." The kitchen had similarly had a hallway built at some point in the late 19th century to connect it to the house. Fire and heat (the house was in the South) were the main reasons.
Nothing wrong with that and I never claimed there was. You absolutely should get something that matches your wall/tile/paper.
Usually that is your standard white plate (metal or plastic doesn't matter to me just so long as they all match; ditto for size and style), but occasionally other plate colors make sense. I'm sure your stainless steel plates will look just fine on a grey wall.
My issue was with the folly of just rolling paint over the plates and devices. And yeah, I will always stand by that as being tacky.
I agree. It is lazy and creates more work down the line.
Hate hate hate kitchen vent hoods that don't actually vent. Grease needs to be exhausted out, not recirculated back at your face and grease up everything. Builders are too lazy to put in actual ductwork in the walls.
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