Small Design Detail: Custom Switch Plates
Our previous cottage had standard plastic switch plates in every room. I never once thought about them, as they worked perfectly fine and neither enhanced nor downgraded the interior in my opinion. But when I designed this cottage, I wanted the organic feeling to extend through as many details as possible. So when I saw that the electricians whirled through the house and installed standard white plastic rocker switches, I was appreciative of their work, but not thrilled with the fact that I didn’t schedule myself to be on site that morning in order to chime in about the plates.
After calling to confirm that the local Repurpose Project would indeed take the plastic units if we chose to replace them, I decided we’d save up to swap them out gradually over time.
In the bathroom and bedrooms, I’ve slowly been replacing the plastic plate covers with unsealed wooden alternatives, which I stain with the custom blend of Rove & Dwell Natural Whey Stain that we’ve used throughout the woodwork in much of the house:
But for three specific areas, I wanted something particularly unique. One of those areas was the bedroom sink zone, where there was a rocker plate (that controls a porch light), which we upgraded this week with a Buster + Punch toggle.
It’s a small detail with a big impact, don’t you think?
