Switch plates and Wall plates

We need to replace some of the switch plates and wall plates in our house. The ones in the master bedroom are going to be first. We are painting the walls BM Saybrook Sage and the windows and doors have a wood trim.

What would you suggest for the switch plates and wall plates? Wood? Silver/stainless steel? Other?? I need some advice thanks!

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We have wood trim in the bathroom...and replaced the switchplates with wood ones that we stained. In our bedrooms and office we have have wood trim around the doors but have white switchplates. as we repaint the rooms we might change to wood.

I think it depends on your decoration in the rooms.

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We have the white ones that dont show any screws

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the silver/stainless steel may show fingerprints very easily.

we have white trim in our house, so we have white outlets (FFIL replaced all of the sockets when we first bought the house) and we put white plates on them.

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we have white ones everywhere and silver plated in the living room & kitchen

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I like the wood paintable/stainable ones. I have the ones in the bedrooms painted the same color as the walls. In my main area, I had the same thing but when we renovated, we got new outlets and they put white. I have yet to replace them with the wood painted ones but eventually will. I like when they blend in.

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Posted by Lisa

Posted by MrsPowers

Posted by Lisa

We have wood trim in the bathroom...and replaced the switchplates with wood ones that we stained. In our bedrooms and office we have have wood trim around the doors but have white switchplates. as we repaint the rooms we might change to wood.

I think it depends on your decoration in the rooms.

Thanks! I was thinking of staining the wood ones. Where did you get yours if I can ask?

got them at Home Depot. they have the basic sizes and configurations but if you need something different you might have to order it.

They were only like $3.50 a plate. Thats a pretty good price!!

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Thanks everyone!!!! I appreciate all your help!

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We have white trim throughout the house and are switching everything to white switches/outlets and plates.

This house had something different on every outlet & switch

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Posted by lorich

We have white trim throughout the house and are switching everything to white switches/outlets and plates.

This house had something different on every outlet & switch

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I bought several switchplate covers from e-bay seller pacific10112.

They have hundreds of styles and I was able to match things like my bedspread, color of my rooms, room style, etc. I kept each room consistent, but used several of their styles in my house.

here are some of the styles they have for sale now. They look better in person and there are some totally different ones if you don't like these. (They also have outlet ones, the ones for the big switches and double ones).

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A lot of the ones that I replaced are either paintable wood ones to match the door and window frames that I also painted, or clear covers that accept a swatch of fabric, paper, wallpaper, etc. In our bathroom, we have a wallpaper border, so I took a swatch from there, and put that in the plate, so it matches exactly. I got all of them from HomeDepot.

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We have white trim throughout the house and I went with a brushed nickel finish. No issue with fingerprints.

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I covered the white plastic ones with decoupages tissue paper and it looks really cool. I don't have pics but if you FM I can send them to you and pics when I get home. I am visiting my sister right now

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We got something very similar to this at Lowes. They go very well with all the old original molding in our house. I think they were $4 or $5 each. It added up to be $$$, but they look so good that it was worth it.

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Thanks everyone! I will definitely look into Home Depot and Lowes. So many decisions.