switchplates

do you have plain white ones or decorative ones in your home?... if decorative, please post pics

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We have a mixture of decorative ones and wood ones that I stained.

Here are some pictures

Decorative ones in the bathroom


Decorative in the bathroom


Wood ones (not a great pic but we have wood ones in the BRs, LR, DR, hallway and great room)



Not a great picture but we have stainless steel ones in the kitchen (for the outlets and the switches)

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I have these in DD's nursery (on the light switches and outlets):

(although mine are white w/pale pink undertones and have a more distressed finish)

I have these antique brass switchplates/outlet covers throughout the family room and dining room:

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we have white plain switch plates (DHs decision) I wanted decorative but oh well.....it is BETTER than what the previous owners had (or didnt have any switch plate!)

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I have decorative ones all through the house...
Bronze in the living room
Copper in the bedroom
Plain white, but decorative in the kitchen
and
Southwest style in the den.

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we have wood ones in most of the rooms

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I changed them all, I have a brushed nickel, I think they look nicer than plain white. Edited to add, actually my Dad changed them all

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We have plain white ones for now. I am starting this fall to do each room. We have odd switches, so I need to truly look for plates I like

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I have some antique looking switchplates that I bought at Violet's Blue in Sayville. I don't have any phots but they look like an old fashioned piece of dentelle molding. HTH

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We have a mix. House came with plain white ones . When I painted the kitchen, DS's bedroom and stairwell, I bought unpainted wooden ones, and painted them to match the trim paint. For one bathroom, I bought clear plastic ones that you can insert paper. I cut out sections of the wallpaper border that I had in the bathroom, so the switches match the border. DD has a brushed brass coverplate (I didn't make or modify that one...
)
I got the plain wooden ones and the plastic insert ones from HD.

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With the exception of the bathroom - which is white - everything else is made by Hamilton in Brushed Nickel (shown in bronze patina)

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I have stone switchplates in the kitchen to match the stone backsplash:



Otherwise, I have switchplates to match the walls so they don't stick out.

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I decoupaged some plastic ones once I saw the prices for decorative ones. I'll take some pics:

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thanks ladies! we have decorative ones for the living room/dining room/hallway and kitchen... i'm just trying to figure out what i want to do for our bedroom and our extra room downstairs.

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In the rooms that are straight painted we painted the white outlets to blend into the walls. In the rooms with a faux finish, the switchplates got fauxed as well

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We've done the kitchen, hallway and our bedroom so far. We are getting new switchplates as we redo rooms! We got them all at Home Depot.
This is in the kitchen & hallway:

This is in the bedroom - matches our lamps perfectly

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If you don't mind my asking, we have the same switchplates (lower one) in our bedroom and can't find lamps that we like. Where did you get the lamps that match the switchplate?

Thanks!

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