Monday, August 18, 2008

Switch Plates

Some of the light switch plates in our new apartment are messed up: cracked, or smudged with old paint, and then there's one dimmer switch we want to replace so we can use CFLs without flicker.

Obviously, my first instinct is to go with a classic:


That's for use with a standard toggle switch:


But our whole apartment uses those low-profile rocker switches, like this:


So I had the idea to make a big poster-sized adaptation of the David switch plate:


You'd have to find a switch far enough from the nearest door so there's enough room, but I think it would be a funny gag.

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