It was time to spruce up the interior just a bit more. With our electrical mostly completed, I wanted to get some cover plates on all the switches and outlets. Along with providing safety by having the wires covered and electrical boxes enclosed, putting on the cover plates will also give us another boost by making the walls look ever more polished and a bit more finished. In less visible locations, such as behind the fridge, we went with cheap white cover plates.
You can see from those photos above that, as always, I’m far behind in my posting–no, I’m not wearing a beanie in California (at least not where we live) in August!
For the spots where we’ll see the switches/outlets regularly, we wanted to keep with our wood motif.
We found some nice, simple wooden plates at Lowe’s. Finally, something made out of wood in the tiny house that we didn’t craft ourselves! Although we didn’t make them, they came unfinished, so we did still have to put our Polycrylic finish on them. So, more sanding, sealing, sanding, sealing, etc.!
The plates are made from birch and have a metal backing to reduce fire risk. The birch introduces yet another flavor of wood into the house, but also being light-colored wood, they match nicely with the pine and redwood. And, they’re really a quite attractive offset against the white-washed walls!
Unfortunately, Lowe’s didn’t have any three-gang plate covers, but we needed one–just one!–for the three switches by the front door. Luckily, the internet came to the rescue! I was able to find the exact same style of covers at Wayfair, where they carried a 3-gang option.
One more step completed! Hygge Hale continues to emerge one little bit at a time…
Fantastic ingenuity. It looks remarkable. Love-it.