Saturday, October 11, 2014

Switch

All the lightswitch covers look like this. Institutional, characterless. Most also are marred, won't clean up. This has been one of those little things I've wanted to deal with for the last two years. But it's so trivial, compared to insulation, sinks and cracks.



Searched around, and all I could find was more of the same, or just plastic expense, and a slew of etsy instructions for how to adapt your own. Lots of découpage. So, I thought, I have stuff, I have glue... .

I have imagination. And tape. Looked around, and after a few external forays, I also realized I have origami paper. And foil tea wrappers. And it doesn't have to be perfect, just colorful, and unique.



We see these as ephemeral, easily changed, impermanent. Bits of paper, disposable, if interesting, wrappers repurposed.

Little things.



4 comments:

Phil Plasma said...

Great idea though I don't think my wife would approve. She prefers a clean classic look.

Zhoen said...

Phil,
Understood. I figured out why these bugged me so much. They are identical to the ones at work. So, yeah, institutional.

Fresca said...

I have a friend who makes wonderful switchplate covers---I have some that I don't need and when my body and brain spring back from feeling flattened by my new job (which I LOVE), I will send you one.

Zhoen said...

Fresca,

Sounds lovely. But I'm all covered, and I like the slapdashedness of it all.