| Do you want to know what the latest trend is to hit | | | | room that flows from corner to corner, beginning and |
| the home interior market? I'll give you a few hints. This | | | | ending with your new switch plate. Anyone who has |
| item is used every day by each member of your | | | | ever attempted to match accent pieces to paint on a |
| family, in every room in your home. The majority of | | | | wall is fully aware that it's nearly an impossible task. |
| your houseguests usually won't even notice it, unless | | | | Your paint color of choice needs to come from one of |
| of course, it's something out of the ordinary. You can | | | | your accent pieces in the room, whether it be a pillow, |
| purchase new ones with prices starting at about $.25, | | | | wall border, stencil or switch plate. Keep in mind that an |
| but they can cost much more than that. They can be | | | | entire switch plate can fit nicely into a purse to easily |
| square in shape, oval, round, or can mimic just about | | | | carry from store to store in search of perfectly |
| anything. They can be shaped like a dog, flower, UFO, | | | | matching accents! |
| or just about anything else. Give up? It's a switch plate! | | | | Finally, the right switch plate can easily double as a |
| Long gone are the days of plain white rectangles and | | | | central "work of art" or "masterpiece" on your wall. For |
| brass American Eagles in your grandmother's living | | | | generations, switch plates were "hidden" on a wall and |
| room, as switch plates are gaining some serious | | | | weren't supposed to be seen. Plain white walls are |
| ground in the realm of home decorating. Not only are | | | | now being seen adorned with a single Fleur de Lis |
| these creative doo-dads adding a splash of spice and | | | | design on a switch plate, with matching candle |
| color to a drab room, but also quickly becoming the | | | | sconces and wrought iron lamps and chandeliers to |
| focal point and/or muse for the room's décor. In | | | | create a theme within the light aspects of a room. |
| other words, instead of adding the finishing touch to | | | | Solid, antique brass switch plates on the burgundy |
| your newly redecorated to renovated room with a | | | | painted walls of a dining room, with eggshell white |
| fancy, new switch plate, it can actually be your starting | | | | crown molding and chair rails, with complimenting table |
| point- and you build the rest of the room around it! | | | | centerpiece and light fixtures pull your room together |
| After you've chosen your switch plate, you can easily | | | | and complete the look. It's time to finish your beginning |
| match the colors and/or patterns to the wall paint and | | | | touches...with switch plates! |
| trim, window treatments and area rugs, creating a | | | | |