There are many choices when it comes to choosing the right electrical switches for your house or apartment. Long gone are the days when you only had a choice of plain white plastic for a switch cover or the switch itself.

Your local DIY home improvement center such as Home Depot or Lowe’s, stocks more than just plain white plastic switches and switch covers. These stores have many different colors from the normal white, through to many different bold colors such as yellow, red, green and blue. Metal switches varying from a bronze or chrome finish to polished nickel and brushed steel switches and covers.

While plastic light switches can look absolutely brilliant with the right decor, you need to consider how they will look with certain décors and if you change the room you will most likely need to change the light switches and light switch covers to go with the decor.

Wood paneled rooms require a different style than a plain painted room. If you wish to purchase light switches that will go with any decor the brushed stainless steel light switches will fit in with a wide range of decor and are very unlikely to need changing at any point in the future as you remodel the room. Brushed stainless steel switches are much tougher and harder wearing than plastic light switches. They are easy to keep clean and germ free.

In modern home decorating choosing the right light switch and cover for your rooms does require some thought if you are to achieve the best effect. It is not worth spending a small fortune on redecorating a room only to skimp on the electrical fixtures and ruin the overall effect that you were trying to achieve. Brushed stainless steel light switches and cover plates work the best in most redecorating situations.

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