The last four pieces I made for the challenge were something I have been thinking of doing for over a year. We recently re-tiled our kitchen counters, adding a splash protection of tile up the wall. Once the tiles were up, grouted and dry we discovered to our dismay that the switchplate covers did not fit!
Not finished
The kitchen remodel included updating the electrical to code so that left 11 switches and sockets and their covers at eye level in the kitchen. 6 of them in the border of the tile. God bless my husband’s patience. After 3 months of stewing (the tile was beautiful and the ugly socket holes just that UGLY) I came up with the idea of using old mouse pads, carving them up and painting them. After experimenting I ended up with craft foam from the big M. I made two covers and then there were holidays and adventures and I dropped the project.
Still damp
The first two covers I made were free hand and every thing that could go wrong, did go wrong, so I knew I had to come up with a different way of making them or live with ugly holes in the wall.
While cogitating on what small items I could make for this challenge I thought of the switchplate covers early on, but shied away from the frustrating task. Then in an epiphany I thought of making them using my art journaling techniques, specifically rubber stamps. I rummaged among my stamps and couldn’t come up with anything that would work in the kitchen. So as per the last post I made my own.
Today I will install the plates, scrub them down and enjoy the fun and not-quite perfect addition to my kitchen.
Switchplate with recipe
Small switchplate
