Here's a post on on Jones Design Company about dressing up light switches & outlet covers using scapbooking paper & Modge Podge.
I've already replaced about 90% of our light switches and outlet covers with new.
However, there was one in my son's room that was just plain white, and since he has a nautical theme in red & blue, I thought it would be fun to try it out.
I've never used Modge Podge (although it does remind me of the watered down school glue that we used to make votive candle holders out of jars and tissue paper in college!)
My first try was with a water-looking patterned paper- and I totally blew it. I wasn't thinking & placed it face down on the table to fix the edges... it stuck to the newspaper I was working on...
So after cleaning up that mess, I found this pattern that would work:
Definitely not camouflaging the outlet with the wall, but for a kids' room, I don't mind.
There's one little wrinkle that I'm not happy about, but for a first try I think it came out pretty well!
And I'd have a wide shot of it- but his room was too messy!
Will try to snap one the next time we are expecting company- since that's the #1 way to get him to clean it!
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