Celebrity designer Nate Berkus once said: “Your home should tell the story of who you are, and be a collection of what you love.” Adding personality to your home can often feel like an expensive ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Most light switch plates are fairly straightforward and utilitarian — white or off-white, unembellished, fitted to the wall just so, and ...

A. Scratch a designer and she’ll say, "Lutron." Lutron (lutron.com) is a company that makes lighting control equipment, such as dimmers. Dimmers need switch plates, hence Lutron makes them, in both ...

Archaic light switches might as well be from the stone age. All they do is turn a light on and off. They can't dim lighting gently or remember the brightness level you prefer. Outdated switches don't ...

Consider the lowly switch plate: cheap and plastic, pasty in color, and typically overlooked by even the most discerning aesthete. We obsess over paints and wallpapers and even the color of the trim, ...

Usually, adding a nightlight means taking up precious outlet space or fiddling with electrical wiring. But SnapPower’s GuideLights and SafeLights outlet covers and SwitchLights light switch plates are ...

A writer discovers infinite variety (and price points) in custom light-switch plates. By Eve M. Kahn This article is part of our latest special report on Design, which is about getting personal with ...

There are as many varieties of smart light switches (and dimmers) as there are light bulbs, and while the prospect of upgrading your old dumb switch might seem daunting, they’re usually pretty simple ...

My house was built in the 50s, with wiring from that time period. I'm trying to understand how to connect a modern switch up in the place of an existing old one and it just isn't making sense to me. I ...