The brass lightswitch covers came from Home Depot. The chosen bits I intended to solder on to solid brass lightswitch cover plates. These have been lovingly collected over the years from many sources, but most came from our town dump. Step one was to gather material, so I dumped out my box of small brass bits and fished through them for some likely candidates. When it came time to change out the light switch plates, I thought I'd make a few in the Steampunk style.
We set about to remedy this post haste! We began by painting the walls a pleasant sage green and changing the woodwork from a dark brown stained pine to a contrasting French Cream. Thus, our bedroom was just about the most depressing of any of the rooms in our home. Our house was built in the 1970's and this means beige and brown decor. A couple of months ago The Lady and I came to the realization that we had painted the walls and woodwork in every room in our home except for the master bedroom.
