Our Poverty with a View » changing a light switch http://www.ourpovertywithaview.com Painting, sanding and spackling our house into a home Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:49:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Cheap and Easy http://www.ourpovertywithaview.com/2010/02/cheap-and-easy/ http://www.ourpovertywithaview.com/2010/02/cheap-and-easy/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:34:42 +0000 Brittney http://www.ourpovertywithaview.com/2010/02/cheap-and-easy/ That’s how to describe this quick home update. Our light switch in our office was looking a little drab. Off to Home Depot and $1.45 later we were the proud owners of a new white light switch and plate cover. Our wiring is pretty old so we followed the directions here to make sure we were connecting the wires correctly.

Here we have the old light switch-ugly and scary looking.

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Step 1: Turn OFF the power. This is important.

Step 2: Remove the old light switch plate

IMG_1806 Step 3: Remove the screws holding the actual light switch into the wall

IMG_1807 Step 4: Carefully unscrew the old wires from the light switch. Make sure you either mark or remember where each wire goes on the light switch.

IMG_1808 Step 5: Screw the wires to the new switch and then re-attach the switch to the wall.

IMG_1809 Step 6: Attach new wall plate. Stomp your feet when you realize your new wall plate is a teensy bit smaller than the old one. Dig out old paint and touch up the paint.

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Step 7: Re-attach wall switch after you’ve let the paint dry. Enjoy your beautification!

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