Covering Plates
09Jan08
As we have remodeled our kitchen I have had to do quite a bit of rearranging electrical. Since we moved everything to the opposite walls there are spots were we had power, that we no longer need it. For example we had a fan above our stove, and a light above our sink. Now we just have a blank coverplate over the junction box. I came across this great idea at Interior design room to make the invisible visible. I actually like the idea of making it a design element instead of just trying to hide it. Whether it will actually look good or not…. we’ll see.
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Perhaps you can arrange them horizontally like subway tiles…
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Punch the boxes above the finish ceiling. Get some topping coat at the Depot and mud the holes flush with the ceiling. Sand them out. And it will be like they were never there……
Seth, if I had an electrician, I’m pretty sure he would hate you. You should never bury a junction box.
Actually you can. Typically you cap the box, or terminate the lines into a j-box that has a plate. These can set above the ceiling, if you have enough slack in the lines. But yeah, don’t mud over the actual connections, just cap it and fix the hole. And yes, all electricians hate me. Even my dad.
Brilliant! This will make a functional, creative & CHEAP back splash over my kitchen countertops. Even better, the plates can be painted or wrapped in any interesting material that will fold sharply around the edge of the plates.