Welcome to The Glade, where the second generation of renovations has just begun and the mania about our home, music and other passions fill our days and nights.
We’re Charlie and Jo in the music world; Mary Jo and Charles to family; and JoJo and Charlie to each other. We are renovating a midcentury house in a Victorian historic district where we want to live there the rest of our lives. It's a 1946 house located in Maryland. We were married in this house.
Thus far (pre-blog) we refinished cabinets, added a window seat (still working on the cushion), rearranged a wall in the guest house due to sink/vanity replacement, planted a vegetable garden, and other quick and not-so-quick fixes. So this latest zeal for construction is the result of my having lived here since 1997 and feeling a need to ready the house for the next chapter and beyond.
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8 thoughts on “Switch Plate Switcheroo”
Looks great, where we are (MI) it’s code to have a gfci outlet near water (kitchens/bathrooms)!
All the kitchen and bathroom outlets are GFCI here, too. When I asked the electrician why some look different he said you can put in a single GFCI and then wire additional standard outlets to the “LOAD” output from the single GFCI. This provides the same protection as having a GFCI at each location. Jo
That is interesting, I am no electrician so I am sure he knows best :), all else it’s looking great.
Funny, I have heaps of vintage chrome switchplates and no place to use them. And yes, one GFCI outlet protects anything else that’s wired in off of it.
I’m taking a second look – you need a white outlet with your white plate. I think it will look better than almond with the future grey and white marble faux painting too.
You weren’t supposed to notice. Jo
The real marble plate is kinda pricey, so faux painting might be a good solution. It’d bug me that there is a matching switch plate out there, though. I agree with Chad, the old outlet has to be updated, too!
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Looks great, where we are (MI) it’s code to have a gfci outlet near water (kitchens/bathrooms)!
All the kitchen and bathroom outlets are GFCI here, too. When I asked the electrician why some look different he said you can put in a single GFCI and then wire additional standard outlets to the “LOAD” output from the single GFCI. This provides the same protection as having a GFCI at each location. Jo
That is interesting, I am no electrician so I am sure he knows best :), all else it’s looking great.
Funny, I have heaps of vintage chrome switchplates and no place to use them. And yes, one GFCI outlet protects anything else that’s wired in off of it.
I might someday paint a faux marbre plate. It shouldn’t be too hard. Jo
I’m taking a second look – you need a white outlet with your white plate. I think it will look better than almond with the future grey and white marble faux painting too.
You weren’t supposed to notice. Jo
The real marble plate is kinda pricey, so faux painting might be a good solution. It’d bug me that there is a matching switch plate out there, though. I agree with Chad, the old outlet has to be updated, too!