I've spray painted them every color under the sun! LOL
NOW I have the almond color with no paint!

Don't forget to do the screws also Kath. The plug in part or switch part will not match though, it didn't bother me and I thought it was fine with the colored covers.

I was going to paint them too. Turn off the power and just paint the whole thing, being very careful not to slop it into the holes, of course.

I always paint my covers to match my walls. I use the same paint on them as I do the walls. In my office, I painted my white ones to look like zebra stripes, to go with my safari office. That was years ago and they are still fine.
I say go for it!

Cheryl, never thought about doing them the same color as the walls. I do have extra paint in all the colors, I think.

i found matte finished, cheap, plastic covers at lowe's couple of yrs ago and they have worked well w/ wall paints. in the past the old gloss finished ones didn't hold the paint well or i tried sanding them and it showed lol. never thought of spray paint! i like the all uniform look and that they recede into the view. back in chicago i have a sage/pink/white plaid wall paper on one bedroom wall (that has 3 windows no less lol) that i spent hours matching the light & electrical outlet covers to lol. my biggest compliment comes when someone can't find the switch or outlets, it's that good of a match LOL sad i know :-) ~ liz

We eitehr leave them white or paint the same color as the walls. I always unscrew them off the walls first, paint them and let dry and then paint underneath the cover before we put them back on.

Have fun!

Over the years when my walls were painted I had the switches painted the same color as the wall. Don't forget the screws too. Now, since most of my rooms have wallpaper on them I had the paper hanger cover the switches as well with the wall paper. I also had the vents in the wall covered with the wall paper. Looks really good.

I paint mine the color of the walls. I don't want them to stand out, and that does the trick!

I also remove mine for painting.

Instead of painting or buying them all at once why not just replace a few at a time? Maybe a room each month or two.

Linda

I have never painted mine. I could see if they were black or dark brown and really showed up against your wall, then you might want to paint them. My kitchen ones are white and the rest are ivory.

Sue

My DS, the house painter, gets annoyed when he sees painted or papered outlets or light switch covers. I think instead of painting them, I would get new nice looking ones.

we went with all plastic white...gosh the paint you get, might be the same as buying a few at a time, as linda suggested...

Are they plastic? You could buy a can of the spray paint made especially for plastic and remove them and paint them that way.

My plastic ones were all painted when Ken painted my house. I wanted white ones in the kitchen but he put all the old beige ones back in and painted the other one yellow to match the walls.

Anne

I may try painting them. See what it looks like and decide from there.

I've always painted them with my wall paint. usually primed them first.

I've lived with a grubby little boy, then a grubby teen, and a grubby DH and a possible grubby me for many years.

I have had painted outlet covers - they get grubby, and they don't clean up nearly as well as the original finish plastic covers.

I leave all outlet and switchplate covers naked.

We primed them first, then painted them the wall color, THEN sprayed them with a glossy acrylic for protection and an easy to clean finish. Looks nice.

I've always painted them...just lay them down on a drop cloth and roll them with your roller...or if you're not painting and just want to paint them...a can of spray paint will do the trick...I used Brass ones for years and got tired of the contrast between the brass and the wall paint...