When I mentioned to Mik that I was going to paint mine blue and that we should paint/decorate all the ones throughout our new condo, he at first did not know what I was talking about. As soon as I reminded him about how I had painted them in his room back in Tucson, he got very excited about the idea. I even suggested I try to get fancy and do sports themed ones for our living room, which is going to be sports themed with mostly the All the Ballparks souvenirs and other baseball stuff. We agreed that my efforts at the fancier ones may stink, but we could just buy new plates or get some on Etsy or something if they ended up looking bad. However, I think they turned out pretty awesome, although there's a chance he will veto keeping one of them.
Currently, I have finished all the ones in the bedrooms and the bathrooms and about half of the ones in the living room/entry. The other ones in the living room may just end up being concealed by furniture, but I only did not do anything because I ran out of ideas for now. The kitchen and dining room also need to be done. No ideas for them at the moment other than leaning towards more creative like the living room ones and they will be Disney themed as that's the theme we have chosen for that part of the condo.
I've had a penguin bathroom theme in most places since my first house after college including the bathroom I shared with Mom and Dad in Huntsville having my penguin shower curtain. I painted the light switch plate to be like an iceberg and the outlet cover to be a penguin.
Mik's bathroom already had a purple wall and we decided to keep it because in Alabama he has a painting with purples that he currently has in his bathroom because it does not go with the colors of his art collection in his room. Also, purple is one of the Lakers colors. He did not actually decide on what to do for the bathroom, but I think he'll like what I chose. If not, I'll change them.
Mik did choose his colors for his room. He has one red wall and he choose a turquoise for the covers on that wall. I think this combination turned out very awesome. Might even have to rethink putting his entertainment center on that wall because that would cover up the outlets and they just look so good.
The rest of the covers in his room are red like the red wall. This one, though, is in the hallway entry to his room and I added a coat of glow-in-the-dark paint. It does not really glow because I only put one coat on and I wasn't sure he would like how it changed the color. Might end up adding more coats so it really glows or just make it red like the rest depending on what Mik wants.
I bought a pack of MLB collector's stickers that are random ones like trading card packs to see what I would get that I could maybe use to make some fun switchplates for the living room. I ended up with a Nolan Ryan, which fits the theme with him being one of Mik's favorite pitchers of all time and the Nolan Ryan Exhibit Center being one of the places we went on the Ballpark Trip. I also ended up with an Angels sticker as well as a Mets player and a Rangers player that I cut the team logos from. If only, I had gotten an Astros player, then I could have had logos for all the teams he played for. I painted it over it all with Glow-in-the-Dark paint. This one has enough coats that it can glow, but it is in a spot that doesn't have a nearby light, so it doesn't really get charged up.
Since Mik is big into basketball, I painted one outlet cover like a basketball and the light switch plate on that wall is supposed to resemble a backboard. The basketball came out good, but I don't know if the backboard will make sense without explaining.
I made a Washington Nationals light switch plate using some nail art stickers Mom found when we were out buying paint. This one is also painted with glow paint and it is in the entryway with a light above it, so it does end up glowing. This is the one Mik might end up not agreeing to keeping, but I am hoping it won't be hard to sway him to allowing it to stay because I did make him a Nolan Ryan one and a basketball one. Plus, there are still covers to do in the entryway and if I can just find something that works I will make one Dbacks themed.
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