Sunday Props: The Wireless Light Switch
So we’ve had a little inconvenience for the last… …five years.
The lights in our kitchen, living room and dining room are all on one switch, and that switch is up one flight of stairs. It’s true that all of those rooms are actually just one space here in our loft condo. And it’s true that we could have hired an electrician – but that’s not the point.
The point is, I spent $25 and bought a gimmicky remote lightswitch and I love it.
Wireless Light Switch
Installation takes about forty seconds; just plug a hockey-puck sized gizmo into the outlet that you want controlled and plug the lights into that same hockey puck. Then put the battery (supplied) into the remote switch.
And if you’re feeling punchy, you can even “install” the light switch anywhere you want. We debated sticking it to the refrigerator door (just because that seemed funny). Instead, we hid it under the cabinet.
New lightswitch secured to underside of cabinet.
Surprise, extra feature: It has a dimmer too!
$24.95 from ThinkGeek.com
January 11th, 2010 at 12:08 am
wait, wait, wait…. the switch was up in your bedroom area? that’s nuts. love the solution.
January 11th, 2010 at 2:13 am
I agree with Auntie K; who (not you!) would put the switch upstairs?! Geesh! Brilliant solution! xoxo
January 11th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
It’s actually our fault that the switch was upstairs.
We went with a bit of a ghetto DIY light installation. You know the kind – one that was meant to be temporary, but worked well enough that we got used to its imperfections.