At the acknowledged risk of becoming known as the “switchplate guy” (see Timeswitch, Keep It Cartesian, and Basalte’s Sentido), I’m profiling another of those smallish details that can make or break a room. The Invisible Switchplate by Forbes and Lomax Read more…
Manufacturer Basalte has chosen its company name wisely. French for “basalt,” the fine-grained, igneous, blackish-grey rock, the substance’s dual nature gets right to the heart of the firm’s philosophy: Read more…
My experience with switchplates is likely the same as the next guy: the frustration of poor screw depth and easy breakage coupled with the sad realization that they only enter the mind as an additional impediment to painting. Leave it to the feminine sensibility for potential enlightenment—as I suggested in my look at Kravet textiles Read more…