Add elegance to your walls with copper switch plates

Zero in on just the right copper switch plates saving time and hassle. You'll find a great variety of shapes, designs, finishes, styles and more.

Copper is one of those metals that has an unusual color as gold does. Most metals, as you know, are a white silver color. Our ancesters started using copper, which is easily accessable, thousands of years ago. You can follow in that tradition, although switchplats were not part of it!

Flea Market Brainstorming

When you're looking for switch plates of copper, but don't quite know exactly what, take a look at eBay. It's a great place to get ideas about what's available. You'll catch terms like patina, folk art, hand hammered, brushed and more related to switch covers. You might just find something you love!

Where to Buy

You will encounter a truly wonderful collection of switch plates made of copper at Switch Hits. The Peacock Feather item is gorgeous! Scout out the different shapes (including hands!), designs (angels, lotus, lilypad), 3-D, hammered and other offerings. You won't be disappointed.

If you're into unique and funky, you want to visit Dimensional Colors for their one-of-a-kind copper switch plates. Artist Barbara Gersenson has developed her own technique of layering glass powder onto copper for a fun variety of results. You don't want to miss the switch plate on the "About" page. It's a good place to begin your tour of her amazing pieces. These are hand made of course. Don't miss the next one either!

You wouldn't think that a website named the Flopping Fish would offer anything but fishing gear, right? Wrong. Another artisan, Lisa Young, felt like a fish out of water when she moved from New York to Seattle...thus the name. You saw enameled goods, if you visited Dimensional Colors above. At Flopping Fish you will find Lisa's signature collection etched copper switch plates. She writes, "Instead of being a bland necessity, a well chosen switch plate enhances the warmth of your home." Go to see what she means with her production description. The Flopping Fish motto is, "Artisan-crafted elegantly functional hardware to distinguish your home." You gotta like that...

Would you like solid copper hammered into a functional switchplate? Take a look at the Metal Peddler. You will find items hand made by a master craftsman in the traditional sense of the word. Jason crafts your switchplates with either a hammered finish or a smooth finish. These are genuinely for the discerning homeowner. His switchplates are covered in a lacquer to prevent scuffing.

How to Search for Copper Switch Plates

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