Comments on: The convenient Light Switch Rack

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:01:20 +0000

I don’t know – to me this seems like just another excuse to create unsightly clutter that you have to clear up later. Surely there aren’t many things whose home is really on the light switch of a room?

By: sinead

sinead — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:03:10 +0000

Sorry- here’s the link…

http://www.fridgedoor.com/homahowasiho2.html

By: sinead

sinead — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:02:20 +0000

This performs basically the same function for a fraction of the price and comes in different colors too. No need to limit its placement to a light switch either…

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By: Lucretia

Lucretia — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:07:12 +0000

Not only is it ugly in that white, it is USA-centric, only fits light switches from that country which is a shame. If it was prettied up (brushed aluminium, anyone?) with nice hooks on the bottom instead of those ugly screw things and someone marketed it to fit switches in different countries it could be a mega-seller!

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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:23:09 +0000

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By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:33:58 +0000

Erin –

Bill had a much better point than you seem to realize. If a house has two-sided deadbolts and windows that are narrow or far above the ground, keeping the keys too close to the doorknob seriously lowers the effort required to get into the house. That doesn’t matter much in a suburban environment where at least one side of the house is well hidden, but in an intown neighborhood, I think protecting your keys could make a huge difference. Also — again, this only applies to houses with two-sided deadbolts everywhere — you can only get so much stuff out the window.

I love my deadbolts, but they are a bit scary since there’s no good place to put the my keys near the door. This lightswitch thing is a great idea — though I think I’ll copy it by screwing a cup hook into a wooden switch plate ($.25) rather than buy this way cool objet d’art ($31).

By: Pammyfay

Pammyfay — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:42:27 +0000

It’s a clever idea, but I think it would end up being too restrictive, either because someone would always want to leave their sunglasses or GPS device near the front door (GPSs are frequently the target of thieves at night) and there’s no room for that here or, as Peter just wrote, their light-switch configuration doesn’t work for them.

The letter portion is nice, but if you’re taking only a few regular-size letters. Anything larger, like even a 5×7 padded envelope, would still have to be left on the floor, so the entire sleek look is eliminated.

I think, tho, seeing this will make people think of how they can make their by-the-door needs work for them by creating their own cubby or hanger system (you could rig up a combination of some hooks and perhaps a wall-mount clear magazine holder), which would still unclutter their lives.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:32:06 +0000

Unfortunately, the light switch next to my front door is a double switch. One for the foyer and one for the porch light.

By: D

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:59:02 +0000

in the description the light switchplate goes OVER the rack, and in the photo, it is UNDER the rack…I think putting the thing up properly would make it more attractive and less cumbersome looking.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:52:05 +0000

I’ll have to try making one of these, by my door we have a triple switch, nice and wide for mail, I might spring load it, maybe out of clear lexan.

By: Karyn

Karyn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:48:43 +0000

For outgoing mail and similar items, I have a decorative, sturdy wire letter sorter hanging on the entryway wall from a couple of small nails. It hangs over the entryway table, so there’s no danger of bumping into it and knocking it down.

I think this switchplate rack is a good idea, but one could probably be molded out of hard plastic, in white and various “decorator” and “fun” colors and/or patterns, and sold for about 5 bucks.

By: Another Deb

Another Deb — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:01:21 +0000

Drat! Half of my plan would not work. The aluminum it is made from is not magnetic.

By: Another Deb

Another Deb — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:59:18 +0000

I think this would be great for hanging my and my husband’s badge holders, keys and sunglasses. The incoming mail could sit there until the person who it is addressed to comes home. The flat side of the holder can hold a sticky, magnetic pen and maybe a magnetic clip to add outgoing mail onto the front instead of inside with my sunglasses.

Although all of that stuff would look like clutter by the front door, it would be very handy in the mudroom leading to the garage where we enter and exit anyway.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:58:38 +0000

Pam, our “key thing” will be out of sight in the laundry room because its basically a glorified pass-through to the garage. I shut the door and no one has to look at it. I’m setting it up as my “staging area” for what I need to bring with me when I leave the house. The white board calendar forces me to look at our schedule on the way out the door, and a plastic shoe pocket over the inner door holds things like sunglasses, socks and shoes(cuts down on toddler chasing), or whatever we need to deposit on the way in or out. Its a work in progress.