Modern interiors are very common and relevant. But to give a special flavor of wealth and luxury to their homes increasingly use the retro style. From year to year, his fans become more and more, and to become one of them, it is necessary to approach very carefully the choice of trifles, such as, for example, retro switches and sockets.
Switches in retro style are produced by both foreign and domestic manufacturers, the latter bringing in them a certain national flavor - all sorts of ornaments and paintings under the old days. Such devices often come complete with a rosette, and are made by hand. Therefore, one should not be surprised at the high price of such an exclusive electrical accessory.
Location:
Most often, the arrangement of retro switches is external, because they are retro. This means that all the wiring in the form of a silky elegant cord, sockets, switches and junction boxes is not inside the wall, but outside, right on the wallpaper or other coating. This arrangement has obvious advantages - there is no need for additional fencing of the walls.
Retro switches of the internal installation have only an external appearance, but they are used with conventional concealed wiring. This device is 3-5 mm above the level of the wall, and the entire inner part is inside.
Types of retro switches
Instruments that simulate antiquity, most often have a swivel mechanism or toggle switch. This is very unusual, but it looks very colorful, in combination with the whole situation. The main thing to get used to, in which direction you need to turn the handle. But with the tumbler everything is very clear. Less common are key switches, whose case has an old look, but the keys are familiar to us.
Material for switches in retro style
Manufacturers emphasize the buyers' attention to the naturalness of their goods, that is, the materials that are used for their production are most often natural. Basically it is copper, brass, wood, ceramics and porcelain. Metals having a yellow-red ebb are very noble with the rest of the interior, meeting the concept of retro.
Ceramic and porcelain switches in the retro style often complement the interior in the same style and look very good on the unfinished walls or wooden logs. But the plastic used in the production of the retro-switch, will be appropriate in the premises in the style of the beginning of the last century.
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