key points
- Install a floating shelf under your thermostat and style it with decoration items to distract the eye.
- Hide your wall thermostat without blocking the airflow around it along the gallery wall.
- Choose a trim kit in a coordinated color and look at a smart thermostat a deliberate look.
If your old thermostat is an eye light, there are many simple ways to help it in camouflage. Remember that a traditional thermostat requires enough airflow to function properly, and you should be easily accessible to allow the temperature dial to be adjusted manually.
Smart thermostats use sensors to measure air temperatures and can often be accessed remotely, so do not keep the same airflow or accessibility requirements. But keep in mind that blocking the smart thermostat sensor can also lead to wrong reading of air temperature.
Here an ugly thermostat is given some ways to camouflage that will not ruin your decoration or compromise your home energy efficiency.
Install a floating shelf
Sprous / Jason Donley
Hide a ugly thermostat in plain vision Establish a floating shelf Just below it. Style the shelf with books, small decoration items, tilt art, a portable LED lamp, or a plant that will not block the airflow and reduce the visual effects of the thermostat while keeping it accessible.
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Hide it in a gallery wall
Sprous / Candes Madonna
Neither neutralize your thermostat look by including it Artistic gallery wallAllow it to swim on the wall or hang an empty picture frame around it so that it can help mix arts, photos, mirrors and sculpture wall-mounted items.
what not to do
Do not lure your thermostat to smooth with a solid object such as a piece of art or a mirror. This false good idea will eliminate the risk of blocking airflow and preventing your thermostat from functioning properly.
Wide it with a long plant
Sprous / Breie Goldman
Do a long houseplant float or Potid tree To keep it out on the floor in front of your thermostat without completely blocking it. Choose a leafy plant with lots of volumes as a fern that will help mask its appearance.
Try a perforated cover
Sprous / Breie Goldman
DIY enthusiasts can be wooed to attach an ugly thermostat into an apical medicine cabinet or a shade box, but it can narrow the airflow. If you want to cover the front of the thermostat without suffocation, consider using a perforated metal or wooden hing door cover, which will allow the air to transmit and it will be easy to open when you need to adjust the dial.
Make a seasonal cover
Sprous / Jason Donley
If you live in an old house with separate thermostats for heating and cooling, make a seasonal cover to hide the off-duty thermostat when not used. Hang a light canvas picture or DIY artwork on your heating thermostat. When the hot weather revolves around, to keep it out of the vision and mind, then swap it as soon as it falls into the temperature.
Use a smart thermostat trim kit
If you are Establish a smart thermostat To replace an old model, consider finishing it with a trim kit for a more integrated look. These include plates that covers the damage to the wires and wall by removing the old, and corresponds to the color of your new thermostat to a polish and deliberate feeling.
