12 Square Inches of Possibility

On the art of small creative interventions; where homes learn to wink!

When we first moved into this apartment, the previous tenant had installed a couple of “creative” light switch plates. Slightly unexpected; one was a ceramic sunflower, the other a devotional prayer. Not quite my taste, but kinda cool. I left them for years.

I like a bit of oddity in a room. A small wink. A detail that suggests someone once stood there and thought, Why not?

Eventually, when we painted those rooms, I swapped them for plain white. Order restored.

Then, of course, the dining room paint started peeling. (Landlord special around here.) Instead of clearing everything out and committing to repainting the entire room, I did something smaller. I painted a red apple around the light switch, inspired by something I once saved on Pinterest, original artist unknown to me.

Does it draw attention to the slightly questionable wall repair around it? Possibly. But it also transforms that little square of wall into something intentional.

It reminded me how much I love these overlooked surfa…