Sure, you can spot the thermostat in the image if you search — but upon first glance, these picture wall layouts expertly camouflage any utilitarian electronic devices by including them in decorative compositions.
Instead of forfeiting an entire wall to a thermostat, or letting it awkwardly hang out next to your most prized artwork, it's a great strategy to hide ugly fixtures in plain sight. This also goes for light switches and electrical outlets, but works best if what you're trying to hide has a similar shape and color to your picture frames.
How do you treat your unsightly thermostat?
Images: 1. the little things; 2. Mona Alicia Photography; 3. Tips for Camouflaging Thermostats, Radiators & Air Conditioners
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Comments (8)
instead of getting the modern looking one, we got the old fashioned round one...so it doesn't look as bad as the retangular modern one.
When life gives you lemons!
I've never understood why thermostats were not built INTO the wall like light switches are.
Oh, my boyfriend will be so proud. He had this same idea to camouflage our thermostat last year.
And, I may be wrong, but I always assumed that thermostats had to be exposed so that the sensor could read the correct air temperature. A necessary evil?
I actually covered mine up completely with a deep picture frame. This was for a mostly-unused floor heater in a CA beach apartment, but for those that might actually use theirs, it wouldn't be hard to set it up with hinges
If the thermostat were IN the wall it would be measuring the temperature of the air in the little box it was mounted in not the temperature of the air in the room.
I've been wanting to buy more frames for a framing collage like that. That's a cool idea to disguise a thermostat.
I've hung a coat hanger just above my thermostat that I use exclusively for scarves. I suppose that would screw up the temperature reading, if that is how it works--but I haven't noticed a difference yet.
LOL I wonder if the people who are intent on camouflaging their thermostats are related to those who like to hang their big flat-screen TV's over their fireplaces?