To all the people fixing up stuff in their houses themselves:
For god sake REMOVE the covers of light switches and wall plugs when painting a wall, rather than painting around it.
- it's literally less work and easier than painting around it in the first place.
- it will prevent paint getting on the cover, which despite using painting tape happens to most people anyhow.
- you only need to remove the cover, so no need to touch the "scary" cables. And since the inner part is kept there, it'll be just as straight as it was when placing it back so also no need to worry about crooked placement afterwards either.
- and if you (or anyone else, like construction workers or a next home owner) ever wants to change the switches or plug covers to a different design you don't have to worry about ensuring it's at least the same size or bigger and placed equally crooked as the old one (because most people don't have them hanging perfectly straight).
I will never not feel annoyed at the slightly crooked light switches on my wall that I cannot fix until I repaint the wall because of this (or well, I could fix it but then I have white corners on my otherwise green wall poking out next to them) 🥲.
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