Shiny or matt chrome switches?

[Karbea]

I can't decide....

What do think looks better?

[BloominMarvellous]

Matt IMO. They look nice and less polishing is needed.

[MeerkatMerkin]

Matte definitely - we had them and they looked great, shiny will show up all the fingerprints so quickly.

[Lavendersbluedillydilly1969]

Second matt, we have shiny and they are always covered in finger prints.

[WildThong]

Matt

Shiney look a bit officey imho

[Pannacotta]

Matt. Always.

[GlaikitFizzog]

Matt!

[NotQuintAtAllOhNo]

matt, unless you love the Fingerprint look

[PigletJohn]

white plastic.

[HappyGirlNow]

Matt. Less visible fingerprints.

[nocake]

We have polished chrome and they look fantastic. It's a high end look without being too expensive. They get some fingerprints but not as many as you might think.

Brushed chrome is still nice but doesn't look as classy.

[ArbitraryUsername]

I'm with pigletJohn on this one: white plastic every time.

There are horrible shiny chrome light switches and sockets in our hall, and even more awful matt pewter ones in the reception rooms. The pewter ones look vile generally and the chrome ones are fingerprint nightmares. We are going to replace them with white plastic when we decorate the rooms/hall.

[MandaHugNKiss]

Depends, really, on if you want your light switches to 'stand out'. So the surrounding decor would be a deciding factor for me.

I like my switches to disappear as much as possible so no to shiny, and no to a contrasting colour. Ditto light fittings - there are spotlights throughout our house, most of which are housed in chrome. I'm changing them all to white so they disappear into the white ceilings.

[myron]

I prefer brushed chrome - matched with chrome LED downlights. My electrician fitted white ones which I made him change so the opposite of the previous poster. Horses for courses....

[LittleMilla]

We're old-skool and go for plastic too.

We've got brass sockets etc all over our house and whilst I am sure they were the trendiest statement in the world a few years back, now they look vile.

Personally I'd got for the most timeless option and save my cash for making statements with curtains etc.