Doorbell Chime Covers
Buy the best doorbell chime covers selected and recommended by interior designers. By Peyton Robinson.
Using a doorbell chime cover to hide that gaudy bell box, can spruce up your hall or foyer. From the simple, to the decorative and artistic, to the more ornate, there are many choices in which doorbell chime cover you introduce into your home. And most models fit any door bell chime box, with others needing very little additional installation attachments.
Doorbell Chime Covers
Buying Guide
Peyton Robinson
Interior Design Expert
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Doorbell chime covers protect the delicate mechanisms of the doorbell chime. With that said, they can enhance the sound of the chime, and they can be beautifully decorative. They come in designs ranging from a simple box to lovely artwork of varying sorts.
Most doorbell kits come with a cover for the chimes. While not unattractive, these are usually basic plastic covers that look rather like a thermostat cover, or a cover for some other basic function. They are usually white, cream or a faux wood brown so that they don’t stand out against your plaster wall or woodwork.
- Charming Cherry Wood. A step up from the basic cover is a lovely cherry wood box cover. The slats are spaced just far enough to avoid muffling the sound of the chimes. Of course, stained and polished cherry wood is a visual delight at any time, and this simple design shows off the wood grain.
- Industrial Functionality. Industrial doorbell covers are all business – a stark, metallic look for a bachelor pad or business office. They mounts easily over your doorbell assembly and fit with any understated décor.
- Lovely Scrollwork. Made of white or black metal, these covers feature sophisticated metal scroll work. Not very different from antique forced-air grates, these lovely covers say “understated elegance.” They are an excellent choice for a Victorian entryway, or for shabby chic décor.
- Nutone Cherry Wood and Three Toned Chimes. An interesting door chime from Nutone covers three tuned pipe chimes with a pedestal style cherry wood box. The effect is dignified without being stuffy, and the three-toned chimes are pleasing to the ear.
- Art Nouveau brushed nickel doorbell chime cover. The graceful half-cylinder of metal has a soft metallic shine that can echo the accents in a chrome and glass interior design.
- Carved, natural wood cover. A carved, natural wood cover featuring a carved redbird makes a conversation piece of your doorbell chime cover. Soft polished wood makes a fitting background for the bright red of the painted bird.
A quick way around the complexities of wired doorbells is to use a wireless digital doorbell. Pre-tooled to be unobtrusive, the receiver can be programmed to more than fifty different chimes. It uses a long life lithium battery and can have two remote buttons. Of course, if you would like to tuck the receiver behind a cover, it will still work just fine.
Doorbell chime covers can be a way to protect your doorbell chime assembly from dust or damage. The cover can be very simple or it can be elaborate, creating a little piece of art for your hallway or living room wall. Whether your chimes ring with the traditional tones made famous by Big Ben or they take advantage of modern technology to play a favorite tune, a doorbell chime cover can be a unique and beautiful decoration.