Abstract: A decorative cover plate apparatus comprising a mounting bracket, a cover box, and a decorative plate. The mounting bracket has a vertical post, two horizontal arms, each with as aperture in roughly the center of the horizontal arm, and top and bottom tabs. The horizontal centerline of the horizontal arms intersects the vertical centerline of the vertical post perpendicularly at a point on the vertical post centerline that is between the middle and the top of the vertical post. The cover box has a top attachment slot and an open back. The decorative plate has an overhanging lip and it at least as wide and as high as the cover box. The top tab of the mounting bracket fits into the top attachment slot on the cover box.