I'm not sure if there would be a better arrangement.
Yeah: sometimes you can't know until you try it out, and changes are messy and annoying. Is the security light farther toward the front than the porch light is? If so, that suggests a linear arrangement. Even better might be to put the one you use most and the one you use least on a two-fer, where you'll learn by habit which one is the popular one, and then put the third switch on its own elsewhere. But that change isn't quick to make or to unmake.
We have a triple by the stairs. If I'm standing as if I'm about to go upstairs, the switch behind me controls the light that's halfway up the stair in front of me, the middle switch controls the living room lights beside me, and the switch in front of me controls the hallway light behind me. There's an obvious fix there, although rfrench and I would go through some relearning if I ever do fix it.
The double in a corner of the kitchen has no obvious better arrangement. The switch farthest from the kitchen controls the kitchen light, and the one closest to the kitchen controls the storage room nearby. The right answer there is to take the double out and put the storage room's switch in the storage room. But that would mean replacing some paneling, a job I do not even want to contemplate. (Matching new wood with old, or replacing ALL of it... no thanks.)
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Yeah: sometimes you can't know until you try it out, and changes are messy and annoying. Is the security light farther toward the front than the porch light is? If so, that suggests a linear arrangement. Even better might be to put the one you use most and the one you use least on a two-fer, where you'll learn by habit which one is the popular one, and then put the third switch on its own elsewhere. But that change isn't quick to make or to unmake.
We have a triple by the stairs. If I'm standing as if I'm about to go upstairs, the switch behind me controls the light that's halfway up the stair in front of me, the middle switch controls the living room lights beside me, and the switch in front of me controls the hallway light behind me. There's an obvious fix there, although
The double in a corner of the kitchen has no obvious better arrangement. The switch farthest from the kitchen controls the kitchen light, and the one closest to the kitchen controls the storage room nearby. The right answer there is to take the double out and put the storage room's switch in the storage room. But that would mean replacing some paneling, a job I do not even want to contemplate. (Matching new wood with old, or replacing ALL of it... no thanks.)