The computer, the mobile phone charger, the laptop, the lamps, the appliances, the screens, the tablet and countless objects that we have at home hooked with cables to the electrical network. In addition to being unsightly and even dangerous for children, power strips, plugs and tangled cables accumulate dust more easily.
The fewer objects that are not part of our home decoration are found around our house, the better: both in the sense of order, cleanliness and, of course, aesthetically. The famous architect Mies Van der Rohe already said it, ‘less is more’, an idea intended for architecture, but which has also become very important for arts and design.
Here we offer you ten solutions so that the tangle of cables that populate the furniture and floor at home does not look the same.
Hide
There are times when it is impossible to hide cables and devices, as can also happen with the router. In that case, it is best to cover these devices with decorative elements such as a showy sculpture or an indoor plant. Large pots also bring beauty and naturalness to the home.
Another option to hide the cables that accumulate in rooms are shelves and bookcases, which can be placed in front of sockets and wiring. You can even hide these cords of filaments with books stacked on the floor and thus function as decorative elements. Some people even empty the inside of books or buy book-shaped boxes to hide the cables in them.
Pandora’s box
For tables and desks, what better way than to use a nice box in which to insert several cables. They are made of cardboard, wood, plastic or bamboo wood and, when used on the surfaces we work on at home, many of them look tidy and clean. There are smaller ones for the nightstand and larger ones for the desks.
Some of them have holes on the sides for the cables to come and go, while others are located on one of the faces of the rectangle. It is a very simple option to solve the problem of accumulating cables over our workspace at home and even more so in these days when teleworking is part of our daily lives.
Technology
Another solution is to adopt technology wireless or wireless since many devices that we use in our daily lives instead of a cable can work with bluetooth, such as the computer keyboard, Wi-Fi and phones. It is a perfect solution to make the house look as tidy as possible.
Adhesive cable savers
The Adhesive cable savers or gutters are one of the best options to hide and disguise the cables that run through walls or floors. The best idea is to select the same color as the wall or that can be painted like the surrounding areas to integrate them perfectly into the decoration. There are designs that imitate natural wood. They go unnoticed on the skirting boards.
Furniture with various functions
There is also furniture designed with integrated cable management systems, such as desks with hidden compartments or television tables with spaces designated for cables.
Tables, above all, offer many options when it comes to camouflaging cables and power strips. You can also place some trays, which go practically unnoticed if they are placed under the board.
Under dash outlets
A simple solution is to place the plugs just below the line of the table top and this way the cables can go more unnoticed. Some study tables may have a round hole in the top through which cables can be passed, and which are covered by a special plastic cover.
If your table does not contain this solution, you can make the hole yourself with a drill press and a wood hole saw. This way, you avoid having cables scattered across the table.
Basket
When you are not using the cables, another option to keep the house as harmonious as possible is to store them in a wicker or rattan basket, which, on the other hand, brings beauty and a feeling of warmth to the home as it is a natural material.
The chargers and cables will be easily located there and will not bother us like when they are scattered throughout other spaces in the house.
Tube
You make a longitudinal cut to a plastic tube of a neutral color, gather inside it all the cables that are behind the television and the router and then you adhere it to the back of the furniture. The sea of ​​cables in the living room or living room disappears and a much simpler and simpler aesthetic takes over this coexistence space in the house.
Stand out
If you can’t beat your enemy, join him. In the event that there is no way to get rid of a cable because it is a visible cable that there is no way to get rid of or hide it, the solution is to make it stand out and, in this way, become a more decorative element of the home.
You have to get a striking cable that does not respond to convention: for example, red. Another option is to place light bulbs, figurines or colored tassels along it, or create recognizable loops or shapes with the cable itself on the wall at home.
Built-in wardrobes
A built-in closet can be the best space to collect electronic devices from the living room, game room, or study. Custom made. They remain locked there, without the need to see them or to disturb the passage and, in addition, a space can be left inside the built-in furniture to integrate the television.
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