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If you've been following along for a while, you're well aware that I detest clutter. Of all the clutter in the land, wire clutter is the worst of them all! The sight of tangled wires makes my skin crawl. There's actually a word for the fear of tangled wires: emplekosyrmaphobia. Apparently, Selena Gomez shares this neurosis.

I get the same feeling when I see clusters of little holes (trypophobia). Ick! Anyone else???

Now, where was I? Oh, yes. Wire clutter! I'm of the mindset that anything that is functional out of sight, should be kept out of sight. I’m into minimalist decor and clean lines. Visible wires are like pocks----no, varicose veins!----on the surface of otherwise tidy surfaces.

In this post, I'll share some clever ways to keep wire clutter corralled and concealed.

1. Behind or Beneath the Couch

If your couch is positioned in front of an electrical outlet, you're literally sitting on a gold mine of wire concealment. We plug everything, from lamps to laptops, in behind our couch. You'd never know it, but our Roomba robot vacuum is hidden under here, too!

The charging station is plugged into the wall behind the couch and lies completely hidden beneath it. We program our Roomba to clean while we're away at work (set it and forget it!), so we never see it; it's like we come home to magically clean floors each day!

 

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2. In the Wall

If you have a wall-mounted TV, there's no better way to hide your wires than inside of the wall itself.

The House of Hepworths has a great tutorial on how to do this:

 

Not Into Cutting Drywall?

This is the next best solution:

wire cover

 

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3. In A Drawer

You can create a clandestine charging station by having an electrical outlet custom-built into a drawer. I love love love this idea and wish we'd thought of this before our kitchen reno! If you've been following along for a while, you'll know that keeping our counters clutter-free is a bit of an obsession of mine. In fact, I have a whole post on the best drawer organizers to keep your kitchen counters clutter-free.

charging drawer

4. In A Cabinet

While we didn't think to include outlets in our drawers, we made sure to have them built into one of our kitchen cabinets.

appliance garage

Our appliance garage is one of my favourite features in our kitchen. Having cabinet-sized appliances is a must!

 

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5. With Adhesive Hooks Or Cable Clips

You can use adhesive hooks or cable clips to trace wires around your furniture's silhouette, keeping them out of sight.

hidden cords

hidden cords

Images via: Hi Sugarplum.

Here's a variation on this theme to hide TV wires and cables at the back of a TV console, using a wire grid and some twist ties:

Image via Hanamarin.

 

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6. An Electronics Closet

The largest bedroom in our home serves as a makeshift family room. Our little family trio (quartet, if you count Charlie, the dog) only occupies two bedrooms.

Our big comfy couch and big screen TV are in here. The advantage of turning a bedroom into a TV/media room is the pre-existing bedroom closet storage.

Excuse the mess reflected in the TV screen. I'm in the midst of prepping something for a future post in here!

Instead of clothes, we keep our biggest, ugliest electronics in the closet. You've heard of a man cave? Well, this is kind of like a man closet. We had an electrical outlet installed and added some wire racks and ta-da! An electronics closet!

Since the TV is mounted on the wall that backs onto the closet, Eric was able to cut a hole in the drywall and pass the wires connected to the TV through the wall and into the closet.