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how to hide laptop & charging cords?
I primarily use my laptop on our large sectional couch or coffee table, and there is a mess of cords in front our of couch because of this. Does anyone have a way to hide this? I don't have an end table or really even room for one, and I would need to be able to take the cords out to its full length to move to the other side of the couch. I can't hide them under the couch either since we took the feet off to prevent pets from going under there.
Any ideas? I'm going to try to figure out pip so you can see what I am working with...
TIA!
ETA: here is a pic of the space...the only available outlet is on the wall behind the laptop. I hate these cords but I pretty much constantly use my laptop and constantly need to charge my phone because the battery is terrible..any advice is appreciated!
Re: how to hide laptop & charging cords?
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Unfortunately it the makes the most sense for us to charge phones there because it is the only open outlet besides one in the bathroom and another hidden behind our bed. I'm in a tiny <600 sq ft apartment with basically just two rooms plus kitchen and office, no office or anything like that.
There is an extra camera cord in that picture, I was hoping for something I could put in that corner or maybe even hang on the wall, to store all of the cords in.
OK. Then I would get a wall charging station or rig up something on a shelf to take care of the phone problem. The power strip itself can go between the wall and the couch and you can drop the laptop cord back there when not in use. For the cords going up the wall to the charging station, you can hide them all in a cord cover (like this or this or this) so it's just one thing going up the wall, not a bunch of dangling cords. Bonus: you could store your TV remote on the wall station too!
For the laptop, something like this laptop workstation/storage thing (you can find prettier ones, but they get $$$). Or some sort of homemade rack/shelf. I'm thinking something like an overgrown spice rack or very sturdy magazine rack that would just hold it on the wall and out of the way but still be visible.