Cords, cords, cords

This is the view from my armchair towards the TV corner and those swaggy cords have been bugging me ever since I attached them.

 

I know, that was I thinking? The thing was that the thinner cord was actually already there, it’s the cord for the TV antennae. So when I added the actual TV I used regular cable clips but because there were already small clips there it ended up looking silly.

 

So I got me some of these and these and started over.

 

That feels so much better! Neat and tidy, just the way I like it.

Comments

[Leena]

Ah, so neat. I really need to do a major cable organizing behind our TV, those are really appalling now, but I've been putting it off because I know it's going to be a pain.

[Carlos]

But so rewarding when you're done!

[Kikki]

Looking good! I have another tip for you, even neater :). In Sweden there is a glue called "PL600" (i tub till en sån där fogspruta du vet) that sticks on everything, it´s great for cords, in ceilings it´s fantastic.. My experience from those plastic covers is that they sooner or later fall off (the glue doesn´t last). The only bad thing with the glue is when or if you want to move your lamp. But for those things that supposed to stay forever it´s great.

[Katharina]

Haha, now my IKEA Swedish got an update. Kabelkanal ;-) no more Kabelsalat if you have a Kabelkanal!

When my husband installed these around the living room I was sooooo greatful and he wouldn't believe it. But, as you say, it looks so much neater and tidier/tidyer/more tidy(aaaaaaarg, anybody help me with my English) I like!
And the leftover Kabelkanals can be used as swords by the kids. i don't like.

[Carlos]

Haha

[Zosia]

Oh, yes!

[Louise B]

Great idea. So much neater. Looks good.

[Sarah {20 State}]

I soooo get this, cords are the bain of my life! They ramp my Google diagnosed OCD up a notch...

[Connie]

Tidier simply looks right, even though its "tidy." (Let's assume it follows the same pattern as pretty, prettier, prettiest and changes the y to i.) "More tidy" is also correct but not idiomatic. There are rules but only old-fashioned English teachers teach them—or even know them.

[Caro]

What an improvement! I have never seen those chord hiding thingies here in the US. I will have to search for them. There must be something like that here.

[Kathleen]

I am fascinated with the electrical outlets and switches in your home. They are so much cooler than what we have here in the U.S.

[Carlos]

The original outlets and switches are really nice but I have my fair share of current ones, 70's, 80's, 90's ones too and they're not all pretty :)

[Inuyasatazti]

jajaja

[Lisa Flaherty]

What a difference! Great fix!

[Andrea]

Caro, Amazon has them (search for cord cover kit) - I am ordering some asap!! I would never even have thought such a thing existed!

[Sarah]

Awesome!

I pray for the day when cables don't exist.

My computer desk is so cluttered due to all the cables!!!! I can't do anything permanent because it is rented but honestly...it is like a big tangle of awful.

[Caro Style]

thanks. I'm ordering some, too.

[tracy]

try toilet rolls and kitchen towel rolls?

[karen]

You get THREE electrical outlets! We only get TWO here in the U.S.!