Miracles Do Exist: 5 Ways to Banish Computer Cords from Your Home Office - Gardenista
Photographs by Michelle Slatalla. Yet they were everywhere in my life, snaking across the floor, tangled under my desk, draped over the nightstand, twining themselves around the headboard and conspiring to strangle me as I slept. But the beauty of her system is this: you don’t need to remodel your house to hide your cords. The home office, where both my husband and I work, is a glorified alcove off the living room; from the front hallway, you can see straight through the house to our desks. Stephanie Dorfman’s design for the house involved false walls, pullout drawers, hidden electrical outlets, and vented doors (to prevent electronic components from overheating). Behind the U-shaped countertop is a dropped ledge; it’s 3 inches lower than the height of the countertop. On the ledge behind each of the two desks is a hole, big enough for all the cords to fit. There’s a false wall behind each desk. The cords drop behind the two-paneled false wall and are plugged into power strips that sit, hidden, on the floor behind. Position the desktop on the file cabinets to create a 1-inch overhang on the front and a 5-inch overhang on the back of the file cabinets. Cords are gathered together, then threaded through the top of the ledge on the back of my desk. The wall of drawers in my office includes a double-deep drawer in the middle. 4: Buy a wireless printer such as an Epson Workforce 545 All-in-One Printer ($152 from Amazon). My printer is on a sliding shelf inside the drawer. When the drawer opens, the printer rolls back, creating enough space for copies to come out the front. All that’s left on my desk: some Spanish bluebells from the garden.