Easy (and Functional) Way to Hide Ugly Computer Cords~

The family computer in our house is located in our kitchen.  As is the case with most desktop computers,  ours has about 1231523523456 cords.  But the thing about the desk in the kitchen is that it isn't set up to accomodate all those cords.  And I had to look at it...every day.  It finally got to the point where I couldn't take the visual mess anymore.  And I decided to do something about it.  And it was SUPER easy.  And I'm going to tell you all about what I did.  And if you have a similar situation with messy cords maybe you can fix it the same way.  So here we go.  :-)

Here is the problem area...

Look at that jumble of cords!  Yuck.  After I brainstormed my brilliant-but-so-simple-I-don't-know-why-I-didn't-think-of-it-sooner solution,  I went and picked up the supplies I needed:  a large bulletin board, some fabric, some upholstery tacks and some cup hooks.  (I already had the staple gun).



First, I simply covered the board with the fabric...I wrapped it around to the back and used the staple gun to secure it.

Then (just to up the pretty factor) I added the upholstery tacks.  I simply pushed them in around the edges of the board just inside the frame.

Then I added two cup hooks to the top of the board...and two to the bottom of the upper cabinets, so that I could hang the board.  (I needed to have the board up off the desk and far enough away from the wall that all of those pesky cords could slip underneath the bottom of the board and  hide behind it.)

And here's the AFTER!

It's pretty just like this (nice and clean and organized looking). 

But the great thing is that the board is also functional!  Here I've started adding a few family photos.  It's such an improvement for a minimal investment and a few minutes!!

xoxo

Wendy