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I do not know if anyone else has any problems with cords looking messy and cluttering up everything, but I sure do.
I originally ordered two 20" Zip-it Up cord management sleeves http://www.cyberguys.com/product-details/?productid=15382 around 3 years ago. They worked great until I had to move my office from a big desk in an office into a tiny hutch in my living room. The main problem was I originally installed some Ethernet and RCA ports in a wall jack and had all of the cabling run through the walls and attic effectively hiding all of the cabling from the computer to the TV and game systems. But after moving everything to the living room I had 7' of exposed cabling the my 16-month-old could could easily get a hold of, pull on, damage, or hurt himself on. The solution I came up with was making a cord wrap 5 times as long as the ones I originally had. I know they have PVC and flexible wraps that you can wrap around cords to protect them but I have used those in the past and they are a pain to work with especially if you need to add or remove a cord from them. The whole project took about 30 minutes and cost a little over $10.
I originally ordered two 20" Zip-it Up cord management sleeves http://www.cyberguys.com/product-details/?productid=15382 around 3 years ago. They worked great until I had to move my office from a big desk in an office into a tiny hutch in my living room. The main problem was I originally installed some Ethernet and RCA ports in a wall jack and had all of the cabling run through the walls and attic effectively hiding all of the cabling from the computer to the TV and game systems. But after moving everything to the living room I had 7' of exposed cabling the my 16-month-old could could easily get a hold of, pull on, damage, or hurt himself on. The solution I came up with was making a cord wrap 5 times as long as the ones I originally had. I know they have PVC and flexible wraps that you can wrap around cords to protect them but I have used those in the past and they are a pain to work with especially if you need to add or remove a cord from them. The whole project took about 30 minutes and cost a little over $10.
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You will need a zipper length of your choice I went with a 100 inch metal sleeping bag zipper just because I needed a wrap that was over 7'. I got it at Joann Fabrics for $8.55 with a 50% off coupon it as originally $17.50 without coupon (Ouch!). You will also need some fabric, I originally went with a stretchier fabric like the stuff that was on the 20" cord wraps, that ended horribly and I had to de-stitch over 150" of it off the zipper. I ended up going with Duck cloth, the fabric is thicker and pretty resistant, same stuff I use to make cornhole bags out of, if you have never heard of Cornhole here is some info on it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornhole . I purchase 1/3 a yard of the fabric for $2.75.
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Thanks for sharing