Ballards Inspiration: Cord Control

I am sitting on the couch, flipping through a recent catalogue, and I spot this. I want to smack myself for not thinking of this before. Duh!

Leave it to Ballards to come up with something so simple, sophisticated, and overpriced. ($29)

Photo courtesy of Ballards Designs.

I am a bit of a fabric pack rat. I save pieces of fabric thinking I will eventually use them for something. (And I usually do...)

I had some scrap silk left over from last weeks Inspiration Board.

You truly just need scraps for these. Any long narrow piece will do.

On the narrow ends, I ran a strip of hot glue and folded it over to make a seam towards the backside of the fabric.

Did both sides

Folded it in half length wise, with the right side of the fabric sandwiched in the middle.

Glued the two sides together to make a long, hollow center.

Turned it right side out.

And fed my cord through.

It took this lamp cord from this.

To this.

I did the dining room lamp.

The before guest bath.

With some scraps left over from this project.

Turned into this.

This swarm of computer cords.

Now looks like this.

On my vanity in the master bath before.

And is now so much better.

This would be fantastic behind an entertainment center too. You could even use fabric to match your wall color, so it just blends right in. For all the sewers out there, this project is for you too! I am just showing you the lazy girls method. (No shame in the game) The whole project was less than 20 minutes total.