Do you have piles of papers on your desk, or worse, your kitchen counter or dining room table? Have any stray, ugly cords?
Here are are a few clever tricks that will get that clutter out of sight, and what I love best is that they are as attractive as they are functional:
- Use decorative boxes to keep mail, receipts and coupons in.
- Store items underneath a table and add a tablecloth that reaches the floor to conceal your storage.
- Display a pretty book in a stand, to hide outlets and cords on kitchen counters.
- Hang your window treatments wider & taller than the window and all the way to the floor, too. Not only does it had height and drama, but it will hide those pesky outlets and cords, too.
Photo by Posh Living, LLC
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And finally, create a charging station for your electronic items by drilling a hole in the back of a drawer of a table for the electric cords. Place the table near the entrance of your home. Open the drawer and hook up all of your items and then when you close the drawer you will not have to look at them until the next time you head out the door.
Red Side Table Photo: Reginia Boling/Charging Table Drawer Photo: strabes
Do you hide clutter around your home? Please share your tricks & tips with us!
Bella Djordjevski is a contributing writer for Blissfully Domestic. She blogs about decorating on a budget at Bella Casa .
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Great tips! Love these ideas. This made me want to go out and drape gorgeous fabric over a table and cover all my outlets!
Very Informative!
GREAT POST!
Thanks for all the tips. I will be sure to put some of them in action IMMEDIATELY!
Layla
The Lettered Cottage
Hi Bella!
These are all great tips. I especially like the charging table and the decorative book ideas!
Hi Bella! That charging station is such a great idea! So clever!
Thanks for the tips!
Melissa
I love the idea of drilling a hole in a drawer for all of your electronic items. Great post!
LOVE these tips! Especially the long table cloth idea – I could hide so much junk, I mean treasured items! Thanks.
Great ideas for hiding that clutter that we ALL seem to have!! Good tips!! Great article!
Great Ideas! I especially love the charging station!
Blessings,
Lorilee
I njoyed your post and again congratulations on being published at BD. I will be back for more of your decorating and organizing wisdom.
Bella, You rock, girlfriend! Great inspiration! ~Rhonda
Wow! Some actually original ideas for hiding clutter that I haven't read before. I off to make a pretty box for my receipts!
Bella, these are all great ideas! Happy writing.
Rhoda
Hi Bella,
Those are great suggestions, and very helpful. Thanks for sharing!
Love all the ideas, esp the drawer for a charging station.
Great tips, Bella! Thanks for sharing!
I use boxes, baskets and pretty things to cover or hide "ugly" or unwanted things. People coming to my house asks how I get the place to organized! lol
I can actually say that I do a couple of these things. I like decorative boxes for hiding stuff. I also have a skirted table by my bed and I keep one of those ugly plastic drawer units underneath to stash things in. Very handy! And I had a post on my blog a few weeks ago about a desk drawer that had been turned into a charging station. I love that idea and am looking for a good piece of furniture to modify!
Hey tip lady! You did a great job sharing these wonderful tips with us. Thanks!
I love the tips about making a charging station in a drawer and the tip about putting a book over outlets!
Great article & terrif tips.
Thanks!
I love the idea of putting a hole in your entryway drawer to house phones and such. Great ideas.
I love the idea of the book covering outlets in a kitchen. Never would have thought of it & it looks so pretty.
Wow, I love that charging drawer! Great solution!
You are a multi talented genius. Really great tips.
You are a multi talented genius. Really great tips.
Great ideas.
I love how you hid the cell phones…very smart.