Like every other family, we are often overwhelmed at our house (well, I am anyway) by the tangle of cords and mess and components that we need to keep all of our toys charged.
Enter the Pottery Barn Daily System. I have spent hours drooling over this collection of organizational gems. Hours. It’s probably unhealthy.
One of my favourites is the charging station. What a great idea this thing was.
So I have been thinking for a long time about how to try and replicate it. This is what I came up with. I had a wine crate that I was going to use for towel storage (or something)- meaning I didn’t need the very cool insert.
Once I took the insert out of the crate, it really reminded me of the recharge station.
So I took the Dremel and made some little grooves in the back of the insert for cords. I did this because I wanted it to sit flush against the wall and needed room for the cords to hang down.
Ok. So that’s not me doing it. But it was me telling him what to do. And that was to put a couple of grooves on the top row, and three on the bottom (just to leave a lot of room for additional cords that we may want to put in there).
Once we had that done, I slid the pieces apart and sanded and painted.
Of course I used Annie Sloan’s Chalk Paint. Old White. And then I reassembled and up onto the wall it went.
Yes. We have walkie-talkies. Two sets, actually. And yes, those are rocks on the bottom. Who says it all has to be electronic?
I sewed a piece of drop cloth with velcro on the back to gather up all the cords and also used drop cloth to make tags to label the cords. We each have our own little spots.
Hanging on the laundry room wall by our back door, it has made keeping track of cords and components soooo much easier. We have gone from this-
To this-
I love it! So grab whatever you have handy in your house and make yourself a recharge station. You will be glad you did.
Linking to:
Blue Cricket Design’s Show and Tell Wednesday
August 15th, 2011 at 7:33 am
You are very creative and talented. Thanks for sharing at the newbie party.
August 15th, 2011 at 11:12 am
Great idea. It’s crazy how many chords we all have these days. I would love it if you would stop by and share this at the crafty link party going on right now at Lines Across My Face.
Hope to see you soon,
Rachel
http://linesacrossmyface.blogspot.com/2011/08/cure-for-common-monday-4-craft-link.html
August 15th, 2011 at 11:55 am
I will do that. Thank you for the invite!
Catherine
August 17th, 2011 at 7:58 am
Super resourceful and really cute! I have a thing for the PB organizer’s too!
August 17th, 2011 at 8:03 am
Thanks! Glad I’m not the only one obsessed with them!!
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August 19th, 2011 at 7:01 pm
This looks great, nice organization
Thanks for sharing at BC Good Life Wednesdays
August 19th, 2011 at 11:11 pm
Thank you!
Catherine
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