Cable Management.

[Doghouse Riley]

I've seen a lot of kit on many forums, but often it comes with a lot of visible cables.

This may be quite acceptable to those contributors, but it's quite easy to hide most of them if you choose.

I'm a tidy person, so I don't like to see them. They can also be a trip hazard, more of a problem, if something expensive then gets dragged off a stand when it happens.


I use plastic trunking. it's dirt cheap, easy and quick to fix, either with a few small screws or just the adhesive that is on the back.
Mine sits on top the skirting boards and is hardly noticeable. Of course, any change of equipment can be accommodated as the tops just clip on and is easily removed and replaced.



Now I know this won't interest many, but perhaps it will some.

Cables from one double socket feed the TV and everything under it to the left and the wall unit lighting and all my audio equipment to the right.

This feeds my electric piano, its amplifier and the music stand lamp.






There are two pairs of cables to each of these jukebox wall boxes, which have quick release connectors behind them. The cables pass down inside the trunking below the shelf, then along more trunking on top of the skirting board, then disappear behind the wall unit.



This trunking comes in different widths and lengths, here in the UK, usually in 3mtr lengths for just a few pounds. Easily cut with a small saw. You can get "elbows" for them but they aren't really necessary.