Any good resources for hiding wiring?

[PhoenixDown]

I am wondering if anyone has any links or resources for hiding wiring in a living room entertainment center? I am not looking to fish wires behind walls, just clean up and better organize what I have.

Thanks!!

 

[phrehdd]

Without seeing your set up, it would be hard to tell which means would be a good fit.
There are flexible tubes to gather up cable as well as attaching a trough to the back of a stand to lay loose cable and then hollow molding that can not only be ran where molding normally goes but straight up behind your system on the wall and possibly matched to the wall colour.

 

[Kenny99]

As Phrehdd said, Look at the hardware stors “Lowe’s, Home Depot, etc.” For wiring channel. lots of options.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

Both answers are great. I'll add: hop on Amazon and, in search, type Hide AV Wire. Many pages of matches with pictures will show up.

You can also use simple hooks in the back of the furniture, garbage ties, plastic ties, or even tape every so many feet if you want to keep it cheap. Colored tape that best matches the background might be bought to then wrap around bundles of wires (though making future changes may not be fun with this option).

You only reference "entertainment center" so if only within the furniture, many such centers usually have some cable management built into them (hooks or similar). You might want to take a good look at what you have and see if you find any such things already set up to manage wires between devices.

 

[HDFan]

If you don't put it behind walls no way to avoid it being ugly if you have to run long run wires, particularly if you have a lot of speakers (atmos, surround, etc.)

Corner (looks flat but is ceiling/wall corner with raw speaker wire:



Ceiling with wire cover which may be worse because it makes the wiring even bigger:

 

[rayward]

I am wondering if anyone has any links or resources for hiding wiring in a living room entertainment center? I am not looking to fish wires behind walls, just clean up and better organize what I have.

Thanks!!

You can get a cable management kit from Amazon for about $10, and that will have a wide variety of sleeves, clips and straps that you can use to corral your wires. I find that one of these and a roll of strong double-sided tape goes a long way.

Here's how I was able to clean up the back of my TV:

 

[AZhappyjack]

You can get a cable management kit from Amazon for about $10, and that will have a wide variety of sleeves, clips and straps that you can use to corral your wires. I find that one of these and a roll of strong double-sided tape goes a long way.

Here's how I was able to clean up the back of my TV:

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That's about as clean as you can get it...

In the family room:
I still use a Logitech universal remote, so my TV is sitting on top of the tv credenza, under the television, but all of the cables (power, network and HDMI) are bundled together with velcro ties and strapped to the television feet. I also have my sound bar sitting under the television between the legs, so that helps hide cables from view, as well...

In the office:
I have a Logitech universal remote, and the TV and satellite box sit on a credenza below the television, and the soundbar is mounted above the television. All cables are routed through a wiring channel that is painted the same color as the wall, so it shows, but is not unsightly in the least.

 

[gigatoaster]

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From the viewing point I can’t see the cables on the floor (hidden by the little table) but I can see the 2 cables behind the TV.

It looks like that:

Also there is no blinking light when I watch TV in the dark, I have a setting to disable it on the TV. All the components are in the TV furniture: amplifier, Mac mini, Apple TV and PS5. The Dyson fan is used now because it’s 30°C but usually it’s by the wall.