How to hide things that bother the eyes in the house
Categories: Design and Architecture | Life hacks
PictolicCarefully look around the interior of your home. Surely there is something in it that constantly catches your eye and spoils the whole picture of coziness and comfort that you are trying so hard to preserve.
Where to put the wires from the computer and other equipment? How to get rid of the annoying ventilation grille that sticks out in the living room and violates the whole feng shui? Here you will find useful tips on how to hide something that stubbornly does not want to hide.
1. Hide the laundry baskets in the deep drawers of the dresser.
2. The router can be hidden in a beautiful box from under expensive shoes.
3. Or in the cover of an old book.
4. The washing machine can be decorated with ordinary duct tape or colored tape. Turn on your imagination! And when the design gets boring, it can be easily changed!
5. Do you want the refrigerator to sparkle with new colors? It can be self-glued.
6. And the refrigerator can also be painted with special paint. Then it will be possible to leave notes on it with chalk.
7. A roll of paper towels is "hiding" under such a beautiful shelf.
8. Skin/hair care products, etc. you can pour it into beautiful transparent bottles to remove the "visual noise" in the bathroom.
9. The air vent or electric shield can be hidden behind a beautiful door mat. The main thing is to pre-paint it with spray paint in any color suitable for your room.
10. To hide the TV out of sight when you are not using it, buy an inexpensive canvas with a pattern, for example, at IKEA.
11. In the same way, you can hide any other "corn for the eyes" sticking out in the middle of the wall, for example, a thermostat.
12. Hide the wires in such frames — then your TV will "seamlessly" fit into the design of the living room.
13. Does the printer interfere? Hide it in the chest of drawers, having previously modified the front of the drawer.
14. Turn the wires into a wall decoration with the help of these beautiful clips.
15. An ordinary old door can be transformed with paint and duct tape.
16. The air conditioner can be hidden behind a board previously covered with chalk paint.
17. To hide the air conditioner on the window, use the shortened curtains on the screed.
18. If it does not work to glue an unsightly wall with wallpaper or tiles, you can hide it behind a perforated plate. In addition, it is easy to hang shelves, kitchen utensils and anything else you want on it.
19. Don't like the switch hanging alone in the middle of the wall? Hide it among the pictures or photos! No one will notice this switch.
20. Hang a black cloth at the table to hide the web of wires.
21. Turn the bottom drawer of the dresser into a "station" for feeding pets.
22. Spray paint banal folding chairs. Usually, for some reason, such chairs are sold in dark and nondescript colors. Make them bright and cheerful.
23. Instead of the usual hanger, hang clothes on such a homemade one. It will look much more unique.
24. Hide annoying basement beams under columns.
25. And if you paint these columns in a different color, the room will immediately transform.
26. Tired of floor tiles? Paint it the way you want!
27. Buy or sew yourself a lounger for a pet.
28. Indoor plants can be placed in cinder blocks! In the garden, they will look just right in the theme.
29. The trash can can be stored in the drawer of the kitchen table.
30. Update the garage door with a fresh coat of paint of your favorite color.
31. Cover the bath with decorative stones to give it an original look.
32. The "apron" behind the sink can be beautifully "inscribed" into the wall using a shelf holder.
33. Hide the pilot station where you charge gadgets in the drawer of the bedside table or chest of drawers. Many of these boxes do not have a back wall, so in some cases you do not even have to drill holes.
34. If your room has an acoustic ceiling, it can be made smooth. Of course, this is a very time-consuming process, but it is possible. The main thing is to check if there is asbestos in the ceiling.
35. Nail the hooks to the inside of the table cover to hang the wires on them and thus hide them from view.
36. Cover the spring mattress with a cloth. It can be nailed with a conventional construction stapler. Add legs there to lift the mattress off the floor and turn it into a real bed.
37. Have you always dreamed of a steel-colored plate? Just stick a light-sensitive steel-colored paper on it!
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