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Use Rain Gutters to Wrangle Under-Desk Wires

062409raingutter01.gifLook under your desk. Is there a huge tangle of cables and wires down there? It's okay, you can admit it...we've been there also. Maybe all you need is a rain gutter to help you organize, guide and hide your tech tangle, while also giving your surge protectors a place to reside off the ground like this ingenious Lifehacker solution created by Seandavid010 for his IKEA computer desk...

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IKEA, cable management, desk, hack, rain gutter

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thats brilliant!

posted by iseehearts on June 24th 2009 at 8:29pm
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We bought a metal thing at ikea that keeps the cords up and tidy and screws into the bottom of our entertainment center, have to buy another for the desk when we go back.

posted by rebeldress on June 24th 2009 at 10:21pm
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Amazing idea. I am definitely doing this.

posted by isla on June 25th 2009 at 3:17am
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