How To... Make a Cell Phone Caddy

Perhaps you charge your cell phone at your landing strip, or you might have it next to your bed, like us. Either way, the charger wire is usually in plain sight. If you hate the eyesore, here's an easy and simple project to hide it away whether it's in use or not...

3-21-09 phone charger directions.jpg Jessica at Zakka Life has an easy tutorial for turning a plastic bottle (she used a Cetaphil container) into a cellphone caddy. Check out the full directions here. We love the simplicity of this project, and all the possibilities for making it unique.

Images: Zakka Life

Comments (11)

Pretty nifty! Would there be any kind of electrical hazard with this?

posted by Myshkin on March 27th 2009 at 6:01pm
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It's a pretty great little contraption, though in order to have it hanging and hiding the wire all the time, you'd have to have your charger plugged in all the time, even when you aren't charging your phone. If you don't want to be drawing phantom power, then you've got the problem of what to do with the charger and caddy when it's not plugged into the wall...

posted by emmaduck on March 27th 2009 at 6:02pm
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AWESOME. I actually bought this one at a Hallmark Store recently. It's very similar.

http://www.thephoneholder.com

posted by fefe on March 27th 2009 at 6:16pm
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Oh, brilliant!

I'm getting the scissors out this weekend!

posted by bepsf on March 27th 2009 at 6:45pm
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I have one of these that I bought at Bed Bath and Beyond, but it doesn't have the cup part, so the phone kinda slides off. I like this much better!

posted by inkstainedwriter on March 27th 2009 at 7:09pm
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Brilliant!

posted by sagerchatter on March 27th 2009 at 7:33pm
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As long as the plastic is clean, dirt conducts electricity.

posted by ojanet on March 27th 2009 at 7:36pm
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You can just get a single outlet with a switch on it, plug it in to the wall outlet, plug the charger into it, and switch it off when not in use. Most hardware stores carry these: http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=197460-334-BP4404W-L&lpage=none

posted by Miriam on March 27th 2009 at 8:41pm
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I would use a taller bottle and alter the shape of the back (part with the hole in it) so that it can be mounted under the wall plate. Then you don't have to hang it from the charging adapter/plug.

posted by holydita on March 28th 2009 at 10:42am
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Great idea. Great add-on holydita.

posted by quiltmaster on March 29th 2009 at 7:07pm
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The linked tutorial is gone. Apparently, the author took it down due to remarks about safety in the comments section. I'll refrain from making a comment about that...

Thanks for getting a photo, I think the project is pretty self-explanatory.

posted by laila on March 30th 2009 at 7:13pm
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