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How to Disguise a Cable Box

by Jennifer

How to decorate around TV components so they are practically hidden, but still right out in the open!

Today, let’s talk about what is probably the least glamorous item in your entire family room – your cable box.  Most of us have them and when out in the open, let’s face it, they’re kind of an eyesore.

This post won’t apply to a lot of you, I’m sure.  My parents, for example, house their TV components in a gorgeous, hand-painted armoire that, when closed, prettily hides all the wires and boxes.  I’ve seen a lot of bloggers rehab old dressers to make gorgeous TV credenzas that also hide all those unsightly little boxes away.
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A solution like this wasn’t going to work for us, though, because we opted to mount the TV to the wall above the fireplace.  We had the components wired remotely so we could house them on an open bookshelf nearby, but then I was left with the little issue of six component boxes, what looked like a billion wires, and one very untidy-looking bookshelf.

With some purposeful arranging, however, the TV component boxes and wires are practically invisible.

Here are some general tips for hiding your TV component boxes right out in the open:

  1. Use a tall bookshelf – the eye naturally goes to the middle and high shelves, which you can reserve for decorative objects.
  2. Place any TV component boxes on the lower shelves.
  3. Use larger component boxes – usually cable boxes and Bluray/DVD players – as bases for books or other decorative objects.
  4. Disguise smaller component boxes, like Sonos controllers or Apple TV boxes, by using them in a stack of smaller books and/or placing a pretty object on top.
  5. Bundle wires together and hide them behind a framed photograph/print or a decorative plate.

Look how hard the bottom two shelves of this bookshelf are working!

How to decorate around TV components so they are practically hidden, but still right out in the open!

But when you look at the bookshelf, your eye is drawn to the shelves closer to eye level and really only registers the items on those.

How to decorate around TV components so they are practically hidden, but still right out in the open!

Even from afar, the bookshelf as a whole comes off looking more like a collection of pretty objects than a hard-working media center.

How to decorate around TV components so they are practically hidden, but still right out in the open!

Do you have a clever way of disguising TV components in your house?  Share them in the comments if you do!  This is one of those things that has a million different solutions based on how your TV is oriented, and we can all piece together the solutions that work best for us!

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Comments

  1. Cassie Bustamante says

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    perfectly hidden! i would love to hide ours better but it’s on the top shelf of our shelves because otherwise we have a hard time hitting it with the remote!

    • Jennifer@TheChroniclesofHome says

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      Our new cable box can be controlled from anywhere – even from another room. You never have to point the remote at it, so that made that one pretty easy to work with!

  2. Idania De Jesus says

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    Sounds like a great idea, but the equipment needs to vent, and putting stuff on top of them will prevent them from venting, making them hot and they won’t work as well and won’t last as long.

    • Jennifer@TheChroniclesofHome says

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      Very true – I should have mentioned that the boxes I used underneath other items have their vents on the sides so they can still cool down properly. Thanks for bringing this up, though!

      • Idania De Jesus says

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        I would love to be able to do this. I’ll be switching cable providers soon since I’m moving out of state. Let’s hope that their boxes have the vents on the side so that I can do this. It just makes so much more sense! By the way, love your blog. Keep up the good work.

        • Jennifer@TheChroniclesofHome says

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          Thanks so much, Idainia!

  3. Carmel Phillips says

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    I kinda wish we could just live without all the ugly technology stuff. ;) Let’s just read………said the girl who’s addicted to about 12 different television shows. ha!

    • Jennifer@TheChroniclesofHome says

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      I know what you mean…but then…whaaaat? Give up my DVR?! I do kind of prefer reading though :)

  4. Ashley@AttemptsAtDomestication says

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    Wow! I never would have noticed anything but the modem, cable box and phone if you hadn’t pointed them out! That’s awesome!

    • Jennifer@TheChroniclesofHome says

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      Awesome – glad my trickery worked :)

  5. erin@ house envy says

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    love it! you would never notice it unless you really studied your shelf!

    • Jennifer@TheChroniclesofHome says

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      That’s what I’m hoping – that most people walking by won’t really be studying!

  6. Julia @cuckoo4design says

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    You managed to completely make it disappear to the eye. It’s awesome!

    • Jennifer@TheChroniclesofHome says

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      Thanks, sweets!

  7. Jennifer Susil Griffin says

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    You’re right, I don’t think I would have noticed those things if you hadn’t pointed them out!

  8. Bethany DeVore says

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    Great idea! You don’t even notice them!






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I'm a design and DIY lover, decorator, modern home-maker, foodie, fashion enthusiast, and jill-of-all-trades when it comes to home improvement. I'm slowly but surely adding classic-contemporary style to my early 90's colonial home one inch at a time and I'm taking you along for the ride.

It's often messy - there are usually project remnants and toys strewn about - but the making of a home isn't always tidy work and I love showing you how you can make and style and organize your way to a home and a life you love!

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