DIY Charging Station
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We all seem to have many portable devices that need charging. Usually, my cords are wrapped up & shoved in a drawer…or even worse, hanging from the wall with nothing attached to them. My husband is the culprit behind that one – men! 😉
I ran across a super cool idea this week for organizing the charging cords, and I just knew it was the solution to my problem. It was absolutely genius!
In the original idea, a ribbon box was used. There are a couple of cute ones here
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Make a label for each hole – Mom’s cell, Dad’s cell, Kindle, iPod, etc. Stick a surge protector inside, and thred all your chargers through. You can easily flip off the power switch on the surge protector to eliminate any ghost power. Are you listening, dear husband of mine?
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Ta-da! No more cord mess!! I just love this project 🙂
I was wondering where you found the right kind of hole punch? I can’t seem to find one that will work, even at michaels or hobby lobby. Any ideas?
I purchased mine at Hobby Lobby at the time – but I’m sure if you can’t find it at your location, you could google it and find it online.
fabric store, it comes with the grommets usually.
I wrote the definite resource for making one of these. Check out my instructables article here -> http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-DIY-Shoe-Box-Charging-Station-for-Your-Devi/