If you're planning to show a midnight movie outdoors on the projector screen or wire up your deck with great sound, you're going to have a lot of heavy duty outdoor cords working their way through your space. Just like inside the house, a tangle of outdoor cords can be unsightly. This DIY project might come in handy...
Coil Your Outdoor Cords In Plastic Waste Baskets
Spotted at Instructables, this DIY project shows us that a simple 5-gallon bucket with a drilled hole in the bottom can become a great outdoor cord wrangler.
But grabbing a cheap plastic wastebin from Ikea (we swear by the $1.99 FNISS, at left, and keep several around for both indoor and outdoor use) can take this project up a notch.
Drill two holes in the bottom, let the cord coil in the base of the bin, then place a potted plant inside. You'll have an outdoor cord management solution that looks great, too.
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