Apartment Therapy Tagged: outlet

"Coffee Cup" Car Power Station

We talk about apartments—a lot. But for those of you super-travelers who seem to live in your car, here's a tech solution for powering your gadgets......

Preventing Vampire Energy at the Twist of an Socket

Plugs, sockets and outlets seem to be on the mind of many industrial designers these days, with new ideas that make pulling them out or plugging into them easier. Or designs that try to minimize their...

Lacking Bathroom Space? DIY a 'Plug-In Shelf'

Ah, the power outlet... it's the lifeblood of all of our favorite gadgets. But it can also help out in other ways around the house, like storing your toothbrush—wait, what?...

Trufig Flush Mounted Devices

We've seen the Bocci flush wall outlets before and we were very intrigued but they seemed to be missing all the different types of outlets you may need for your walls. This new system by Trufig seem...

Belkin Conserve Surge Outlet Saves Money & Energy

We first mentioned this surge protector last year. What made it distinctive and useful is that it came with a remote that would switch off some of the outlets. Now, Belkin have announced an update to ...

Omer Arbel's 22 Series Electrical Wall Accessories

Omer Arbel did something so wonderful no-brainer with his electrical wall plug designs: he made them circular. By just changing the standard outlet from the normal recognizable shape into a circular...

Pottery Barn's Wired-Up Beadboard Desk

Man, Pottery Barn sure knows how to get us techies going. They're always on the scene with some small (like a power station) or big (like a projector-screen-bookcase) solutions to help us integrate ou...

Power Strip Diversion Safe

We're used to a power strip protecting our electronics from sudden power spikes and surges, But we've never heard of one that can protect our jewelry, small valuables and extra cash......

Traveling Overseas With a Laptop?: Advice from PC World

You've got your bags packed, your laptop carry-on is ready to move, and your passport has been successfully located and rescued from the messy depths of your desk drawers. You're ready to head out for...

Make Your Own Charging Pocket from a Shampoo Bottle

At home, we've got our cell phone's power cord "wired" (read: we taped it) behind the headboard, giving us just a little piece of the business end of the charger sitting on our pedestal nightstand. Bu...

Final Frame: The Outlet Wall

The Outlet Wall is part wallpaper, part largest wall outlet....

Diz Decor's "Electronic Chaos"

Sometimes you've got an outlet you just can't hide behind furniture, with it being centrally located and creating an eyesore (especially if you've got a surge protector or other cords plugged in). If ...

Modular Power Sockets: Mix and Match to Create Your Perfect Power Strip

I think that everyone has the same problem when it comes to power strips. Usually, you never have enough plugs for everything that you want to plug in. So you buy another one to plug it into the first...

A Surprisingly Stylish USB-powered Lamp

The power strip behind, under, or attached to your desk is probably packed. With your laptop, iPod speaker dock, phone charger, camera charger, computer speakers and printer plugged into it, how could...

Bocci 22 Out(lets) in the Wild

We just love it when one of our readers runs with something that we have blogged about. In this case it is the Bocci 22 outlet. Since I found out about these minimalist outlets too far into my own re...

Monster Energy Efficient Power Outlet

As a company, Monster is known for their cabling. They have now started tackling charging and powering your gadgets in an eco-friendly way with a new range of standby disabling power strips. The Digit...

Belkin Energy Saving Power Outlet

As you may already know, leaving many of your devices plugged into a wall socket or power outlet means that they are consuming electricity even when you aren't using them. This adds up if you have a l...