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IKEA sells (at least I think they still do...but not on the site) a very thing cord cover that was perfect for hiding cords along baseboards and door frames. It would work for this too. And it could could be painted as well.

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Wait, you have just drilled big holes into the wall to be able to hang a LCD tv, and now you are worried about the holes required to hide cables??? Unless of course you are hanging the TV with a small picture hook, in which case the TV will fall pretty soon so you won't have to worry about hiding any cables...

The holes that we drilled in the wall to hang the TV are super small - much like hanging a picture. Those devices are pretty streamlined these days.

The hole we'd need for the wires would be significantly bigger plus we' have to rewire.

The best solution I have found is the Wiremold kits at Lowe's in the audio/video section. It includes elbows and corners to go around corners. About $10. I think you can buy these online, too. Really quick and easy.

It's a white 5' plastic stick that is paintable. It also has a peel and stick backing that is sticky enough to solidly stay in place. Clean the wall first though. With a strong pair of scissors or a steak knife you can trim the stick, too.

It has a slit up the side to feed the cord into if you don't drop it through the opening up top first.

I also found a flat version that is on a spool. You cut to length what you need, fold along the creases to form the channel and use remove the paper to reveal the sticky that seals the unit into a rectangular channel. It was about $8 for a 20' roll I think.

Search online for Wiremold as the manufacturer for these types of products. Also try "cord concealer" and "channel"

I think the idea of using a white wire concealer is great.

The thrify Albanian in me is thinking you could bundle the wires with white electrician's tape. At least that would pull them together and make them blend into the wall a bit more. But probably not the direction you want to head in....

How about a DIY "plasma panel" similar to this:
http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=1151&f=26736
You get the concept.. just the wall panel without the base unit, going all the way down to the floor (this is the best picture I coulf find right now). A panel of dark wood, with a hole for the TV mounts, and grooves at the back for wiring. The panel would need to be about an inch thick to accomodate the gooves.

In fact it could go all the way up to the ceiling, like wood paneling.

instead of just using a wire race and painting it, how about a little camouflage? like this...

http://www.vinylwallart.com/climbingvine.html

Unless the space is smaller than it appears, there's plenty of room there for a slim cabinet (a DVD-width one at least). The space looks wider than your door. I can't believe toes would be stubbed on something with that much space available, but I live in a small place where that much free space seems pretty large.

We have a similar set up except the space between the bed and wall is even thinner than pictured above. What we did was set up a lack shelf above the TV to hold our DVD and cable box. It's set up pretty high so when we walk by it isn't remotely close to our heads. If that didn't work out, plan B was to place a mirror strategically in order to divert the remote control ray to hit the cable box on our dresser. We got this idea from an episode of "Small Space, Big Style" on HGTV from another fellow New Yorker.

Ooooh, the climbing vine wall art is a great idea!
I think some 2" white paper tape and paint would probably do the trick as well.

I just sucked it up and drilled the holes. Save the "cookie" that comes out of the saw bit if it's a rental, and plaster it back in when you move out. You're going to need to patch some holes anyway, so it won't be THAT much more work. Don't forget to run a string to help you add more wires easiily later.

Wiremold also makes a channel especially for flat screen TVs. http://www.wiremold.com/www/consumer/products/tv_cord_center.asp

You could also kill two birds with one stone and spruce up what appears to be a rather bland room with an eyecatching fabric panel with a cutout for the TV mount. It should be as easy as hanging a curtain rod.

The simple drywall repair job required to cover a small hole punch for a few cords at the rear mount down at the floor would be no more time consuming than the numerous small holes you'd need to spackle for most (ugly) wire tracks. And wall vinyl tends to take paint and in some cases the top paper layer of sheet rock off with it when you remove it, just like wallpaper, unless you have primed the wall with something to prevent it from bonding.

We have those vinyl art thingies on our kitchen wall, and they won't stay up if its not completely flush. With the wires there, they will most likely fall off. Nice idea though! The best way short of drilling in to the wall is that wiremold system. you can find some very slim made wire runs that can be painted. We used adhesive backed plastic devices since the wall with our TV is solid cement, and not the most fun thing to drill 20 million screws into.

You could also try a floor to ceiling mirror or something of that nature.
http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=1430&f=11905

I think the vines would look great with the comforter. Maybe glue them on over a white cover of some sort if they won't stay up by themselves.

I love the comforter. Is it still available somewhere?