A Cute Way to Organize Tech Equipment

If you’re like me, you have cables and chargers coming out of the wazoo.

Between the computers, cameras, iPods, iPhones, Kindles, so on and on, we have a lot of cords, cables and chargers. That is, a lot of cords that look exactly the same and tangle into a big electronic ratsnest.

But not anymore!

Enter: The Tech Basket

I chose to store all our tech equipment in a pretty, unused picnic basket. It looks nice on the shelf, plus, the lift-top provide easy access. You, of course, can put them in whatever container that you choose.

To organize my equipment I needed two things:

1. A box of Ziploc freezer bags

2. Binder clips of various sizes

I keep all the manuals (which I never read) and installation CDs in one bag to keep everything together. The lid of my basket had a nifty plastic plates holder on the lid that I tucked mine into.

First, to keep all the cords from tangling I wrap them up together and clip them together with a big binder clip.

I love these black binder clips because they are sturdy, and clip on/off so easily! Much better than wrapping with a rubber band or knoting the cord.

Then I group together the “stuff” by  which “thing” it belongs to.

For example, this is all my SLR equipment – chargers, TV hookup cables, lens covers, etc.

I like to use Ziploc Freezer bags because they are tougher and also have a nice label-box.

I threw some other tech equipment in the basket too – my external hard drive, re-chargable batteries and some extra headphones.

It’s nice to have everything in one place, and finding the right cord that I need is so much faster/easier now.

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Hopefully I’ll post on a few Christmas projects soon… I’ve been far too busy watching Hallmark movies and drinking cocoa to muster up the effort to take pictures. : ) Soon enough friends!