10 Ways to Organize All Those Gadget Cords and Chargers

At least 90 percent of Americans now own a cellphone, and 44 percent of them admit to having slept with their phone at their bedside lest they miss a call or message, according to the Pew Research Center.

Not that we needed numbers to tell us, but statistics confirm we’re increasingly addicted to our cellphones, smartphones, tablets, e-readers, mp3 players and digital cameras. But the more we run our lives with the help of gadgets, the more our homes become overrun with chargers and cords.

You could easily spend $40, $50 or even $100 on a charging station to be able to neatly power up all your devices in one spot. Or you could invest as little as a few bucks and a few minutes in a DIY version.

These unique options — directions included — will power up your devices while helping hide their chargers and cords in everyday objects you have lying around the house or could find at a thrift store:

Hardcover book as charging dock via The DIY Treatment or Little Lovelies. (Ready-made handmade versions can cost as much as $50.)

Fabric charging station via Positively Splendid.

Wine crate as multidevice charging station via eHow.

Scrap wood as freestanding multidevice charging station via Sugar Bee Crafts.

Scrap wood as under-cabinet mounted multidevice charging station via Confessions of a Serial Do-It-Yourselfer.

Small suitcase as multidevice charging station via Design Sponge.

Mail organizer as multidevice charging station via Driven by Decor.

Tool box as multidevice charging station via Funky Junk Interiors.

Cardboard box as multidevice charging station via Tasha Chawner.

Bread box as multidevice charging station via Four Generations One Roof or Instructables.

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