indoors
G E T O R G A N IZ E D
REMOTE LOCATIONS
Give your remote controls
good homes and they’ll be
less likely to wander. Try a
shallow tray for gaming
remotes and the console,
above left,
and a flatware
caddy for TV and DVD
player remotes,
left.
Most
important: Train everybody
to put remotes back in
their homes—and
nowhere else—when
they’re not in use.
BE PREPARED
Who wants
to halt a hot game of Wii
bowling to hunt down a
new battery? Gather
necessities—extra
batteries, a disc-cleaning
kit, and microfiber cloths
for dusting the TV
screen—and store them
right where they’re used,
above.
Keep disinfecting
wipes in the basket and
give remotes a weekly
once-over. ®
Get
10
easy ideas for outfitting a
TV armoire at
BHG.com/mediacenter
More ways to take control of your home entertainment gear
O x o S o ftW o rta P O P
c o n ta in e rs , $ ll a nd î l
V,
T a rg e t
PlayStation 3, $299;
playstation.com for stores
KangaRoom gamer pocket, $20:
kangaroomstorage.com
Cord control kit, $15; colored
labels, $4; containerstore.com
240-disc capacity CD ProSleeve
pages, $20; caselogic.com
Include some old-school
games with your tech. Use
kitchen canisters fo r games
with little pieces.
Do more with fewer black
boxes. This game console
also plays DVDs, Blu-Ray,
and streams Netflix.
A saddle that fits over a
chair arm keeps video
games and controls close.
Folds into a carrying case.
Tame cord chaos—thread
them through the flexible
tube (in white or black).
Color-code the plugs.
Store hundreds o f DVDs,
sans cases, in a few inches.
Tuck discs in sleeves; load
pages in three-ring binder.
For buying information see page 259.
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B E T T E R H O M E S A N D G A R D E N S
