I was wondering how other AVSers organized their cables in order to keep things tidy. I put two screws into the wall so I could hang the power strip on it. It has a pretty long power cord that I keep zip-tied and it rests on the floor, but I think I will put it on the bottom shelf of my stand so I can push it back a couple more inches, to the baseboard. In a couple of places I have each cable tied and then the group of them tied together, like the multi-channel out for my PC. In the picture my PC is on the bottom, but I decided to move it next to the TV stand so the power strip cable can go there. I even took masking tape and made tags for each power cord and labeled each so if I need to unplug one I don't have to trace the cord.
) I don't want anything that could ruin the varnish or be difficult to take off later. I remember when I made it I was thinking about leaving the bottom trim off on the back so it would have been possible to tuck the cords underneath it. But I decided I wanted the stand to have all four sides resting on the floor. I like the idea of underneath the power strip. Oh, as for ventilation, each shelf is actually three boards (front, middle, and back) so there are two ~2-inch gapes between the boards so all the devices have air flow from underneath. I do need to change that masking tape wrap, I just ran out of ties that I had on hand. I usually use a small pocket knife blade, or one of my swiss army knives has a pointy letter opener, and I will usually undo the tie to be reused again.
