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How do interior designers hide lamp cords?
Bust open any copy of Martha Stewart Living, or House Beautiful, or Fancy Shmancy Living, and it becomes immediately apparent that the owners of these beautifully decorated homes do not have lamps, phones, or other electronic equipment with power cords. Is there really a way to hide them in a normal home, or are they just hidden away for the photo spread?
Here’s an example: http://www.fionacampbelldesign.co.uk/images/homepage/Interior_Design_Living_room_layout.jpg
Where are the cords for the lamps?
Tags: Electronic Equipment, Interior Design, Interior Designers, Lamp Cords, Martha Stewart
4 Users Commented In " How do interior designers hide lamp cords? "
The cord for the lamp by the red leather to-die-for corner chair in your link is under the carpet, only a few inches are showing.
Being Martha, it’s entirely possible that she had a receptacle installed in the floor directly under the lamp. That’s a possibility, and I’d guess very likely. You can do that if you like, but remember-real people don’t have her budget to move the outlet and patch the floor when we rearrange the furniture. Floor outlets do work nicely though. Hope this helps.
If you look closely you will see two red cords on the lamps on the right running back into the walls, and the other light is slipped under the carpet I guess. Have a great day!
I have found that some decorators put most of the cords around the base boards or under carpets. Maybe soon we will have lights without cords, hopefully.