When you’re installing your home
theater system, you’ll need to decide how to run your
home
theater cables to best camouflage them without creating havoc
in your
room.
For freestanding speakers in a carpeted
room, you will likely run the cables under the carpet. There are great
tools available for running the cabling underneath carpet.
Be sure that
you have the speakers where you want them before beginning, because
speakers set away from the wall (on tables or stands) will require cuts
to be made in the carpet. For speakers near or on the wall, you can
hide the cable along the baseboard, which doesn’t involve
cutting.
For wall-mounted speakers, you have two
options. The first is to drill holes and feed the wire behind the
drywall or plaster. This takes some planning and again there are
specialized tools available to make the process of running home theater
cables through the wall easier.
The second option is to purchase
special ribbon-like cables that are so flat you can paint or wall paper
directly over them. This is a relatively new option that makes it a lot
easier!
For cables that are connecting your
television to nearby components, you have a lot of options for cable
control. 3M Command Hooks have cable hooks that hold cables wherever
you adhere the hooks.
The advantage of this product is that you
can
remove it without damaging the surface it was stuck to. A large cable
snake or cable zipper can bundle wires together nicely and then can be
tucked out of the way.
Another option, if you have long home
theater
cables that only need to go a short distance, is to use a cable spool,
also called a cable turtle, to wind up the length of cord. You then
tuck it behind the components.