The Ideal House Feature: Ingeniously Positioned, Completely Disguised Electrical Outlets

March 1, 2017

If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let’s have ourselves a little daydream…

 

We are very, very grateful for our electricity, aren’t we?

We certainly do not take it for granted that we can plug in a hot tool and–presto!–have curls, or that we can turn on our espresso machine with one magic button every morning.

What blessed lives we lead!

Only, you know…if you give a human electricity…we’ll tell you we hate the unsightly look of cords dangling every which way. We’ll complain about how unfortunate it is that we have to ogle our outlets, or that we have to stretch cords across great expanses of countertop in order to reach the power source.

If only there was a way to make this incredible privilege and its accoutrements more beautiful, more lovely, more like they, well, didn’t exist whatsoever! Yeah, we’re a strange old bunch, huh?

These are some first-rate first-world design solutions coming at you.

Heading off with: outlets that disappear into the surrounding material. Marble backsplash, meet marble outlets!

Ingeniously positioned, completely disguised electrical outlets.

Image credit: Obumex

 

Material-matching or not, I have to say that the flat outlet is hugely more visually appealing than the normal centimeter-protruding ones.

Ingeniously positioned, completely disguised electrical outlets.

Image credit: Trufig

 

But maybe the look of your outlets isn’t so much a concern as the strategic placement of power sources. Consider then, my friends, that an electrician can basically install these things anywhere besides inside your eyeballs. (?)

Ingeniously positioned, completely disguised electrical outlets.

Image credit: ROM architecture studio

 

These charging holders combined with the under-cabinet outlets are semi-revolutionary, and I’m tending to think we should all get involved in this concept.
Ingeniously positioned, completely disguised electrical outlets.

Image credit: Legrand

 

Prime outlet positioning in the bathroom might look like this:

Ingeniously positioned, completely disguised electrical outlets.

Image credit: Bliss At Home

 

Okay, but wait, do you know about pop-out outlets or am I the last to find out?

Ingeniously positioned, completely disguised electrical outlets.

Image credit: Legrand

 

Ingeniously positioned, completely disguised electrical outlets.

Image credit: D2 Interiors 

 

And if all else fails, make the outlet a purposeful spectacle, rather than a design feature we wish wasn’t there.

Ingeniously positioned, completely disguised electrical outlets.

Image credit: Legrand

This post wasn’t the least bit helpful, but maybe one of you weirdos will appreciate my weird.

Weeee!

 

 

7 responses to “The Ideal House Feature: Ingeniously Positioned, Completely Disguised Electrical Outlets”

  1. Kelly Avatar
    Kelly

    The post was very helpful. I am in design process of building a house. I can incorporate these ideas and had not seen many of them. So, thank you!

    1. Annie Avatar
      Annie

      Well, that single comment just validated this post and more! Thanks for saying so, Kelly!!

  2. Nicole Avatar

    Absolutely genius! Fab post 🙂 Plugs can be so unsightly!

    1. Annie Avatar
      Annie

      Thank goodness someone else out there understands! 😉

  3. Louisa Avatar

    Its one of my biggest bugbears – in my kitchen, the sockets have been placed halfway up the walls! You’ve given me some ideas to hide the little monsters! Thankyou

  4. Renee Avatar
    Renee

    I LOVE your ideas! I’m remodeling my home and haven’t gotten to the baths or kitchen yet. This is going on my “Must have” list!
    Please tell me where they are available?
    Are these at specialty stores only?

    1. Annie Avatar
      Annie

      Oooh, so glad this was helpful! As far as sources, check out this post from Architectural Digest: http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/hidden-electrical-outlets

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7 responses to “The Ideal House Feature: Ingeniously Positioned, Completely Disguised Electrical Outlets”

  1. Kelly Avatar
    Kelly

    The post was very helpful. I am in design process of building a house. I can incorporate these ideas and had not seen many of them. So, thank you!

    1. Annie Avatar
      Annie

      Well, that single comment just validated this post and more! Thanks for saying so, Kelly!!

  2. Nicole Avatar

    Absolutely genius! Fab post 🙂 Plugs can be so unsightly!

    1. Annie Avatar
      Annie

      Thank goodness someone else out there understands! 😉

  3. Louisa Avatar

    Its one of my biggest bugbears – in my kitchen, the sockets have been placed halfway up the walls! You’ve given me some ideas to hide the little monsters! Thankyou

  4. Renee Avatar
    Renee

    I LOVE your ideas! I’m remodeling my home and haven’t gotten to the baths or kitchen yet. This is going on my “Must have” list!
    Please tell me where they are available?
    Are these at specialty stores only?

    1. Annie Avatar
      Annie

      Oooh, so glad this was helpful! As far as sources, check out this post from Architectural Digest: http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/hidden-electrical-outlets

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