![]() ![]() So much better, right? No more distracting white lines. Each pack of 4 yds covered approximately 4 feet of cording. I used a piece of electrical tape to attach it to the bottom and it was done. From there, I just wound the bias tape down the cord tightly, fastening occasionally with small bits of electrical tape, until I reached the toggle switch. It was thick enough to quickly wrap around the cords, would provide adequate coverage along with weight and texture, and would, most importantly, make them black – the only thing I really cared about.Įlectrical tape was an obvious choice to adhere the strand to the cord. I did have a ton of black single fold bias tape hanging around contributing nothing to my life so I decided to give that a shot instead. While that would let my cords know we are BFFs forever and solve my problem at the same time, I would much rather spend $60 to buy black cords than spend hours wrapping tiny thread around 2 really long cords. (NOT ME.) The trend has even swept the cording community. Wrapping lamp and charger cords with colorful embroidery floss or neon nylon is kind of a thing. Remember in the 6th grade when it was cool to make friendship bracelets in each other’s hair? Some people are doing that again. I am super cheap, however, and didn’t want to tack on $60 to the price of these needlessly. This would be easy enough and not horribly expensive (West Elm sells them for $30 each). One option was to replace the wiring with a black pendant cord set. ![]() They looked great when we hung them but since they aren’t hard wired into the wall, the unsightly beige wiring snaking down the black wall needed to be addressed. Other than a little dirt, the wiring was in fine condition. These Danish Modern sconces were purchased for our bedroom.
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