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Introducing tech into your home without ruining its style:

Technology in the home has introduced an increased amount of cabling, remote controls and wireless routers. All of these accessories can look very unappealing if constantly on display, so here are a few ways to conceal the paraphernalia of modern living.

Every time you buy a new games console, connect Wi-Fi in your home or buy a new smartphone, you’ll have added another cable to your growing collection. Technology is great – but the sight of an overloaded plug socket with numerous cables snaking their way across the floor definitely isn’t.

Finding a tidy way to store leads is highly important and can be a great way to increase safety in the home. Using cable ties, Velcro straps or trunking to keep all your leads together is an ideal solution. You can even fix phone lines and other important cables to walls to stop them from presenting trip hazards on the floor.

This is especially important in homes with older people or young children as they are often considered most at risk of falls and are also highly likely to own a large number of gadgets or electronics.

In fact, a recent survey by retirement homes specialists McCarthy & Stone found that many youngsters (65%) felt their grandparents were “cool” because they owned items like flat-screen TVs and iPads. Taking the time to keep the leads for these devices neat and tidy is therefore a huge priority for older homeowners and especially with those who have sought homes for sale with McCarthy & Stone.

Cupboards and covered units with opaque doors are great ways to hide gadgets and electronics from view when they’re not in use. If you don’t have many cupboards in your house then now’s the time to visit your local DIY hardware store or hire a local carpenter and erect extra storage space.

You should also look an innovative ways to make the most of spare space in your home – such as erecting a drawer unit under the stairs for storage of all your electronic clutter.

If the cases and discs for all your computer games, DVDs and CDs are proving difficult to store then you can purchase soft or hard case disc stores. Made from fabric, plastic or metal, these offer slots to store all of your favourite discs free from their individual plastic cases – thus greatly reducing the amount of space needed to store them.

Technology is always evolving, and some of the latest designs incorporate seamless connectivity. This invention uses wireless technology to allow machines to talk to each other and cuts down on those pesky cables!

For example, many homes have Wi-Fi thermostats that talk directly to the domestic boiler. As this trend increases, all you need to find is a home for your Wi-Fi router and thus the need for obtrusive cables should decrease.