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Declutter tip: Designate a phone charging hot spot

An unbelievably simple trick to find space you didn’t even know you had.

By Virgine Martocq and Malcolm Patterson

Updated November 15, 2013

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Never deal with dead batteries again! Juice up all your devices and keep cords out of sight with this instant power station.

Cable-management box, $15, Ikea.

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