--- title: Hiding electronics behind fake books | daily.dev description: A home setup hides network and home automation hardware (modem, hub, power bricks, cables) behind a shelf of hollow decorative fake books. The books can be... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/hiding-electronics-behind-fake-books-40d87b0tr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Hiding electronics behind fake books | daily.dev og:description: A home setup hides network and home automation hardware (modem, hub, power bricks, cables) behind a shelf of hollow decorative fake books. The books can be... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/hiding-electronics-behind-fake-books-40d87b0tr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/40d87b0tr.png og:image:alt: Hiding electronics behind fake books og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Hiding electronics behind fake books **[Mads Kristensen](https://daily.dev/sources/madskristensen)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A home setup hides network and home automation hardware (modem, hub, power bricks, cables) behind a shelf of hollow decorative fake books. The books can be custom-made or bought ready-made (Covobox on Amazon), with a 14-inch size recommended as the practical minimum for fitting equipment. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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