Phone jack

Replace a faulty phone jack in 10 minutes.

What can I do to get rid of this, or do you have suggestions for covering it? It's on a part of the wall between the door and a cabinet and is maybe 1 ft wide at the most. The plate is only about 1.5 inches from the cabinet, so if I were to hang a small picture or something there, I think it would look odd being so close to the cabinet.

If you have a landline jack in an awkward place which would be suitable for an electrical outlet, this article is for you. Changing a phone jack into electricity is not as difficult as it sounds.

Cover up old wall-mounted phone jack with one of these creative and practical ideas.

Cover up old wall-mounted phone jack with one of these creative and practical ideas.

Adding a phone jack is an easy DIY project that requires minimal knowledge. It's a matter of matching wire colors to the appropriate terminals.

Cover up old wall-mounted phone jack with one of these brilliant ideas.

If you accidentally cut your extension cord or power tool cord, save it by adding a new plug and receptacle to the two pieces—a safer solution than a

Corded Phone. In an emergency, cell phones will not work, you need an emergency land line. These draw minimal power from the phone jack and not from the electrical power in your house, so they will continue to work when everything else doesn't. Invaluable to have.

If you don't use a landline, why would you need to know how to wire a phone jack? See what other electrical skills DIYers don't need to keep up with anymore.