I use a very ugly 3M anti-fatigue kitchen mat on the floor in front of the sink and main counter. My feet need it in order to be able to cook and wash dishes after a long day at work on my feet.

Or plant the cable box's bottom against the wall in one of these: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80137872 ...

Maybe you could build a slanted shelf, so that the cable box front is slanted up towards the ceiling? The remote should still work.

I'm loving my hookless shower curtain. I'm barely over 5 feet tall, so I really hated fiddling with the rings. Hmmmm, now I think of it, the built in rings are probably pvc ...but the curtain is ...

do any of these work on hairy husband hair on the bathroom floor?

My butt is green with envy...

I'm going to bury it in my garden and see if more $190 pillows sprout up! ;) Just kidding, of course. Too pretty ...