Table is wooden and has many shelves.
Some of the plywood has been broken to pull out cable from it and has left unsightly holes.
The table is a different design but the holes in this photo may show what I am trying to ask.
https://www.1825interiors.com.au/media/catalog/product/cache…
If you were to cover the holes in this then what would you use?
I am thinking to use a jigsaw to cut plywood and hammer a slightly larger plywood rectangle from the back. And use these to pass wires
Just tape/silicone some dark coloured ice cream container lids from the back.
You're not going to see it anyway.
Actually by the time you put books, speakers, PS5, etc in the shelf, who's going to see the damaged plywood anyway?
cut rectangles to slide in the front
You have two problems: cutting a plug that exactly matches the hole and fastening the plug to the back. See below.
Get some plywood of the same thickness. Cut out a shape that is slightly larger than the hole you are plugging, this will be the "plug", let's call it part A. Hold part A against the back of the table and trace the outline with pencil, cut the outline with whatever (jigsaw sounds good). Now you cut a part B from your plywood that is slightly larger then A. Glue A to B so that its centred. Now push the combined piece into the hole in the back. Use glue, nails and/or screws to attach part B to the back of the table. Paint the new pieces as desired.
If you want a cable pass-through you can cut this into the plug before mounting.
This may be the easiest idea. I will paint it a very dark brown shade as it is very dark brown and do this trick.
Go to the officeworks web site and look for some wood grain contact and see if it looks okay and if it does grab some and cut out some circles and stick it over the holes.
Cool idea!
You could just cover the holes from the back side with something of similar colour.
You can buy a drill bit which does those nice round holes to push cables through - eg https://au.rs-online.com/web/p/hole-saws-core-drill-bits/021…