Oct202008

Moderncat-friendly DIY Charging Station

Filed under Beds & Loungers, DIY by moderncat at 11:52 pm on Oct 20 2008

This project to convert an IKEA organizer into a charging station (for all those electronic gadgets) originally appeared in ReadyMade Magazine, but thanks to Moderncat reader Brieanne, here we have a terrific cat-friendly variation.

Since Brieanne’s cats like to chew on cords, she and her husband decided that this would be a good project for them to tackle. The idea is to create a drawer for each device and to feed the cords through the back. Breanne chose to make drawers for Pod (iPod), Click (camera), and Chat (phone), plus an info drawer for the manuals, warranties, etc. The bottom opening happened to work nicely for a laptop docking station, but only with the drawer removed.

What to do with that extra drawer? Pop it on the top, line it with a soft blanket and, voila! an in-box for your cat. Here are some process photos: testing and supervising.

Thanks, Brieanne!

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8 Responses to “Moderncat-friendly DIY Charging Station”

  1. 1 Lisa Haferon 21 Oct 2008 at 7:33 am

    My cat would love that

  2. 2 Colleenon 21 Oct 2008 at 9:57 am

    I would love this! My cats would prefer to chew on the cords, of course. Am going to the IKEA.com site right now…

  3. 3 Jasonon 21 Oct 2008 at 10:47 am

    Brieanne’s project is awesome!

    A powersquid can be helpful for DIY electrical/cat stuff, especially if you have to deal with power supplies and whatnot.

    http://www.buy.com/prod/power-sentry-5-outlet-power-squid-2-pack/q/loc/111/207998612.html

  4. 4 jmuhjon 21 Oct 2008 at 3:30 pm

    *Agree with Jason*

    And that is a beautiful model in the stripes. What’s her name?

  5. 5 brieanneon 21 Oct 2008 at 5:36 pm

    thanks for the compliments, everyone! the “model” is stuart–his twin brother ben was being shy for the camera…stu, as you can see, is not shy. at all.

  6. 6 moderncaton 21 Oct 2008 at 6:07 pm

    That’s Ben and Stu from the gallery!

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/moderncat/2799120982/

    Brieanne is very creative! Lucky cats!

  7. 7 lentilkion 24 Oct 2008 at 12:07 am

    Thanks for inspiration!
    http://galerie.lentilki.info/galerie2008/slides/081023b.html

  8. 8 furpurrsonon 26 Oct 2008 at 3:53 pm

    This is as brilliant as it is hilarious. Only cat people could come up with this (which is why cat people rock). Bravo!

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