Two pieces of carpet, six rivets, some sisal string, and a little work will get you this awesome DIY car(pet) cat bed. Portuguese industrial designer Helder L. Santos just posted this to his Coroflot gallery, and I think it’s brilliant! You’d have to choose a carpet that looks good on both sides and has a substantial thickness, but the possibilities are endless. Can’t wait to make one myself!
Get the complete instructions here. Thanks to Moderncat reader Katrika for finding this one.
February 28th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
OMG THINK of the pawsibilities. I never met a carpet remnant I didn’t like. And you can double up on it for looks, too!
March 1st, 2009 at 4:51 pm
BRILLIANT! And just FYI – in the New Natural Cat, Anitra Frazier specifically recommended using the BACK of carpet as the scratching material, as being MUCH more bark-like!
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Super cute, but how to get “nice” non fraying edges on the carpet? I know my tabby would be munching on the loose ends. (Garbage mouth cat, thinks she’s a dog.)
March 2nd, 2009 at 3:26 pm
BRILLIANT. This guy is amazing…turn a little piece of carpet ready to go to the garbage and turns it to a design cat house ….Congratulations to the DESIGNER.