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pet crafts – diy midcentury pet bed

January 10, 2014 14 Comments

While I do admit that most of my 2013 goals and Pinterest resolutions were a bust, I did finish one. Well, at least part of one. I’ve been plotting making a piece for the house with hair pin legs since I found hairpinlegs.com. I bought some forever ago and they sat there taunting me. What better way to put them to use than a DIY midcentury pet bed for those ratty, I mean stylish, little mutts of mine.

Sadly, I lost the memory card that had the photos while I put this together but it was nothing fancy. I cut down some leftover 5/8″ plywood for the base to 25″ x 25″ and used some scrap 1 x 4s to form the edge around three sides. I purposely left the front edge a little lower using a 1 x 2 so it would be easy to get into. I was able to use my Kreg Jig, Jr that I got at Haven so there are no visible screws. So handy and fancy!  Since I didn’t paint the bottom of the bed, I screwed in the hairpin legs. Here are few crappy shots from my iPhone. Lemur clearly believes the bed is for her.

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I just lightly sanded, primed, and painted it a satin white. After screwing in the hairpin legs, I had myself a fancy dog bed. Except there was no pillow. As much as I practice, I’m still much more comfortable cutting wood than I am cutting fabric. At first I couldn’t find the right pillow form so I tried to make one by making a Frankenstein pillow from two cheap bed pillows from Target. That was a disaster in every way and form. So I just threw a regular pillow on there and put a throw over it. It sat like that for months. No pictures of that embarrassment. It is quite shameful.

Thankfully, just after Christmas, I scored the perfect sized pillow form at Joann’s. And after a bit of pep-talk, I finally felt confident enough to cut the fabric. I used the same envelope pillow case tutorial I used here, and ended up with something much more respectable looking. It is not perfect but thankfully you can’t see it and the creatures don’t know any better.

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The kids love their DIY midcentury pet bed. It was initially intended to be for the dogs but Lemur has claimed it as hers.

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Cats are jerks. If you don’t believe me, please enjoy this video, which I watch every time I need to laugh. My mutts have fallen victims to the bed stealing cats as well.

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So while it was technically finished in 2014, at least I finished one of my Pinterest Resolutions! Now that I’m backing to making some small furniture pieces, I’m excited to tackle some more. 

Anna

 

 

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Filed Under: furniture, home decor Tagged With: cats, decor, diy tutorial, furniture, home decor, mutts, pet crafts

About Anna@DirectionsNotIncluded

Hi there! I'm Anna, the voice behind Directions Not Included. I'm a marketer, crafter, DIYer and lover of all things home related. You can usually find me covered in paint, cuddled with one of my pets or in front of a computer or other digital device. Thanks for reading Directions Not Included. I hope you stick around.

Comments

  1. Emily@ EAK a House says

    January 10, 2014 at 12:41 pm

    Cute! I love Lemur. My cat is just the same, she owns everything!

    Reply
    • Anna@DirectionsNotIncluded says

      January 15, 2014 at 9:34 pm

      Cats as a whole own it all. We are their slaves.

      Reply
  2. cassie says

    January 10, 2014 at 5:06 pm

    that is awesome! so sleek and yet so cute! 🙂

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    • Anna@DirectionsNotIncluded says

      January 15, 2014 at 9:34 pm

      Thanks. The cat has only ventured to eat and our bed since it was completed. I think that means she loves it.

      Reply
  3. Kelly @ View Along the Way says

    January 11, 2014 at 12:40 am

    That is the coolest little pet bed I ever did see. The hairpin legs make it!

    Reply
    • Anna@DirectionsNotIncluded says

      January 15, 2014 at 9:33 pm

      Thanks so much, Kelly! The itty bitty legs were impossible to resist when I found them!

      Reply
  4. Gretchen@BoxyColonial says

    January 15, 2014 at 9:17 pm

    That is so great! I definitely need some more stylish pet bed options (aside from “whatever was on clearance at Petsmart”) around here…pinning!

    Reply
    • Anna@DirectionsNotIncluded says

      January 15, 2014 at 9:37 pm

      Thanks, Gretchen! As a side note, Target has a bunch of cute beds on clearance this week. I almost bought some extras to supplement since the cat has claimed this as hers 😉

      Reply
  5. the cape on the corner says

    September 10, 2014 at 10:44 am

    so cute! i wish-if i were to make such a great bed-that my cats would actually use it!
    b

    Reply
    • Anna@DirectionsNotIncluded says

      September 10, 2014 at 1:37 pm

      Thanks so much! I really intended it for our smallest dog but the cat has taken it over!

      Reply
  6. retro furniture design says

    March 18, 2016 at 1:27 am

    Hey there! I’ve been following your blog for a long time now and finally got the courage to go ahead and give you a shout out from Kingwood Texas!
    Just wanted to tell you keep up the good job!

    Reply

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