понедельник, 16 апреля 2012 г.

diy modern pet bowl stand

diy modern pet bowl stand

strangely enough, this is my first DIY for the cats ever. i guess i’m NOT that obsessed with them — AM I, DAD!? my cats have a tendency of knocking all their food onto the floor and spilling the water everywhere, so i was determined to try to get that to stop a little by raising their bowls up higher. and let’s be real, i also wanted something a little more chic… so we built this stand for their food bowls!


diy modern pet bowl stand  |  almost makes perfect

bodhi seems to be ok with it.


diy wood pet bowl stand | almost makes perfect

now our stand is built specifically for our cat bowls, which are actually small dog bowls. if you have different sized bowls or different sized pets, you can easily just remeasure for your bowls. (and duh, you could make a two bowl version if you have a lone pet)


diy wood pet bowl stand

materials


food bowls

square wooden dowels cut down to :

— four 5″ pieces (length)

— four 18.75″ pieces (height)

— six 5.25″ pieces (depth)

2 packs of 1″ #3 wood screws

wood glue

clamps

sandpaper

a drill


diy wood pet bowl stand

now it was pretty hard to capture the actual process of this in photos, so instead i did something i’ve never done — make a guide. not sure if it helps or is just crazy confusing.


directions


— once you have your pieces cut down at your hardware store (or you can do it yourself if you really want to), sand the edges to all be as even as possible. it never ceases to upset me when the cuts done aren’t robot perfect.


wood pet bowl stand guide

01 | build out your top and bottom first. attach one length piece to a depth piece, by gluing and clamping and letting dry. once dry, drill a hole.


02 | once all of the depth pieces are attached and secure, clamp, glue and screw your opposite end on.


03 + 04 | do the same on the bottom.


05 | once both the top and bottom are completed, attach your height pieces.


diy modern pet bowl stand

now let your cats or dogs HAVE AT IT and make it all gross right away like mine did. i mean right away.


diy modern pet bowl stand | almost makes perfect

diy modern pet bowl stand

diy modern pet bowl stand

Original article and pictures take www.almostmakesperfect.com site

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