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Pet reno guide: #5 plush pooch projects

by Kate Watt, Marketing Manager 15 August 2024

Planning your next reno? Don’t forget your fur family members.

Check out these cute, crazy and cash splash ideas for design inspo from Reno Guide.

  • Transform a sideboard into a pet bed. Keep your treasured knick-knacks on car key bowl on top. Hollow out the cupboard and drawer space underneath to create a pet friendly sleep nook. Add a cushion and spaced timber slats or dowel instead of solid sides and doors and you’ve got a very chic pet space.
  • Switch out a kitchen cabinet to create a pet feeding station. In its simplest form, this becomes a space to keep the dog bowl and kibble. Got cash to splash? Build in bowl shelves, plumb in a tap, and finish with marble to match your benchtop.
  • Borrow some design inspo from Harry Potter and turn that space under the stairs into a dog friendly retreat. Add a door, some easy-to-clean hard floors, plus your pet’s favourite dog bed and you’re done.
  • Got serious cash to burn? Add a doggie wash station to your laundry or bathroom. Start with a space the size of a large cupboard, add a raised platform with a drain, plumb in your taps, tile it and add a slip proof mat. Add a bench to keep your favourite grooming products: doggie hair dryer, brush and accessories.
  • Convert a cupboard, cabinet or shelf space into a discreet doggie door. This will take some carpentry expertise to carve a hole in your wall that turns your cupboard or shelf space into a secret getaway portal to the backyard. Just close the door, and it looks like a regular cupboard again. Great for the international dog of mystery.

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