DIY projects for cats and dogs : 20 easy-to-build creations for your best friend

DIY projects for cats and dogs 20 easy-to-build creations for your best friend

Armelle Rau

Book - 2018

"Pamper your pet while you save money by doing it yourself! This book shows you how to build inexpensive, functional accessories to make your home a pet paradise. DIY Projects for Cats and Dogs presents 20 simple projects that you can make in just a weekend, without any advanced skills or special tools. From a cat tree and a hide-away litter box to bowl stands, leash racks, and a Scandinavian bed platform, these stylish structures will take care of your pet's needs while preserving your interior décor. Built and pet-tested by the authors in their own home, each imaginative creation features step-by-step instructions, materials lists, and inspirational color photographs. "--Amazon.com.

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Subjects
Cats > Miscellanea > Design and construction.
Cats in art > Design and construction.
Handicraft > Design and construction.
Cats > Housing.
Dogs > Housing.
Dogs > Miscellanea > Design and construction.
Dogs in art > Design and construction.
Cats > Equipment and supplies.
Dogs > Equipment and supplies.
Pet supplies.
Published
Mount Joy, PA : CompanionHouse Books is an imprint of Fox Chapel Publishers International Lt.d [2018]
Language
English
French
Main Author
Armelle Rau (author)
Other Authors
Pierre Legrix, 1988- (author)
Item Description
"DIY projects for Cats & Dogs is an unbridged translation of a 2017 French book: Bricolages pour Animaux.' --Title page verso."
Physical Description
127 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9781621871293
  • Introduction
  • Practical basics
  • Projects for cats and dogs
  • Projects for dogs.
Review by Booklist Review

Cashing in on the billion-dollar-plus market for pets, French handypeople, designers, and animal lovers Rau and Legrix have concocted 20 simple, Scandinavian-inspired accessories to make for four-legged creatures. (Amazingly enough, there are more feline-oriented projects than canine though there's a handful of each.) The emphasis is on streamlined, straightforward style that can be easily emulated by those with rudimentary woodworking skills. In similar fashion, the authors eschew fancy materials like exotic woods, recommending instead pine, plywood, and OSB (oriented strand board though watch out for splinters). Every design features level of difficulty, lists of materials and tools, and step-by-step captioned photographs and finishes with a note about overall cost (ranging from $12 to $35). The real question: how did they entice their cat, Info, and the borrowed Jack Russell terrier to stay still for pictures?--Jacobs, Barbara Copyright 2018 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

French style and decorating blogger Rau trades on her background with Danish retailer Sostrene Grene in this how-to book of overly simple pet furnishings. The designs emphasize "practicality" and "keeping costs down," using inexpensive materials such as pine and engineered wood. Step-by-step instructions benefit from an abundance of photos, and descriptions of cutting and joining methods are thorough, yet details on upholstery are scant. The 20 projects are best suited for felines and smaller breeds of dogs. The designs are functional but by and large underwhelming: the eight beds all lack padding, three scratching posts/panels are ho-hum, two hidden-litterbox cabinets are unexceptional, and two travel baskets offer little protection. Skill-challenged individuals may enjoy the thrill of building, but the projects here are too basic for serious DIYers looking for professional results. (May) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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