Sunday, April 22, 2012

Those darn cats...

They get into everything. The most recent "fun" they've had involves tunneling into the underside of our couch. While admittedly adorable at first, this behavior gave us a real scare. We were leaving for the weekend, and we couldn't find one of our cats : she was trapped, half-suffocated in the couch. That's when we, with the help of a very helpful Home Depot man, came up with a plan to repair the couch.

Our cat, showing off his new hiding spot.
We first cut away all the old fabric on the bottom of the couch, leaving only the frame.
The couch, upside down and stripped.

We used "pet screening" that's black and intended to be used in screen doors to stop dogs/cats from breaking through them. The entire roll was about $15.
Hardest part of this repair? Getting that plastic wrapping off. 
We didn't have a staple gun, so we had to get one of those too. This one was amazing: for no effort it drove the staple solidly through the frame and into the wood. Very easy to use!
Awesome Stapler.
It was simply a matter of cutting the screening and stapling it to the wooden frame. Simple and effective!

All finished! Take that, cats!
I'm sure they'll figure out more ways to be mischievous in the future, but for now the couch is back in action!



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