the catproof sofa
20 Dec 2019 04:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cimoreneBecause of cat owners, there's a ton of info online about how to make corner-of-the-sofa protectors, like these:
But why haven't the masses of cat owners led to widely available sofas with sort of wood (or hard) frames around the outside and cushions only sitting on the inside, sort of... Mission or Craftsman style, you know? Essentially a wooden bench with flat armrests and then a bunch of cushions that sit in it seems like it would be the ideal cat-safe sofa to me. Cost, I suppose. It might be hard to figure out how to replace the hard bits with wood-lookalike that was not as expensive as solid wood, which would be more expensive than affordable sofas usually are.
Maybe we should just try to get one like that though. Otherwise we're doomed to ridiculous methods of protecting the back corners of the sofa from the BB. The ragged ripped-up covers draped around the back of it (or replacing them very frequently whenever she shreds one) are definitely more expensive than just getting an old-fashioned wooden sofa (or at least a used one which would be widely available here). And since we don't have a collection of power tools, making four wooden corner protectors would be a lot more trouble.
But why haven't the masses of cat owners led to widely available sofas with sort of wood (or hard) frames around the outside and cushions only sitting on the inside, sort of... Mission or Craftsman style, you know? Essentially a wooden bench with flat armrests and then a bunch of cushions that sit in it seems like it would be the ideal cat-safe sofa to me. Cost, I suppose. It might be hard to figure out how to replace the hard bits with wood-lookalike that was not as expensive as solid wood, which would be more expensive than affordable sofas usually are.
Maybe we should just try to get one like that though. Otherwise we're doomed to ridiculous methods of protecting the back corners of the sofa from the BB. The ragged ripped-up covers draped around the back of it (or replacing them very frequently whenever she shreds one) are definitely more expensive than just getting an old-fashioned wooden sofa (or at least a used one which would be widely available here). And since we don't have a collection of power tools, making four wooden corner protectors would be a lot more trouble.
