Monday, July 22, 2019

Kitten Room Shenanigans



With this last bunch of kittens, I came to the conclusion (once again) that I really hate scrubbing kitten poop off painted walls.

Back in Maine, we had concrete on one section of wall and we had smooth scrubbable wallboard on the wall we installed. Since the dried poop came off that a lot easier I tended to put the litter box up against that.

This time I have no such option. I probably could install something, but I've got a bunch of other projects I want to get through first and so when I ran across some rolls of discounted self-sticking shelf liner, I bought one that I thought would cover the closet that is in the kitten room.

It has always been my plan to use the closet for the litter boxes, but this has been the first time I've actually done it. I covered the floor with plain white. It didn't last very long before it started to rip, and there is a small wrinkle that is catching litter crumbs but I'm not ready to pull it up yet. Those issues are actually under the litter box so as of right now the whole thing is still doing what I intended it to, making it easier to clean.

I liked this patterned paper on the roll. It is not for people who have a little OCD..


I tried to get the pattern lined up, but I gave up pretty quickly.. I do not have the patience for wallpaper apparently..

I decided to go over the baseboard but not over the trim.. for some reason there is quarter-round trim on the outside of the baseboard. It is all fancy and pretty but it is a bit annoying to clean. When I get around to replacing the floors in this room (probably a few years away) I'll take it out and do something else..

The curtain is just there because I had nowhere else to put it when I brought the other two out of the packed boxes from Maine as I only have two windows in this room but I had three back there. I probably won't leave it so low because.. well kittens.. You just know someone is going to jump up and try to hang on it and since it is just a tension rod that won't end well.

I'm thinking I might also like to put a shelf in the closet but I haven't worked that all out yet.

Currently, the closet door is tied open so kittens can't shut themselves in, but I'm guessing I am going to remove the door all together at some point. I had considered putting in a cat door so it was a bit more enclosed (to contain litter) but that would make the litter area very dark and I'm not sure I'm okay with that. We'll see how it goes.

I've been working on cleaning up the kitten room and hopefully, new kittens will arrive soon.. as it always feels so weird when I don't have kittens to take care of.

15 comments:

  1. These logistics are constantly changing.

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  2. That is an awesome idea....

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  3. You did great! That's a super workable idea!

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  4. That looks like a fine solution to us!

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  5. Brilliant! So cleanable. What about one of those inexpensive "stick up" lights for the closet if you want to close the door?

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  6. Good ideas. Have you heard anything about Hedy?

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  7. I hope you get some new kittens soon!

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  8. I'm a big fan! Sounds like you are too :)

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  9. That was brilliant, actually, even if only as a temporary measure.

    Quarter-round is pretty common, or was anyway. I don't have any right now, but actually need some, even though I'm not a fan of it, either. A friend's husband had done the trim on my main level a few years and while the trim is level, the floors are not. So in some spots you can see a significant gap between the bottom of the baseboard and the floor. I hate it. Hence the need for quarter round, or actually, half round! Maybe that's why it was done in your home as well?

    Anyway, I would bet you don't wait long for another group of kittens!

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  10. Looks like you came up with a good solution!

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  11. How clever of you!

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  12. I can see that one day, you'll have epoxy floors that curve gently up to epoxy walls, so you can break out the new hose that you've had installed!

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  13. You sound like know what you are doing

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  14. That is a great idea. I may do that in Polar Bear's room. He has herpes and gets the walls very dirty from his sneezing.

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  15. Our sons closet was turned into built in shelves. At the bottom is where his rabbits pen but ive always thought...how cute of a space for a kitty bedroom lol

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