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Guinea Pig Halloween

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Just a sampling of the weirdness, wildness, and occasional over-the-top cuteness that awaits at the Halloween Pets pool on Flickr.

[Photo from piggelicious, via Flickr]

A Space-Saving, Classy Perch for Cats

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Love cats, loathe carpet-covered cat roosts. Are you with me?

At This Old House’s The Hardware Aisle, Meghan Dockendorf writes about wall-mounted cat beds. Thought this was a great idea, and one that reminds me both of our Small Spaces issue (out in October; we are working on it now), and our post about Mr. Sambolini a while back.

Akemi Tanaka’s “Curve” cat bed is available on Supermarket.

Weekend Warriors: Mr. Sambolini’s Solution for a Messy Litter Box

Welcome to “Weekend Warriors.” Every Friday, we run a shining example of a reader’s recent makings—to say TGIF and send you off right into your own weekend’s projects.

Jack and Barbara Tibbetts love their cat, Mr. Sambolini the Magnificent; scattered litter from Mr. Sambolini’s box, not so much. So they designed something really Magnificent—a litter-box enclosure that contains the mess and looks more like “an attractive storage chest” than a sandy mess.

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Barbara writes:

Inspired by other folks’ projects, we decided that our cat’s litter box area needed a do-over. Previously, it was set on a rug remnant with a louvered shutter screen to provide privacy. The scatter and dust were a continuous issue.
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