Friday, March 30, 2012

The lounge room makeover is complete, what is the verdict?

I have mentioned that we were getting new carpet and a new couch, and we were trying kitty repellant to keep their claws out of the new couch. I also got catnip spray to attract the kitties to the scratching tower I bought for them.


The catnip spray has no effect on the cats. I think they are the kitties that aren't attracted to catnip at all. I had tried catnip leaf toys with Froufrou before and she showed no interest in them. I was hoping that Mittens would like it.

The No Scratch Spray is supposed to have an odour totally repellent to the cats. It certainly seems to work. We used it on the old couches which they were already in the habit of scratching and it kept them away. We sprayed it on the new couch and I have not seen either of them lay a claw on it.

They do like to sit on the couch now though. It's been a bit of a change from having three separate couches where everyone claimed their own space. Now that the couch is just one continuous U-shape, everyone has to share a bit more deliberately.


The dogs have also shown their appreciation for the new carpet by spending hours sprawled on it. It is so soft and really nice to walk, sit or lie on. The lounge room is finally done and I think we are happy with the result. Since we moved in we replaced all the light fittings, painted and got curtains.... and now finished with the couch and carpet. It makes the rest of the house look a bit shabby now. It is certainly not that nice to walk on the old carpet in the bedrooms and hallway after luxuriating on the new stuff!

It will probably be another year before any more big renovations or replacements happen around here, so we will all be hanging in the lounge room more than usual!


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I would love new furniture, but we have 2 cats that have really torn up the denim couch. I may have to try that repellent on mine.
I was at a party once where someone demonstrated some pheromone spray, and the resident cat went bonkers! You might want to try that to see if they like that smell better. The new room looks and sounds really nice!
uh it looks nice :D
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hehe you guys will have to come over and share it with the furkids some time soon :)
Big couches are great. Currently have 4 dogs and 2 people on the couch while I catch up on blogs. New carpet is next on our list.
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hahah as long as they don't mind touching sometimes.... Barbie kicked Bender in the head last night and he wasn't very happy about it!
If they don't like catnip have you considered crack cocaine? hehe! Deccy x
God - Honey is just so jealous that Barbie & Bender have carpet - full stop! Shabby or not! :-) We really hate these wooden floors for her - and really hope that the next place we move into (next year) has carpet, no matter how old...

Oooh, I do like the look of your new lounge - very nice!

And yup - they say 5% of cats don't respond to catnip - well, we always seem to adopt one that's in that 5%! Neither Muesli nor Lemon ever seem remotely interested in it!

Hsin-Yi
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half our house is slippery tiles, but the dogs are fine as long as they don't run in there.... actually in that part of the house I am more worried about Barbie smacking her tail on the exposed bricks of the breakfast island in the kitchen which is about tails-reach from the back door....

I've never known a cat that likes it, well actually maybe one of the cats I had growing up liked catnip.... so I'm thinking the number might be bigger than 5%, that or I don't get druggie kitties ;)
Wow, that is an awesome couch! Love it!

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