Ingenious Bed Frame Has a Place for Cats to Play While Their Humans Rest

[Demovictory9]

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https://mymodernmet.com/catlife-gatrimonial-bed/

[RockRaven]

1. Boy, the one thing my cats really need is another place to play near where I'm sleeping!

[RGinNJ]

2. Yep.

[Demovictory9]

4. and another place to hack up.

[smirkymonkey]

25. Just what I was thinking.

[Demovictory9]

3. yeah..that crossed my mind.

[RockRaven]

7. It's a cute idea and all, but seems to me to be better suited for couches/coffee tables than beds

My cats wake me up enough -- on purpose by all available evidence -- that I don't need to make it easier for them by putting a human-inaccesible playground twelve inches directly below my sleeping body. Save it for living rooms and other places where humans are mostly awake.

[L.Pharmstrong]

23. How would you vacuum under the bed?

I have a couple of cats, and in no time there would be a couple more under the bed with all the shedding. Between dogs and cats, it’s already a jungle under the bed.

[unblock]

5. yeah that looks like fun to clean.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. Sometimes I toss my cat out of my bedroom

so I can get some sleep.

[TexasBushwhacker]

8. I liked the IKEA couch with the built in scratching pads

It was their April Fool's joke a few years ago, but people really wanted it.

https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ikea-issues-kat-the-world-s-first-cat-friendly-sofa-217719

[Demovictory9]

9. lol...wouldn't work. the cardboard wears out quickly

[csziggy]

19. Besides, how do you make that into a flat pack?

Though, actually some of the cat scratch things have replaceable cardboard inserts. so that is doable.

https://www.petsmart.com/cat/beds-and-furniture/scratchers/whisker-city-double-wide-cat-scratcher-refill---2-pack-47291.html?cgid=200101

Or just keep the packaging and fold it up as replacements. IKEA could plan on that as part of the flat pack!

[TlalocW]

10. I had a Captain's Bed

Mattress on a framework of drawers with a storage space down the middle. My ferrets loved it. They could open the door to the storage space which gave them access to the backs of the drawers which they then could crawl into and sleep amongst my socks.

TlalocW

[Demovictory9]

11. sounds cute.

[mr_lebowski]

12. There's no doubt THEY would friggin' love it ...

The Hooman?

Probably not so much.

Giving cats a place to hide that's really difficult for you to access as an owner ... turns out to be a drag in a variety of scenarios.

And then there's the sleeping part.

Might as well wrap all your bedposts with carpet.

[eShirl]

13. what if your cat likes to run and hide to puke

[Demovictory9]

15. Like my cat. You would hear puking under your fancy maze bed

[lunasun]

14. You know you buy all that and the cat could never go in there or want to stay in there

May be if you started with a kitten it could be trained more I guess to go in all the time but even in the picture the cat is on the top of the bed
One could keep a pair of bedroom slippers off the floor in those holes I suppose

[jmowreader]

16. Ah HELL no!

I have had several cats over the years that would have seen that bed as the perfect kitty latrine.

[Demovictory9]

20. They need to go back to drawing board on this idea

[jmowreader]

21. Putting the drawing board over those holes in the side would be plenty

[Demovictory9]

22. Lol

[MissB]

17. I have a bed frame from dania

Not our forever bed frame but it was a good price (free). It’s modern but heavy and has drawers on the side. It’s basically a box like the one shown in the OP.

There is just enough space on one corner - we use a futon mattress- for our cat to slip in. She can’t go far but she can go far enough to drive us completely nuts. She goes in there and meows. Even though she can get out.

Would not want her to play too.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. Cat parties under the bed all night?

Thump, scratch, meow, thump, rustle, screech, thump, rattle, scratch, thud, yowl...

[Wolf Frankula]

24. How do you get the cat out from under the bed to give him his medicines

or take the cat to the vet? My cat runs under the bed if I just go near the cat carrier.

Wolf