DIY IKEA-Pet Bed For Your Furry Tailed G. Costanza

DIY IKEA-Pet Bed
For Your Furry Tailed G. Costanza

No, that's not a George Costanza inspired hide-away bed for a small statured (and neurotic) person up above. It's the IKEA-hack creation of IAmStylish.com's Tiffany, who with the help of her husband, crafted a dog bed for their two adorable dachshunds (photos of the two below) using two Expedit desks, a Bastis Flack pet bed reupholstered with the Inger fabric to create one inviting napping space for the pups...

[Photos: Tiffany of "I am Style-ish"]

"It is basically two tables stuck together. Do not ask me about how it was assembled as I don't go anywhere near power tools, actually any kind of tools. J handled that part. I however, took the ugly dog bed (which was covered in black and white spots) and covered it with the fabric. I then took one of their favorite blankets and sewed the fabric on top so that underneath is their favorite plushy furry fabric that they can snuggle under. I found a little pillow in our closet and sewed up a pillow case just for a laugh. I like that it makes it look like a human bed.

And here are our babies enjoying their new bed!"

Check out Tiffany's pet project in full at her site here.

Comments (10)

Great hack...precious pups! I love the idea of putting the bed UNDER something that you can use for another purpose--perfect for a small space.

posted by madsarah on January 15th 2009 at 3:15pm
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Absolutely LOVE this!!! So creative. cute dogs!

posted by freddyjjy on January 15th 2009 at 3:42pm
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Very cute. My cats prefer to sleep on me. Guess I'm softer than any pet bed/bedding.

posted by williamsweyr on January 15th 2009 at 3:44pm
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Awesome!! I've been trying to find a tall, slim crate for my pup to replace the hideous plastic one at the foot of my bed. I never thought about hacking IKEA for this before. Whoot whoot!

Thanks, AT!

posted by rockypondgirl on January 15th 2009 at 4:20pm
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That is so cute, and it looks really nice! The dogs are adorable, ofcourse.

posted by Amanda in Seattle on January 15th 2009 at 5:31pm
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Good idea. I could replace some of the cardboard boxes the kitties play in.

posted by whytephoenix on January 15th 2009 at 5:42pm
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Adorableness.

posted by rosenatti on January 15th 2009 at 8:07pm
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Great idea! Very cute dogs too!

posted by suzy8track on January 15th 2009 at 9:34pm
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More dachshund photos, please. DachshundTherapy.com? ;)

posted by Zhahira on January 16th 2009 at 9:13am
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Dachsunds rock!. Member of a proud, dachsund-loving-family since ever. Except my mom loves hers more than her human children and if she could, would probably build her a dachsund size real-like bed (with the cutest headboard and everything!) hehe

posted by pok on August 6th 2009 at 11:58pm
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