Remember the bookend I made a couple of years ago?
I don’t use it as a bookend any longer.
It now stands in as a door stopper so Bonus who likes to escape to the basement when freaked out (it happens more often and for more reasons than you can imagine) can do so without finding the door accidentally shut.
Happy weekend!
He,he cats are funny like that! I have a norwegian forest cat(which by the way I found abandonned in the streets and immediately fell in love with) who scares the hell out of her on most occasions, running downstairs and hiding inside the old fireplace ;)
Posted by: Sophia | March 09, 2012 at 07:57 AM
I am sure he appreciates the thought!
Posted by: Hxx | March 09, 2012 at 08:18 AM
Poor sensitive Mr. B! I love that "his" new door stop has a "B" on it. Hopefully, having your lovely bed down there is a comfort to him when he's hiding out!
Posted by: Alice | March 09, 2012 at 08:21 AM
Like our cat Oboy - if you accidently walks to fast into the room, his fur is suddenly twice the size. Not to mention if you sneez...
Posted by: Anne | March 09, 2012 at 09:18 AM
Poor Bonus.
Mine hates any sort of plastic bag noise or someone unloading the cutlery from the dishwasher.
She forgot I was in the room once and when I moved she got so scared she tried to run through the closed back door :-(
Posted by: Pauline | March 09, 2012 at 09:51 AM
lucky bonus. designer escape route. x
Posted by: elisa | March 09, 2012 at 09:58 AM
Our kitties are like that too! I finally installed a kitty door for them in the basement door - Now we keep the litter box down there too!
Posted by: monica | March 09, 2012 at 01:21 PM
I'd say the letter B is now for Bonus - purrfect!
I spotted it during your hallway works-progress photos and I thought you were using is as a kind of weight, i didnt know Bonus owned it now! :)
Happy weekend to you all!
Posted by: Gül | March 09, 2012 at 01:36 PM
Bonus? The adventurer, the gone-for-days-on-end tough guy, the I-can-manage-in-the-wild-without-Benita big cat, scared? Funny :-). Trevlig helg!
Posted by: Zosia | March 09, 2012 at 02:59 PM
HA! My cat Puppy is just like this too! He is a true scaredy cat!
Posted by: rebeccaNYC | March 09, 2012 at 03:00 PM
It's the first time i'm hearing about the bookend, i followed the link and i must say it's amazing the things you do, Benita :) and yes Gül you are right the B now stands for Bonus. And please tell us about the other things that make him go to the basement, it must be very funny considering that he once spent almost 2 weeks away...Bunus seems to me a Fearless Super Cat :) Have a nice weekend eveyone!!!
Posted by: Marcia Lavanda | March 09, 2012 at 03:02 PM
What a great idea, I like that you have even padded the bottom with felt.
Years ago when our kids were babies, they used to freak out our cat who would hide in the basement (it's where her food and litterbox were too.) We ended up using a 7" long gate latch high up on the door so that it could be held ajar so that the cat could go downstairs, but the kids couldn't fit.
Posted by: Nancy | March 09, 2012 at 03:07 PM
We have some kind of stop in every door (most of ours are beanie baby kind of things that the cats like to sleep on). We don't want any door to be able to be shut accidentally--had that happen once when we were out for a day--came home to two cats stuck in a room without a litter box for about 15 hours--not a good thing.
Posted by: Kari | March 09, 2012 at 03:38 PM
I didn't even think of that! Perfect! Or, purrrrfect... :)
Posted by: Lisa Flaherty | March 09, 2012 at 04:44 PM
That may be your simplest "re-do" yet! Have a great weekend!
Posted by: Lisa Flaherty | March 09, 2012 at 04:45 PM
Lucky cat- I wish I had a hideaway for every time I get 'freaked out'. Happy weekend Benita.
Posted by: homestilo | March 09, 2012 at 05:25 PM
great idea. But, is it just me, or is that door to the basement really thin?
Posted by: foo | March 09, 2012 at 05:53 PM
Hi Marcia ;o)
Posted by: Gül | March 09, 2012 at 06:33 PM
I was thinking the same thing about the "B"!
Posted by: Dusa | March 09, 2012 at 06:35 PM
Little Miss Mini is the feisty brave one in this household :)
Posted by: Benita ~ Chez Larsson | March 09, 2012 at 06:42 PM
He's scared of EVERYTHING. Any little noise (opening soda bottles, scrunching up paper, sneezing...), any sudden move, someone walking by outside etc, etc.
Posted by: Benita ~ Chez Larsson | March 09, 2012 at 06:45 PM
Haha, I could use one of them too!
Posted by: Benita ~ Chez Larsson | March 09, 2012 at 06:45 PM
It sure looks like it but it's only at the sides, about half an inch in the door is about an inch and a half thick.
Posted by: Benita ~ Chez Larsson | March 09, 2012 at 06:49 PM
I was surprised that Bonus is the one who gets scared! I always considered him so adventurous.
Posted by: Marjorie | March 09, 2012 at 08:50 PM
I think I must make one of these. Have all sorts of books and one Bernadette around here that it would make sense for.
Bernadette
www.b3hd.blogspot.com
Posted by: Bernadette @ B3hd | March 11, 2012 at 12:13 AM
Bonus must be feeling special to know he has his own lettered door-stopper! Haha.
Posted by: Luna | March 11, 2012 at 03:59 PM
I was just reading that original post today...so glad to see that the B brick has found a second life.
Posted by: Michael at Blue Velvet Chair | March 13, 2012 at 08:51 PM