How to make a lodge for a doggie

How to make a lodge for a doggie

Each inhabitant of the apartment or house wants to have the own territory – the place where it is possible to retire, have a rest, indulge in reflections. It concerns not only people, but also their four-footed pets. Make a lodge that she felt like the full-fledged and equal family member for the dog.

Instruction

1. Take measurements of the dog. Measure its length and height. To the received results add 30 cm or more – depending on that how spacious dwelling you want to make.

2. Make a lodge pattern. It can be executed in the form of a cube, a parallelepiped or with the rounded-off roof.

3. The easy lodge will turn out from fabric. Pick up material – natural, such from which wool of the pet will not be electrified. Color depends only on your taste. As an intermediate layer it is possible to use thin foam rubber.

4. Transfer a pattern to fabric, having added 5 cm of allowances for seams. You will find a foam detail without allowances. Put details for each wall of a lodge the face to each other and stitch on perimeter at distance 2 cm from edge, having left an opening for reversing. Turn out each preparation, insert into it foam rubber and on the face lay a line along the edge of foam rubber – the drawstring of 3 cm in size has to turn out. Insert a framework from a rigid wire that the construction held a form better into it. Connect all elements of a lodge manually, by means of the Gipsy needle and strong strings of a bright coloring. It is also possible to pristrochit along figure edges a wide tape so that it took both next details. Such lodge can be erased, having pulled out a framework and having separated details.

5. Bol the steady dwelling can be made of pieces of plywood or chipboard. Cut details according to the constructed drawing. Paint them with acrylic paint from outer side. It is possible to use one color or to draw a pattern on a surface. Fasten details with furniture corners. Inside lay a rug that it was convenient to a dog.

6. The design from cardboard will become the most budgetary option. Connect walls of such lodge the pasted paper strips. To decorate it, paste over a surface with scrapbooking paper or cuts of bright fabric. As cardboard – material short-lived, this box will please you and the pet at most a week.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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