You've seen our cube stools/otttomans here on the blog countless times and last week I improved on them because I wanted an easily accessible foot rest for my armchair.
That's a dusty floor! Yikes! Not the improvement I was about to show you. But the wheels are! If you are a long time reader of Chez Larsson you know we have wheels on a lot of our furniture. It's just so practical and I love the subtle industrial vibe of the wheels. I simply cut the end bits off the legs and screwed on the wheels. Time consumption: 15 minutes.
Bonus seems to approve too because after I added the wheels the corner right there on the green throw suddenly became his favorite spot. He spent almost all of the rainy and cold (where did summer go?!) weekend right there. Sometimes in loaf mode as per above and sometimes sprawled all over relax style.
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Bonus, my man! We call i turkey mode when Oboy is in that position. He just looks like a uncooked turkey being all beige and layin with his hip bones poking up.
Kalkonkatten liksom.
Loaf mode! Tee hee! Love it. Cats are so funny.
I love that you put wheels on your furniture. so easy to move around like that. where do you purchase the wheels? Thanks, Benita.
I like this idea a lot. We once had wheels on an ottoman, but my kids quickly realized how much fun it was to push each other around and also run and jump on it to skid across the floor. So, unsurprisingly, it broke. I will have to wait a couple more years before I try this again!
Haha! Good thing he’s not living in the States or you’d have to lock him up good around Thanksgiving.
I get them at the local DIY store, Clas Ohlson. These small ones were only about $3.50 each.
Haha, I can see them zooming about 🙂
I’ve been on the hunt for *just* the right casters to put on a large vintage military box I found last summer. Right now we’re using it as a coffee table, without wheels, but I can’t wait for the day that it can scoot.
Another item that I’d like to add wheels to: my bin of vinyl records.
We love wheels at Bungalow’56. I try to put them on everything too. I have a bit of a vacuuming addiction and wheels sure come in handy.
These look really great! What about scratching the floor? Or do you not worry about that?
I want to see Bonus in relax style! Though he is adorable all tucked up in loaf mode. The wheels are super practical too (kitty is such a cute distraction).
Hear, hear!
The wheels scratch way less than the feet! The castors are rubber and just glide along while the felt pads under the feet can have a grain of something underneath and can do much more damage.
That green sets off Bonus’ coloring so well. Growing up we had a black cat who was always on the lookout for a red place to be – red was her color!
Mini’s color is red too 🙂
Bonus is like the cat version of my dog. I really want to snuggle him!
What a great idea! They’re super cute too.