Less Things For Cats to Break

When I lived in my first apartment, I lived with a roommate and her cat, Mr. Darcy. Mr. Darcy was a very sweet kitty, and he liked to look out the windows. When we moved out of that apartment, most of the blinds in my room (and probably hers too) were broken from where he had climbed through them to look out the window. Like a bad tenant, I raised the blinds up as high as they would go so you couldn't see the damage, and prayed the landlord wouldn't lower them and notice.

Elliott also likes to look out the window. Let's just say, the blinds in both our downstairs bathroom and living room had seen better days.

I guess Matt got tired of looking at the mangled miniblinds, because a few weekends ago he decided it was time to replace all the thin metal ones in our house with sturdy faux-wood blinds. He took down all the curtains and removed the old blinds and installed new ones. It didn't take very long.

Elliott saw the opportunity to help. I also offered, but Matt assured me this was a one-man (and one-cat) job.

They're super sturdy now. Much more cat-proof! And much nicer-looking to boot. :)

It's hard to take pictures of windows.

Does your significant other take on aesthetic home-decor projects or stick to functional ones? Do your pets break things?