Cat Bunk Beds With Old Suitcases

by davee930

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Intro: Cat Bunk Beds With Old Suitcases

I asked my grandma if I could have a set of her 60 year old suitcases. They were two shades of brown (like they all were). I removed the lids, painted them green, replaced the fabric inside, added legs, cut down railing spindles, put them together, and created cat bunk beds for my girlfriend's birthday. She loves it and so do her cats!!

17 Comments

Sammieg521 8 years ago

ya I know right it will be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sammieg521 8 years ago

It sounds really fun i am going to try it

Kitten12 8 years ago

you took my prodject

tracibunkers 9 years ago

Is the top bed & legs attached to the bottom inside of the bottom, or is it just sitting in it?

dmendyk 9 years ago

It's just sitting in it

Rider Girl 10 years ago

Sweet! My cats would love it:)

davee930 10 years ago

Mine do! Congrats on your team's cup

jkruse3 11 years ago

I can not wait to TRY to build this. I hope mine comes out 1/2 as good as this.

davee930 11 years ago

it's pretty simple really. If you paint it, my advice is to tape up all the hardware like crazy and spray paint it. I tried brushing at first and I stopped after a few strokes because I know it wouldn't look good.

davee930 11 years ago

it's pretty simple really. If you paint it, my advice is to tape up all the hardware like crazy and spray paint it. I tried brushing at first and I stopped after a few strokes because I know it wouldn't look good.

PadiDiver33 11 years ago

What a great Idea! Well done you!

StoryAddict 11 years ago

If you don't have cats, this is also a great idea to make custom doll-beds or even just a different accent piece in your home for knick-knacks or books or something. Love the detailing on this! Although I do hope that you made sure the 60+yr.old suitcases weren't really valuable or something, or you might regret chopping them up (always a good tip for any upcycling venture, be it books or furniture).

kcli 11 years ago

Awww...how sweet!

davee930 11 years ago

Sorry guys I didn't think of posting it on instructables until after I built it! If you want to build one I can answer any questions you might have and give a written process. Basically I just took the lids off, ripped out the old fabric, taped and spray painted everything two shades of green, screwed in the legs and used railing spindles for the bunk supports that I cut down to size. I used 3m glue spray to attach the new fabric.

bajablue 11 years ago

I agree with Scoochmaroo.

I love this build and would appreciate seeing more pictures of the process.

scoochmaroo 11 years ago

So cute! Would love to see your process on the next one!