How has your home decor changed since you got a pet?

Before you're thirty, work hard and buy a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house before the cowardly 49 gets old.

Because the older the housecat, the higher the risk of stress from moving. Hopefully, 49 will be able to live out his old age in the house his mom bought. In a space that's enclosed yet self-contained, where curiosity is maintained and danger is eliminated.

If possible, I hope to also have a larger kitchen. I could make a big splash in it while 49 wailed outside: what's mom cooking again? Make a nice smelling meal and wait for my lover to get off work.

One of the great pleasures of two foodies: finally having a kitchen!

I just want to call, make, a place like this, home.

Lucky for me, such a mundane and extravagant wish was realized before I turned 30.

After 49 we got 40 in our new home, a kitten born on April 10, also a bossy little rascal.

Kittens come with a destructive constitution, so before we bought the house, we made a pact:

Simple decoration, do not spend huge sums of money on decoration!

Heavy on appliances, hair removal appliances must be on!

Gray and white as the main tone, will be the cat hair as much as possible!

Even if you're pampered, there's a cat no-go zone!

Hardcover section

1) Functional areas on steroids

Because of the cat, we gave up the semi-open kitchen, which in retrospect was a very good decision! That correctness was first demonstrated when I forgot to close the kitchen door one day and 40 took the opportunity to come in and steal the chili. Later, there was the fiasco of 49 knocking over the soy sauce bottle.

If the kitchen isn't closed, the freshly cooked dish is stained with hair, and you have to watch the fire while keeping an eye on the two little ones.

At the same time avoid some small embarrassment: for example, do not need to explain to the children why I am cooking shit

2) choice of floor

We gave up all the use of good-looking minimalist wood flooring, and adopted the principle of the functional area fit. Living room, balcony, kitchen, bathroom tile, only in the bedroom to choose wood flooring.

Because the living room and balcony are the main places where kittens move around, tiles are the best material to clean and the easiest to take care of for the accidentally spilled cat litter, the cat food residue that falls to the floor due to leakage of the mouth, and the water cups that knock over due to parkour.

Wooden flooring, as a resting space where humans and cats are separated, is more in line with our own needs for space, and it's not as cold as tile when you step on it with bare feet in the winter; it's not too warm in the summer, either.

This big ass is very smart, summer lying tiles, winter wood floor

And from the price cost to consider, wood floor maintenance is more demanding than tile, the cost is greater.

3) sense of closure to bring maximum security

The tragedy of kittens falling to their deaths from tall buildings on the news is still unfolding, so we have no hesitation in choosing to fully seal the windows.

Not only for the balcony of the inner room, even the corridor outside the door, we also did the invisible security net cover. All the windows, also did a three-in-one invisible security net.

4) retained the floating window

Saw a lot of window remodeling, but the actual use of the window, will still feel the floating window chicken ribs. But taking into account the cat's curiosity, so we still retained the window, after all, an open window, will let them say goodbye to the bottom of the bed and feel comfortable and cozy place.

Moved many times, but it seems that no matter where they are, the kids love the window the most

The two kids have a different understanding of the purpose of a dormer window

Here, I emphasize, because the kitties like to stay by the window and enjoy the thrill of looking down. So it's more recommended to make a three-in-one window, so you can pull the screen when you need ventilation, and pull the glass window closed when you don't need ventilation. There is also a layer of protective bar in the middle, while avoiding the risk of falling objects.

5) There are compromises and no-go areas

I dote on my two pups, but my husband is allergic to dust mites, and being a family means compromising with each other. So we agreed:

The first four days of the week when the sheets were first changed, the kids were not allowed in the master bedroom, but the next three days were free, and new sheets were changed once a week.

The kids can have supreme access to the windows and the bottom of the bed in the master bedroom, but the second bedroom will always be their "white moon".

Because the second bedroom is used by us as a study, I usually work at home for a long time, have important meetings, or want to write something in peace, I will go into the second bedroom and close the door to give us a little space for each other.

Software part

1) Smart appliances

Because of the experience of people out of town, the cat turned off the main gate, so it is more important to praise the smart appliances are good.

We made improvements in these areas:

Switches, buttons invisible

Not to set the appliance switches in the cat can easily hold down the place, such as the following picture of this wireless router, the switch are on the surface, my cat often walk over to hold down a little bit from time to time, but instead of cleverly use the masking layer.

Here's a demonstration of the mistake:

This router's switches are so shallow that a 10-pound kitty can always easily push them down

We've since replaced the router with a new one that doesn't have buttons on the exterior and puts the cords inside a storage box to reduce the risk of kitty tripping over them because of the extreme parkour.

The above is just a small glimpse of the big picture, and there are many details in life that rely on the experience of spending time together to keep improving.

Adding remote control

Power outages, trips ...... There's always an accident or two throughout the year.

Giving home water heaters, air conditioners, refrigerators, etc. are equipped with Xiaomi Mijia Air Conditioning Companion (2 generation), not only can remote control switch, but also to protect against risks.

For example, if it's hot outside and you want to blow on the air conditioner as soon as you walk in the door, you can use the air conditioner partner to turn the air conditioner on in advance when you're 10 minutes away from home. The same applies to forgetting to turn off the air conditioner when you leave the house.

When you go out, you'll need an extra pair of eyes at home.

Buying a camera to keep an eye on the kids at home is really necessary! For example, I once watched on camera how 40 was messing with 49, and then I found out on camera exactly who spilled the bowl.

When you see your kids messing up in the house through the camera, what if you can't put out a fire from afar? This time also need an electronic door lock, remote on the neighbors to help set up a good one-time key, to solve the urgent problem.

Intelligent pet care all work, love full is love good

Every long vacation is a small parting, in the early years, I will be placed in a few large pots of food and water, and then do not rest assured that the departure. Now relying on a three-piece set of smart pet appliances (automatic feeder, automatic water dispenser, and automatic cat toilet) has indeed freed up my hands.

Through the background can monitor the master's every diet and excretion

Defurring has a helper, and look at these three Zhuge Liang

Dyson vacuum cleaner: responsible for dead-end cleaning, adsorption of hair clumps, and removal of mites

Millet sweeping robot: the whole house cleaned, once a day, tube enough!

Hygiene Inspector: every day, I think about how I was gripped by this machine bald

Swan dryer: more efficient than all the sticky hair machine! Dry it in ironing mode ten minutes before you go out, neat and quick!

A wrong demonstration

The hair removal effect is amazing

2) Whole-house customization

Buy off-the-shelf cabinets, or customize them? We chose the latter without hesitation because there was more and more space to utilize, and, also, there was some selfishness for the pups:

We did as little as possible of the skeletonized, doorless design, but at the same time retained some gaps because they really love all the holes they can drill.

The corner on the oven is the first battlefield of their boxing match

Hiding in the corner on the refrigerator makes me dry to find the 49 of the day

We try to avoid the use of sharp corners on the corners of the functional cabinets (which applies to the children as well), such as the coffee table, low cabinets, etc., and instead use obtuse corners or rounded cuts, which minimize the children because of the parkour fights and caused the The most important thing is to minimize the risk of injuries caused by the child's parkour fights.

We try to choose the material with paint coating to reduce the desire of children to sharpen their claws.

3) Selection of lamps and lanterns

Daily: basic lighting

Don't go for lamps and lanterns with a big drop plate, a very long bracket, or lamps and lanterns with a crystal pendant for fear that your child might jump up and play with them.

Details: induction lamp

While the beginning of the induction lamp is to take care of the convenience of getting up at night, but also to remind you do not need to be installed in every room, the living room, foyer, toilet, and other public **** area, are pups kind of nighttime entertainment, which is no longer for the people to serve la!

He gently pushed open the door, the sensor light will automatically light up

4) Furniture Selection

Sofa:

While knowing that buying a leather sofa will surely be caught, but my husband and I are still being taken by the texture and physical comfort of this hard.

But here's the down side: bruises all over!

Ditto for the chairs:

And, of course, here's a reminder: power sofas are even more important to consider carefully! Because you can't guarantee that every time you close the couch the cat isn't hiding and sleeping in it. And when a power couch is raised and the cat is inadvertently turned off, there is a risk of stress or fracture.

Fabric sofas, avoid cotton and linen burlap (too scratchy for cats), and we don't recommend tech fabrics, which are scratch-resistant, but two of my friends around Tsa said their cats' fingernails have been hooked off or injured.

Bed:

Try to choose a box-frame structure with a solid bed base to avoid the cubs burrowing in and you can't do anything about it.

Curtains:

Cat-raising families recommend curtains is to think early to open, can block the light on the line, do not buy any high-grade goods! Anyway, it won't be long before the child will give you a pair of pure handmade brushed!

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An enlarged version of Figure 1

Carpet: If you are not worried about being scratched to the bone, cotton and linen material is the best choice, inexpensive, the cat scratched the cool, easy to take care of the ball, and you use the cool. Simply a free play large cat scratching board.

5) other soft furnishings:

We also collected some of the children's periphery, want to let them have more participation:

I do not realize that this year has been the fourth year of our formation into a small family! In these four years we have faced storms together, epidemics, illnesses, reunions, and housewarmings.

But it's also because we've been together that all the destruction and existence of this family has been so meaningful.