You might remember our fabulous (horribly cheap and synthetic) red rug which, unfortunately, despite professional cleaning, had definitely seen better days.

It had also become a kitty hair magnet, so much that it was almost impossible to remove the fur without almost an hour of vacuuming and given that it’s moulting time vacuuming was required almost daily. So it was off to ikea for a much more serviceable replacement.

But rather than kick beloved old rug to the kerb, I decided to hack it to bits and use it to line the inside of our double glazed windows for kitty rests.

The kitties seem to dig it and it is infinitely superior to the folded up old towels we were using before!