You Can Do It: Build This Dog Feeding Station

If your perfect kitchen design is being compromised by dinged-up dog bowls and the dried-up drool that surrounds them, this well-built canine furniture will not only jazz up the fanciest of cook's spots-and organize the bowls, cans, and bags that are part and parcel to nourishing your pup-but the elevated platform will also give your furriest family member some much-needed neck and back relief. This is especially helpful for large breed dogs, like Great Danes and Dobermans, or pooches who are getting on in years.

As This Old House senior technical editor Mark Powers shows here, creating this sturdy dish platform is an easy weekend project. And with storage for treats and a removable tray, cleaning the bowls-instead of the floor- will be a breeze.


MORE: See the full step-by-step project (11 steps; 4 hours over 2 days)









Here's your shopping list:

1. 1x12 laminated shelving board Get two 6-foot boards

2. 1x2 Get one 6-foot board

3. 1x3 Get one 6-foot board

4. 1x4 Get at least 2 feet

5. 2-quart dog dishes with lip edge Get two dishes

6. 1 5/8-inch #6 trim head screws

7. Wood glue

8. Wood filler

9. Contact paper

10. Piano hinge Get one that's 18 to 22 inches long

11. Magnetic door catch

12. Friction door slide

13. Door handle

14. Latex primer

15. Latex semi-gloss paint

Tools: Screwdriver, pencil compass, rasp, jigsaw, drill, combination square

MORE: See the full step-by-step project (11 steps; 4 hours over 2 days)

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