How one can Make a DIY Washable Pet Meals Tray | Thrifty Decor Chick

How one can make a customizable pet meals tray that may maintain as much as water and messes!

I made an lovely, washable feeding station utilizing scrap wooden and paint we had available and we LOVE it! It turned out so cute. 

That is the second time I’ve made a customized DIY pet meals tray. I will present you my first model on the finish of this publish! 

So we determined to maneuver them again into the pantry on the finish of the room, however I needed to construct a brand new pet meals tray to coral their messes a bit. 

Our canine appears to drip extra out of their water bowl than really drink it, and our cats drop their meals throughout their bowls. We would have liked one thing that might be washed and maintain as much as standing water over time. 

Fortunately I had a lot of the supplies wanted for this cute tray already, so this was a brilliant cheap mission!

I began with a bit of scrap wooden for the underside of the tray, after which mitered the ends of a 1×2 to make a “body” across the backside:

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This tray is a superb newbie mission should you’re simply beginning out with instruments and DIYing!

I measured the pet bowls to see what dimension I wanted and I ended up with 30 inches for the bottom of the tray. I minimize down my 1x2s for the lip on my miter noticed. 

To connect the trim, I added a bead of wooden glue earlier than nailing them into the edges of the bottom with my nail gun: 

If you do not have a nail gun, wooden glue can be ample — you may simply have to let it dry earlier than shifting on. 

After which as a result of I needed this to be water tight I caulked the gaps between the bottom and the trim. That is tremendous vital to maintain any water from moving into the crevices!

I had this wooden primer from Sherwin-Williams available and it was good for this mission because it’s made to guard exterior surfaces that get rain: 

Any primer will work, however this model simply provides a bit extra safety. 

Wooden surfaces can maintain as much as plenty of moisture with caulk and paint! 

After two coats of primer, I put a fast coat of white paint on simply the bottom of the tray after which let that dry for day earlier than shifting on to the lovely a part of this DIY. 🙂 

I received some pet wall vinyls final yr for an additional mission, and thought this tray can be one other cute method to make use of them! I put just a few on the underside over the white paint:

Maintaining the vinyls on, I painted a pair coats a lightweight grey over your entire factor: 

I shade matched our pantry cupboards to get this shade, this is the system you’ll be able to take to the paint retailer:

It is such a stunning grey shade — no bizarre undertones in any respect!

Subsequent, I needed so as to add some toes to get the tray up off the ground. I needed it to be open a bit beneath in case water spilled out. 

I discovered these cute little wooden toy wheels on the craft retailer and painted 4 in that very same grey paint: 

I hooked up these into every nook beneath the tray with screws. 

After the paint was totally dry, I used some tweezers to drag up the canine and cat vinyl designs:

I let all the things dry for a full day earlier than placing the meals bowls on the tray. It turned out SO cute!!: 

Adoyable as my neice would say! 🙂 

I stored strolling round with it, displaying my household how stinking cute it was. 😂

I made it to suit on the finish of our pantry: 

We do not stroll down that far since that finish cupboard opens out in the direction of us, so it is a lot out of the best way. 

I like having their meals again in right here so that they have extra of a relaxed area to eat. It is also nice as a result of we maintain the cat and pet food in that cupboard and it is simply accessible. 

The animals appear to love it. Ha! SO cute: 

It is out of the best way and provides them loads of room. This tray additionally elevates their meals bowls, which is best for meals digestion. 

I put this straightforward mission off ceaselessly, and at last received it completed for round $10 in supplies!:

Years in the past I made a really comparable tray at our previous home. I used some painter’s tape to create a easy striped design on that one: 

I feel the scale was the very same! I do not know what occurred to this one — I am unable to bear in mind what we did with it. We had SO many issues go lacking in our transfer, possibly it was a type of. 

It turned out actually cute as nicely — you’ll be able to customise these so some ways while you make your individual pet meals tray:

I’ve made fairly just a few ornamental trays in my day, together with this tray with leather-based handles, and this Lego hideaway tray. 

I can by no means discover the right sized tray at pet shops, so it is a You possibly can change these up so some ways — add some handles, use a stencil on the bottom, no matter you need – the probabilities are limitless! 🙂