Someone somewhere once said something to the effect of this: “Everything in your home should be either beautiful or functional.” Not sure who said that, Nate Berkus maybe? Anyway, I like that quote and tried to think of things in my house that are not beautiful … what about paper plates!! Oh, wait, functional….” and I played that game with myself for a while.
But isn’t it great when something functional can be made beautiful too? Erin from The Impatient Gardener and her husband have some rather substantially sized dogs who require sturdy, sizable bowls. The bowls got the job done, but they weren’t the most attractive things in the kitchen. So with some leftover teak and holly boat flooring (don’t we all have piles of that lying around, right?) Erin’s husband fashioned a classy dog dining solution! Looks super!
7 Comments
CINNIBONBON
October 23, 2010 at 1:37 AMOh my new monster pups could use this!!Very nice
Beth
October 22, 2010 at 8:15 PM“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” – William Morris
Kat from California
October 23, 2010 at 1:12 PMI think it’s funny how all of a sudden we worry about big dogs bending over. Since it hurts my neck I can sympathize. This is a beautiful solution for the doggy’s problem. 🙂
Katie
October 23, 2010 at 3:22 PMMy pups would be jealous!
Nancy
October 23, 2010 at 8:03 PMThis made me crack up because the first time I read it I thought you said “EveryONE in your home should be either beautiful or functional.” Think about that…! 🙂
Amanda @ Little House on the Corner
October 24, 2010 at 12:27 AMNice! We need to do something like this for our dog! Looks really sharp.
Amy
October 24, 2010 at 12:32 AMThat is so weird but we are going to do the same thing, well minus the boat flooring!