Japanese Cat Owners Have Transformed a Popular Doll Bed from IKEA into Beds for Their Pets

The Duktig, a popular and widely known doll bed from IKEA, was cleverly transformed into beds for their pet cats and other pets by a few cat owners in Japan. Although the bed was originally meant for children’s dolls and cost $20 each, the Duktig was then modified by the pet owners to cater to the needs of their pets. Also, it has been designed by taking into consideration all the aspects related to cats. Both the ends of the bed are left uncovered, due to which they can easily stick out their tails whenever they wish to relax.

Also, the same bed can be used by other animals too. Rabbits and dogs have found the bed to be highly comfortable and are appreciating the bed. Also, a few pet owners have gone a step ahead and have converted the pet beds into bunk beds for multiple pets.

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Ikea in Tempe, Arizona and Singapore Have Found a Brilliant Way To Help Homeless Animals Get Adopted - They Are Placing Life-Sized Cardboard Cutouts of Homeless Cats and Dogs in Their Showrooms!

Ikea has found a brilliant way to help shelter animals find homes.

The retailer's stores in Tempe, Arizona and Singapore are placing life-sized cardboard cutouts of homeless cats and dogs on the couches, rugs and bunk beds of its showrooms.

The cutouts all display a different barcode, which customers can scan with their phones for more information on the pet pictured.

"We thought it was a perfect way to show people what their home would look like with a pet in it," Becky Blaine, Ikea Tempe's marketing director, told Business Insider.

The program has been successful so far. Of the six cutouts that have been featured at the Tempe store, all have been adopted, Blaine said. More cutouts of adoptable pets will be featured in the store beginning July 29.

The idea for the program originated in Singapore, with a partnership between Ikea and Home For Hope, a coalition of pet adoption agencies that includes Save Our Street Dogs and the Animal Lovers League.

The Tempe store partnered with the Arizona Humane Society to create its own pet adoption program.

The process to make the cutouts is documented in a video made by Home For Hope. First, the animals have their photos taken, as in the image below.

                  The photos are enlarged, printed on cardboard, and placed in various showrooms throughout the store.

                 The photos are enlarged, printed on cardboard, and placed in various showrooms throughout the store.

                                                                        Here's a cutout perched on a child's crib.

                                                                 Here's another of a dog in a mock living room.

Watch the video on the program below.




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