The best way to Make a DIY Washable Pet Meals Tray | Thrifty Decor Chick

The best way to 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 submit! 

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 truly drink it, and our cats drop their meals throughout their bowls. We wanted one thing that may very well be washed and maintain as much as standing water over time. 

Fortunately I had many 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 good newbie mission if you happen to’re simply beginning out with instruments and DIYing!

I measured the pet bowls to see what measurement 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 perimeters of the bottom with my nail gun: 

If you do not have a nail gun, wooden glue could be adequate — you will 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 essential to maintain any water from entering into the crevices!

I had this wooden primer from Sherwin-Williams available and it was excellent 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 lots 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 acquired some pet wall vinyls final 12 months for an additional mission, and thought this tray could be one other cute manner to make use of them! I put a couple of on the underside over the white paint:

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

I colour matched our pantry cupboards to get this colour, this is the method you may take to the paint retailer:

It is such a stunning grey colour — 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 connected 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 the whole lot 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 saved 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 direction of us, so it is loads out of the best way. 

I like having their meals again in right here in order 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 healthier for meals digestion. 

I put this easy mission off eternally, and eventually acquired it carried out for round $10 in supplies!:

Years in the past I made a really comparable tray at our outdated 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 can not 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 effectively — you may customise these so some ways while you make your personal pet meals tray:

I’ve made fairly a couple of 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 infinite! 🙂