Is this really a lifehack? Maybe it would be if the title of the article was "Are you a lonely chick with 6 cats? Here's how to avoid boredom for 2 hours!".

backbaydk

@backbaydk: Ya that was called for. I am a guy, with a gf, and a cat. I will probably try this out as my cat hates the "cat-bed" I bought her a few months back. I got a small apartment (studio), so anything small and cheap that makes her (the cat) happy is cool with me. As long as its not peeing on my bed.

GumbyX

cathacker.

Sounds painful.
I want a cat now ^_^

Phoshi

Just because YOU don't have cats or enjoy them doesn't mean those of us that do don't need help "hacking life" around them. My house is constantly strewn with paper bags and cardboard boxes that the cats adopted, and they enjoy them way more than any toy or structure from a store. A way to give them what they want but look slightly less like I'm completely unwilling to throw anything out is a plus in my book.

But you're probably right, only lonely chicks with 6 cats have this problem . . .

JeffDrake

I ♥♥ this! ^__^

Asian Angel

I guess all the males in a America really have been neutered.

backbaydk

@backbaydk: Yes it's a lifehack, anything that help you get better organized and clean is a lifehack in my book.
I plan on trying this soon - if I can get cardboard that my can't kill my for touching.

Duane

@backbaydk: Well, you certainly have been, which would explain your attitude toward women.

infmom

My male cat would pee on this. It's what males do.

infmom

@vesuvian: Yeah, unfortunately many foreign-language based words are following farther away from the typical American's comfort zone, causing the cultural ties to any other part of the world to crumble one piece at a time...

jennieblue22

@backbaydk: That was really uncalled for. There are many guys in this world who like cats - it has nothing to do with gender, but it's just an interest, just as people of both genders may have an affection for dogs, or fish, or any other animal. Just because you don't particularly enjoy the company of cats doesn't automatically give you the preferred right to throw an uncalled-for insult at someone whose interests differ from yours.

jennieblue22

It's a "chaise longue" ("long chair"), and not a "chaise lounge" (chair in English family "lounge"). Ahh, the cultural and linguistic ties to the French are tumbling away...

vesuvian

@Duane: Ke?

subtle

my cat would eat this. he loves chewing on cardboard.

garbanzo-bean

@backbaydk: "Aha, ahee, aho ho.. and I thought -my- jokes were bad.." - Joker from The Dark Knight.
I needn't say more as there's been plenty of beating down from other commenters, so instead i'll give this article 2 paws up. I've got plenty of cardboard boxes lying around, i could make an entire matching set of chaise longues for my 8 cats. Thanx for the article Gina! :3

Aibyouka-kun

Yeah, my immediate thought was that it would last only about a day to my kitty's claws. Nevertheless, it's a really cute pattern. I wonder if a woodworker could make something like this. Someone who could sew could make a little cushion to go on it. Sucks that I'm not a woodworker and can't sew.

mistshadow2k4

"Un-called for" seems to be the comeback of choice for many of you so I'll respond to that...

Why is it un-called for? I'm expressing an opinion. There was no swearing or insult directed at any specific person although some of the reactions have been exactly that.

It is my *opinion* that a cat chaise is not a lifehack. If this site was for a cat lifestyle website, then I'd understand it.

The reason I stated that it might only be interesting to a lonely chick with six cats was to point out the very small segment of lifehacker readers an article like this would find interesting.

The reason I stated that most males in America have been neutered is because of the handful of guys defending a cardboard cat box. I mean, c'mon - I wonder if you guys who are staying home on the weekend to make your cat a chaise lounge are also wondering why they don't have a GF.

While my comments and opinions may not be politically correct, they are most likely what a lot of people are thinking in reality.

backbaydk

@backbaydk: Isn't it time you got back to your NRA meeting, you gutless, simpleton-minded, sexually-confused male wannabee? Real men (and women) understand how much cats (and all creatures) gift the human race with their presence. If you can't understand that, perhaps you should stop pretending you're a Lifehacker and return to the latest issue of Maxim. Hope your acne clears up and you can get a date soon.

speed1961

@backbaydk: I'd wager it's not "most likely what a lot of people are thinking in reality" but thanks for attempting to speak for "most of" the other LH readers. What ever happened to saying nothing, if you have nothing nice to say? It doesn't appeal to YOU, so just move on to the next article.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to take this pattern into my workshop (omg a man who has cats AND tools!) and make a couple for our beasts. Hell, maybe I'll even SEW a pillowtop for it! All the while, fully secure in my heterosexualtiy - amazing huh?

FubarGuy

@backbaydk: Meee yow!

Sorry, couldn't resist. And way to be the scratching post for other commenters today.

OK, I'll stop now.

jaxun

@backbaydk: I notice no lonely chicks with six cats have jumped right in to defend you. Maybe you should notice that, too.

infmom

I'm glad I bothered to read the comments. So much useful information here.

Zadaz

@backbaydk: Oh, here we go. "It's just my OPINION!" That's on the bingo card for "I'm losing the argument and I know I look like a total idiot."

Also on the bingo card: "I'm just saying what everyone's really thinking."

Next up: "FREE SPEECH!"

@FubarGuy: LOL. I think you hit the nail on the head there. Somebody's really insecure in his heterosexuality and/or size of certain body parts.

snowmentality

PS - Love the chaise longue! Our cat Max used to love sleeping with his head propped up - he'd have been nuts for one of these!

Jim (The Canuck One)

@Phoshi: Seconded! Cathacker!

chareverie

@jennieblue22: Now, if would just convince Americans to call the entrance to their homes a "foy-yeah" instead of "foy-yur" ... I could stop cringing when I hear it.

Jim (The Canuck One)

@speed1961: hey man...let's not lump in the NRA with cat-hating. I've got a concealed weapons permit and two awesome cats...which would much rather lay on my laptop (or anything else I've just put down) than this...though they do love cardboard.

and...backbaydk..."uncalled-for" is not the criticism. Your foolish stereotype is the criticism, and if you're in DC, feel free to swing by and call me neutered.

Shawn

I love how you people let someone with such dumb ideas get to you. The amount of passion involved in your responses simply means there's a BIG whiff of truth in what I said.

backbaydk

Please, everyone, don't feed or tease the trolls. This is a fun weekend project post, let's keep it that way. (So long, backbaydk, you earned yourself a meeting with the banhammer.)

Gina Trapani

@Phoshi: Cathacker...now that is cool! ^__^

@Gina Trapani: Can we have a new Cathacker.com sister-site? ^__^

@FubarGuy: Excellent comment! ^__^

This has been one of the most lively and interesting sets of comments I have had the pleasure to read in a while... ~__^

Asian Angel

I like this and am going to make one. The proof of success will be "Do I get My chair back".

TravelingMan

@vesuvian: it's too bad so many Americans (even Lifehacker editors) mis-spell "chaise longue". It's as if they never even realized that French existed.

The spelling is "chaise longue", as in "long chair". No "loungue" ever came into it.

kiwinerdgrrl

Chaise lounge: "This spelling and pronunciation appears in dictionaries of American English and is now so established that no amount of remonstration, condemnation or ridicule will affect its status one jot." :)

Gina Trapani

@Gina Trapani: My cats salute you for your intelligent use of the banhammer. :)

infmom

bwahahahahaha....AND the new avatar for our buddy. I love it, LH. Viva.

Shawn

This is a cool idea, as like other posters here, I have a couple cardboard boxes laying around that the cat has claimed.

One thing that comes to mind though is that this lounge is open; that is, it is something the cat sits ON, not something the cat sits IN.

Don't cats naturally feel safe and comfortable in dark, confined spaces? I always thought that was the real draw, and not simply the material the box was made of. Of course, this lounge pretty much defeats that purpose.

Any thoughts?

Rhayader

banhammer? what kind of mentality are we dealing with here? that is quite possible the most inane comment i've ever read. and it was used in celebration of censoring free speech on a public forum. disgusting.

garbanzo-bean

@garbanzo-bean: Public forum? Says who? This site is run by those who own it, and they are within their rights to ban certain users. The guidelines for commenting on this site are clearly listed here:

[lifehacker.com]

It seems to me that backbaydk was in violation of at least a couple of these rules, and was not nice or cordial about it. Therefore, he gets the banhammer (a common term, used extensively by Bungie among others).

Rhayader

@garbanzo-bean: Yeah I don't think my cat would like this very much either. She likes to be INSIDE the box, not on top of it.

By the way, I think that Gina and the rest of the LH crew do a great job moderating their comments.

Rhayader

@Rhayader: available to the public, as in anyone can read it. i'm not questioning the editor's rights, only her judgment. which is quite within my rights.

as for 'banhammer', i makes no difference to me how commonplace it is, the term is still inane.

and as for the rules, well i've got my own, and most people i meet are in gross violation of them. but i get off on enforcing my rules, so i don't mind :)

now, getting back on topic, i made one of these for my cat, biscuit. it's been sitting on the floor for three days now and he has yet to use it. i'll probably take it out with the trash in the morning...

garbanzo-bean

This is a first time post from a new reader, and a female who found the article light and entertaining, and thoroughly enjoyed the comments by the gentlemen savvy enough to realize that most women absolutely ADORE men who are kind to animals and are secure enough to do quirky, funny things for them!

Very well done job of handling the troll, too. (wink!)
Something tells me he doesn't have a cat, or he would know that rather a lot of girls like them, and like men who like them.

DH does. ;)

juliezv