Tfch8184

I'm going to make a table runner this week. Hopefully get it started today since my pinwheels and I are having issues with each other.

So here's my odd question. For those that use table runners and have cats. Do you find table runners not being worth the hassle because they turn into beds for kitties to lounge on?

All my cats are nerds and heaven forbid something be on my table that isn't for them to claim as their own. I do not use table cloths or table runners so this will be an experience I'm sure lol. My gut says that as soon as this is done and on my table it will stop being a cute Halloween decoration and become a comfy bed for my sun bathing fur monsters. Do I allow my love for my cats to take over or start kicking some furry behind when they try to sleep on it lol.

Tartan

Well you can knock yourself out trying to keep them off but you know they will win that battle.

DonnaPBradshaw

How many cats do you have? Can you block their access to the kitchen? I don't have any cats or dogs in my house so I'm no help. I do have a friend with two cats and she has had to build a barrier to one of her rooms to keep them from getting in and destroying her quilting.

Tfch8184

Lol I know the battle is already lost.

All five of my cats are rescues. All but one I found as babies. I don't have the heart to ban them from much. Just the baby's room and my sewing tables while I'm using them. Usually my youngest boy sleeps under my table while I work and my middle female sleeps under my machine table while I work.

I know if they turn the table runner into their sleeping spot I will just end up washing it with my weekly laundry to keep the fur balls down lol. Or use my sticky thinger.

The good thing is the table I'm making it for is one they don't sleep on. They use the one with major sunlight access. This one doesn't allow for the sunbathing like my other one.

mighty

I am afraid you are right it just goes with the package.

Luv Quilts and Cats

Depends on the cat. The last two I had used the table top, with or without table cloth or runner. I think because the table was up against windows in the wall to look outside. The cat I have no does not use the table at all. She will sleep on the chairs but doesn't go on the table top. Now just you watch. Now that I have said this she will START using the table top. LOL! It's hard to keep cats off the table. When mine used it, I would just wipe it down with a bleach cleaning wipe. I didn't use table cloths, runners would just get washed. You can train them to stay off tables and counters. Google for ways to do that. But I found it is only effective if someone is home all day.

nancysp

Put something on it, like small candlesticks or a decorative bowl. My cats stay away from new beds if something is on it. Otherwise, just live with it and use your lint roller every day.

charsuewilson

My cats aren't allowed on the dining room table so that isn't a problem. End tables I haven't had cloth on them since we adopted the cats. They do like the linen cloths that were on those tables, but I expect that any cloth on the tables the cats get on would eventually end up on the floor.

Tfch8184

I'm not worried if they do sleep on it. This is more a lol darn cats post.

Mine view anything on a table a free for all to shove off it. Thankfully they don't mess with counters. We have a flat top stove now so I trained them to stay off the counters and stove when we moved. I think since we rarely eat at our kitchen table they are just like whatever the humans don't use it so we will lol. But when we do use the table I always give it a wipe down with Clorox or Lysol wipes. Having a toddler those are a must in my house. Lol.

Keeping cats off the table is like keeping my daughter out of my scrap basket. Impossible lol. My daughter views the scrap basket as her personal free for all. Every night without fail I am doing a floor clean up from her dancing and throwing scraps in the air. Very cute to see.

sandy l

Heck, just keep the "sticky thingy" handy. I do, and it seems like it's a lot easier to just run that over the table runner than have a useless conversation with the cats about staying off the table