Giggles
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Hello, rocketry community.
My husband and I have an entire room in our house dedicated to model rockets. We used to display some of the models throughout the house as well. The trouble is, we have cats. There is no shelf they can't reach, and when they get up on the shelves, the rockets get knocked down and sometimes chewed on. So, we rounded up all the rockets and have them relegated to the rocket room. We keep the door shut, to keep our beloved fur babies safe. (Super glue, Exacto knives, and elastic shock cords don't make good cat toys.) But with the door shut, we find that we don't use the room that often. The rockets are collecting dust. We hesitate to build new ones because we're running out of shelf space in the rocket room and it would be a shame to just pack them up in boxes. Then, no one would ever see them. My husband is losing interest in the hobby.
I want to remodel our rocket room so it becomes an inviting work space for us.
It needs...
1) a place to display up to 200 low-power model rockets where the cats can't reach them but we can still see them and show them to visitors
2) two work tables for my husband and I, plus safe storage for tools and rocket parts so the door can remain open
3) to cost no more than $500 - I priced getting clear acrylic cut to make display shelves and DANG! It's really expensive.
4) BONUS if there's room for a cat tree
5) BONUS if there's room for a large aquarium
The room we have now is about 9 feet wide by 11 feet deep, with an inset closet by the door that's about 5 feet wide and 2 feet deep. There is a window on the opposite wall - across from the door - that's about 4 feet wide.
Please help! I am in need of ideas. I wanted to do acrylic display shelves, but my husband said it was too expensive. Then, I thought of building cupboards with fence material and he pointed out that the cats would just climb up the fencing and the cupboard doors would come off. Any ideas are welcome, but please no disparaging comments about cats. They are part of the family and that's not about to change.
Thanks!
My husband and I have an entire room in our house dedicated to model rockets. We used to display some of the models throughout the house as well. The trouble is, we have cats. There is no shelf they can't reach, and when they get up on the shelves, the rockets get knocked down and sometimes chewed on. So, we rounded up all the rockets and have them relegated to the rocket room. We keep the door shut, to keep our beloved fur babies safe. (Super glue, Exacto knives, and elastic shock cords don't make good cat toys.) But with the door shut, we find that we don't use the room that often. The rockets are collecting dust. We hesitate to build new ones because we're running out of shelf space in the rocket room and it would be a shame to just pack them up in boxes. Then, no one would ever see them. My husband is losing interest in the hobby.
I want to remodel our rocket room so it becomes an inviting work space for us.
It needs...
1) a place to display up to 200 low-power model rockets where the cats can't reach them but we can still see them and show them to visitors
2) two work tables for my husband and I, plus safe storage for tools and rocket parts so the door can remain open
3) to cost no more than $500 - I priced getting clear acrylic cut to make display shelves and DANG! It's really expensive.
4) BONUS if there's room for a cat tree
5) BONUS if there's room for a large aquarium
The room we have now is about 9 feet wide by 11 feet deep, with an inset closet by the door that's about 5 feet wide and 2 feet deep. There is a window on the opposite wall - across from the door - that's about 4 feet wide.
Please help! I am in need of ideas. I wanted to do acrylic display shelves, but my husband said it was too expensive. Then, I thought of building cupboards with fence material and he pointed out that the cats would just climb up the fencing and the cupboard doors would come off. Any ideas are welcome, but please no disparaging comments about cats. They are part of the family and that's not about to change.
Thanks!