April 19, 2022

Transformation Tuesday #67


I've been dying to go outside and do some transformative work on our yard and the exterior of our house, but with this weather (the rain, wind, snow, and cold) I am just going to have to wait even longer. I was itching to work on something today, so I took some before pictures of a couple of projects. One of them only took three minutes to transform; the other is going to take longer, so I'll have to wait on the "after" photo. It took a much more time than I thought and I'm not even halfway done!

Anyway, here is probably the tiniest transformation I've ever posted, but it made a world of difference in something I was just going to throw away. My cats have several nail scratchers (to avoid them scratching the furniture) and this one is probably the least used. Once in a great while, Chick or Phoebe will actually play with the ball in there, and when I put catnip on it, Estelle likes to use it to scratch her nails. However, the cardboard was totally shot--there was no way it was even working for their nails anymore.

Before I threw it away, however, I tried to lift the cardboard out to flip it over--it had NEVER occurred to me to try that before!--and it was like a brand new toy. It looked perfect.


There was a ton of catnip underneath, too. We sprinkle catnip on top of it sometimes, and it obviously fell to the bottom. While such a small transformation, this was totally satisfying, haha.


So, that's my little transformation to share! (And I would feel bad not throwing out this little PSA at the opportunity: Please don't declaw cats! I've owned a LOT of cats in my life, and as long as you trim their nails once in a while and have appropriate places for them to scratch, they will leave your furniture alone. I just get sad when I hear of cats being declawed, so I like to mention it when I get the opportunity. Okay, let's carry on...)

Here are a couple of readers' transformations as well. Enjoy!



This is not a very dramatic transformation but I was so sick of digging through my pans when I needed one of the larger ones on the bottom. So I bought these little pan organizers and I love it! Can just grab and go, ready to cook! 

- Amanda, Wisconsin


Amanda, I love this! You have no idea how many times I organize my pots and pans only to find them thrown in there all willy nilly. It drives me crazy! I really need some of those organizers. Looks great! -Katie




I had submitted a bathroom redo in the fall (Transformation Tuesday #47) and I guess I've been bitten by the bug... decided to spruce up my home office as well since I spend so much time in there! We painted (a slightly different shade of white, lol) and added some funky peel and stick wallpaper.... which I also used on the back of my million year old bookcase to give it new life. Some new throw pillows and some tidying and it feels much more welcoming!

- Krissie, Ontario, Canada




Krissie, I LOVE the wallpaper! I don't know if I'd ever be brave enough to try wallpaper (yesterday I was looking through old pictures from the 80s when I was a kid and I couldn't believe the wallpaper, haha!). Yours looks so sophisticated and I love that it's only the one wall--not overpowering. he room looks so cozy!  -Katie



We discovered ants in our pantry and just had started unloading when I thought to take a picture.  The biggest transformation is that the second shot contains no critters!

- Antless Angie


Angie, I feel your pain! We sometimes get those tiny little ants in the spring. They seem to come from nowhere! I love how nice and organized your pantry is. I have a large pantry that I love but it's totally disorganized most of the time. Glad to hear you are now "ant free" ;)   -Katie



Thank you for including your transformations! Cleaning and organizing feels so good when it's done, doesn't it? Please keep the transformations coming so I can keep posting :)  If you've transformed something--anything, even if you think it's boring (like my cat scratcher!) please share. Just send a before photo and an after photo to me at: katie (at) runsforcookies (dot) com. Include your name and a description of the transformation. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

4 comments:

  1. We recently got the pan organizers and love them

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  2. Thankfully, it's becoming illegal in many states to declaw cats. It's an absolutely barbaric practice, so I'm glad you're so outspoken about it!

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  3. Thanks for sharing my pan organization pics! The ones I bought were on Amazon, the Cuisinel heavy duty pan rack. So far they're holding up great, even with my cast iron skillets! Great transformations this week!

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  4. We have to empty our cabinets for new countertops to be installed, I'm going to look into the pan organizers...I didn't even know that was a thing!

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