Puzzle Saver

We enjoy solving jigsaw puzzles.  I fool myself by saying that doing so keeps my brain strong and holds off potential dementia.  Good puzzles are kind of expensive, but they can take many days to solve and I figure it's cheaper and longer lasting than going to the movies!

Then we got a new cat.  The first time we put out a puzzle after she was big enough to jump on the table, she skidded across the table scattering pieces.  Then she batted a few around and ran off with one in her mouth when I tried to get it away from her.

A fun game for her too, it seems. But unacceptable nonetheless.

I looked online for a solution.  There are many jigsaw puzzle options out there,  This jigsaw puzzle table is what I decided upon.

It is large enough for the 1000 piece puzzles we like. There are four drawers to hold different colors. For us, the four drawers aren't sufficient to hold all the different colors we want to divide.  We put some of them in the empty box the puzzle came in. 

The bottom of the unit has a textured surface so that the pieces don't slide around when the table is tilted at an angle. It can also spin around so that I can work on sides easily. 

There is a flexible plastic cover that fits over the puzzle in progress. This would seem sufficient, but it really isn't. So we cover everything with a towel.  

I assume the cat could rip up the towel and then get under the plastic cover if she really wanted. But when we leave the room, she loses interest. The fun for her is the chase!

So this is working for us.  Now I need to go online and order more puzzles!