Wooden Dog Crate Furniture and TV Stand for 1 or 2 Dogs, Brown

Most crate furniture arrives as a stack of flat panels and a two hour evening. This one shows up largely built, with four large frame pieces left for you to put together, so the job is measured in minutes instead of afternoons. That matters when the box is heavy and the dog is already circling it.

It is sized to house one or two dogs and finished to sit in a living room rather than a laundry room, with a top that works as a TV stand. The front door is sized for easy in and out access, and the side door can be installed on either the left or the right. That second choice does more than it sounds like it does. It lets the piece go against a wall or tuck beside a sofa without blocking the entrance your dog actually uses.

The finished piece measures 40 inches wide, 27.56 inches deep, and 33.07 inches high, which gives dogs in the 65 to 92 pound range room to stand up and turn around instead of only lying down. Raised feet stand 3.94 inches tall, enough clearance for a robot vacuum to run underneath. Anyone who has dragged a heavy crate across a floor every week to sweep behind it will understand why that number is worth checking before you buy.

Construction is 0.5 inch thickened metal pipes paired with wooden boards, and a load bearing metal tube runs along the bottom for added support. The brown finish keeps it looking like furniture from across the room, which is the entire argument for crate furniture over a wire kennel. You are buying a piece of living room furniture that happens to be a kennel, and it should hold up to both jobs.