I just wrapped a little 20 gauge wire that I had in my kitchen utility cupboard around a mason jar and twisted a little hook out of the end.. We have all these little plastic hooks around the house in random places and I still haven’t taken most of them down yet.

Well, it depends who you ask on that one.🙂 So today I’ll share with you what I found that works for us as well as a whole bunch of other suggestions to try in your quest to really make your own cats uncomfortable..

The Cayenne Pepper Trick.This one worked for me.I mixed up 1 teaspoon of cayenne in 1/2 cup of water and put it in a spray bottle..

I took one look at the light color of the flowers and the dark color of the solution and realized this wasn’t going to be the best idea.Maybe on house plants or dark colored flowers, but I didn’t want to dye my bright green mums orangey red.

I just took the sprayer out of the bottle and used the end of it to dab drops of the cayenne juice right into the inside of the flower, where it would be hidden, rather than sitting right on top.. Then I had spicy flowers!.

I watched and waited for about 2 seconds.Don’t have a fabulously weathered piece of history just laying around?

You can use any plain board from the hardware store and stain or paint it, or you can even find a nice length of molding for a little bit of a fancier look.Easy and cheap..

I picked up these simple little hooks from Home Depot.I think they were about $2 for a pack of 2.. All I had to do was measure out where I wanted each hook and mark it off on the board.