I like cats....but....

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I like having cats for indoor pets. They are easy to maintain and they pretty much take care of themselves. They are fun to play with and watch. BUT...how do you keep cats from getting into things you don't want them to? I have used the spray bottle in the past with cats I have had. One cat this worked out for well. She did not like it and even believed I could get her wet from another room. All I had to do was show her the bottle and she would stop whatever she was doing. Not without a little sassing about it, but she would stop. Another cat I had the spray bottle worked for most everything except the Christmas tree. She easily figured out good hiding places behind the pretty wrapped presents where the water would not get her and where no one could get her out either. I had to lock her in my bedroom when no one was home or we would come home to find the Christmas tree tipped over on the floor. I am maybe soon going to be in the position of being able to have a pet and I am trying to decide between a puppy or a kitten. Even though I would have to take the puppy outside regularly, there would be no kitty litter to deal with. And I wouldn't have a problem with the Christmas trees. The puppy wouldn't be digging in my houseplants or jumping up on tables and eating the plants. And the puppy would not tear up any of my jigsaw puzzles that I try to put together. Just how do you keep a cat away from a jigsaw puzzle without getting the puzzle wet?