CATS + DESIGN
Last year, I had the opportunity to help the Cat Daddy himself, Jackson Galaxy, “catify” his home outside Los Angeles. Jackson lives with his three cats, Velouria, Chips, and Caroline, and his little dog, Rudy. Jackson spends his days working with clients, helping them to see the world from a cat’s perspective, so this was his… Read More
I love this simple Catification project submitted by Hauspanther reader Paul from Dublin, Ireland! Paul did something similar to what I did when I Catified my office (read about it here), by creating an easy way for his cats to access an existing surface over his desk. He simply added a few small shelves leading… Read More
Patricia from Cascais, Portugal submitted this awesome DIY project she made for her very lucky cat. She used an Ikea Stolmen pole wrapped with sisal rope as a giant scratcher and climbing pole, allowing kitty to scale the pole to reach the top shelf. Two smaller shelves provide an easy way down. All the shelves are… Read More
You know I’m a huge fan of the Ikea Stolmen system as the foundation for creating beautiful and functional modern cat trees (that’s what I used in the episode of My Cat From Hell last season.) There are companies that make shelves specifically for creating spiral cat trees with the Stolmen system. Two of my… Read More
Here’s an interesting idea for keeping cats indoors, while moving the litter box outside. It’s from Happy Cat Cottage, a company that makes little additions to your home where you can put kitty’s litter. It’s like a mini catio just for the litter box. Your cat enters the cottage through a pet door installed in the wall… Read More
Last season, I made a guest appearance on Jackson Galaxy’s show My Cat From Hell on Animal Planet (season 3, episode 1, available on iTunes). Here’s a little behind-the-scenes peek at what Jackson and I did to “Catify” Mike and Emilie’s house to help with the issues between their cats, Olive and Pepper. This was a particularly tricky… Read More
Lenna from Toronto, Ontario got creative when she and her partner and their two cats downsized from 1400 sq. ft. to just 950. She needed a way to conceal the litter boxes without taking up valuable space. She hit the thrift stores and came home with two similar sized storage benches and set to work… Read More
Cats living in and around Austin, Texas have their very own resource for building some awesome cat climbing structures! David Murphy, The Cat Carpenter, designs and builds cat trees and custom cat climbing shelves that would make any cat feel like they are in heaven. David’s cat trees aren’t flimsy little perches that need to be… Read More
Belgian designer Corentin Dombrecht obviously paid close attention to cat behavior when he created this modular bookshelf that accommodates both books and cats. The system is based on three different modules and, depending on how you stack them, you can create little stairways for kitty to climb among the books all the way to the top where… Read More
Sei Jin from San Diego created this amazing cat cocoon bed by hand cutting all the layers of cardboard! What a lot of work, but what a fabulous result, and obviously the kitties love it. Sei Jin used a circle cutter, ruler, and Xacto blade to cut out the pieces. Everything is glued together with non-toxic rice… Read More
