Jake and Karen from Brooklin, Ontario created these custom climbing and perching platforms for their cats, Suzy and Odie. The platforms are made from 3/4″ stained oak veneer plywood. Extra care went into creating the joints to make the platforms extremely sturdy (check out the close-ups below) plus they routed out the surface so the carpet tiles would sit flush. Nice details!
Each platform is 18″ long so it can span two wall studs and attach securely with L-brackets. Jake and Karen really thought through the design of the platforms, adding something enticing on each shelf. The first shelf has a sisal scratching area, plus it lines-up with the window for a great view. The second shelf has a little nook for napping, and the top shelf has a vertical scratching area. Plus it’s the top shelf, an enticing feature all on its own.
See more photos and get more details on Jake and Karen’s website.
January 13th, 2009 at 4:45 am
Genius! Home Depot, here I come!
January 13th, 2009 at 8:22 am
That’s awesome!
January 13th, 2009 at 9:27 am
How wonderful to have the skill to do things like this for your loved ones….thanks for sharing!
January 13th, 2009 at 11:17 am
i love this! ben and stuart would love the different spaces!
January 13th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
See? EVERYONE can make their cat(s) happy with a little creativity and a lot of love. GREAT idea, folks!
January 13th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Those are very well thought out perches, and I like the window box they built (on their website via link) as well.
The kitties are beautiful, and in fact look very familiar. My mom had a litter of kittens with 2 fluffy cream tabbies like that and 1 black (plus a tortoiseshell and a short-hair cream). I took one of the fluffers for myself and she still has the other and the black kitty, and I swear hers look just like these! Her black kitty is a bigger tom though.
January 14th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Wow! So neat! So much inspiration on this site! I can’t wait to start making something for my cats!
January 16th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Wow! Karen & Jake, these are just awesome!
And your cats are soo cute!