We all know that cats tend to take over the furniture, so why not just give them what they want. This special bookcase was designed with cats in mind! Created by Sauder Woodworking Co, masters of flat-pack furniture design, this is the ultimate all-in-one piece for your feline friends. It has multiple levels for kitty to sleep and lounge, a hidden cat-accessible nook for a litter box or a bed, and an enclosed storage cabinet. There are two built-in dangling toys and it comes with three microfiber cushions. The faux walnut veneer makes it easy to keep clean.
Overall dimensions are 52 1/2″ tall by 52 5/8″ wide by 18 3/4″ deep. Comes ready to assemble. Available from CatsPlay.com regularly $350, but they are offering a special discount for Moderncat readers, $75 off now through November 11. Just enter discount code bookcase at checkout and it’s yours for $275 plus shipping.
October 28th, 2010 at 9:48 am
What a great idea and what a wonderful piece of “feline furniture”. I wish I had room for one of these for my trio.
October 28th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Wow, what a great piece of furniture!
October 28th, 2010 at 9:52 am
Wow, this looks phenomenal! Awesome for kitties and it doesn’t look like something that should be better placed in a garage not a living room.
The discount it’s the cherry on the cake…
October 28th, 2010 at 10:10 am
well Kinda expensive plus shipping…. Very nice bookcase for cats.. Someone can make that for me!
October 28th, 2010 at 10:24 am
That is so cool! I wish I had the money to buy it…
October 28th, 2010 at 10:29 am
That’s a cute bookshelf.
We got a nice IKEA shelf, Expedit, which has 4 x 4 rows of squares, around 12″ each. The kitties adopted half of the individual cubes in it – an awesome playground for them, and a perfect spot for spying what their humans do.
October 28th, 2010 at 10:50 am
I have been wanting one of these fo so long!! You should have a giveaway!
October 28th, 2010 at 11:47 am
What a cool idea! My cat family would love it!!
October 28th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
I like this idea, especially for those who have enough space to accomodate a big piece of furniture like this just for their cat! I would suggest though that they add a detachable platic door over the litter box hole just because it could stink up and while the furniture is nice the smell probably isnt. Not to mentiona piece like this would be displayed, not hidden away, so concealing odors is pretty important.
October 28th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Fun and beautiful — looks a lot like some of the cat houses my ex and I made, one of which had a cat-shaped window made with a jigsaw and a plexiglas insert!
October 28th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
I would not use the box area for a litter pan. Most kitties do not like confined spaces for their litter, but they do like cubbies like this for sleeping. I would put a dog bed in there for them to sleep on.
November 1st, 2010 at 7:44 pm
I actually own one of these. I got it last year. It’s quite heavy but very sturdy and the cats absolutely LOVE it. They hopped on it right away and use it daily…mainly for sleeping but I put their litter box in the compartment on the bottom and I hide the scooper and litter bucket from the store in the cupboards on the right.
It’s easy to keep clean, the padding is so soft, the toys are fun for them and they just love being able to climb on the furniture. It is, by far, the best piece of cat furniture I have ever purchased. I highly, highly recommend this to your readers.
Thanks
November 1st, 2010 at 7:49 pm
To answer some of the concerns:
Having the litter box in the enclosed area does not stink up the furniture. I scoop the box once a day and sweep it out if the kittehs threw some litter around.
Also, I have 7 cats and not a single one of them has a problem with it being enclosed but no, you don’t have to put a litter box there, use it for whatever you want.
Once a week I wipe it with a Clorox wipe just for sanitary reasons but no, no smell. I have it in my living room and you cannot smell the litter. Proof in the pudding? I had a guest come over who had never been over before and they commented that you could not tell I had cats. (Meaning, they couldn’t smell anything.)
As for size, it’s actually not as big as you might think. It’s about the size of a loveseat in width and the highest shelf I clear by about a foot and a couple of inches, (I’m 5’4″).
It was kind of expensive but again, it was so worth it.
November 7th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
What a nice piece of cat furniture for the kitties. Moderncat please put this item on your giveaway list!
November 11th, 2010 at 12:30 am
I’d be interested if this came in espresso rather than walnut. Espresso stains are uber modern.
April 28th, 2012 at 5:24 am
I found this very attractive, a beautiful artifact furniture concept. I am waiting for my spouse to see this and approve for our home.