Deb & Brian’s mid-century modern home was designed with large floor to ceiling windows that bring the outside in. This also means that any outdoor cats passing through the yard pose an immediate threat to the cats living inside. This kind of a perceived threat can cause all kinds of problems for the indoor cats. [...]
The Catification piece of Pip and Red was multi-faceted. Red needed to be given access to the vertical world so he could a) find a place to be comfortable and have a sense of ownership, b) get away from Pip to avoid being attacked, and c) be in the same space with Pip in a [...]
Last year, I had the opportunity to help Jackson catify his own home outside of Los Angeles where he lives with his three cats, Velouria, Chips, and Caroline, and his little dog, Rudy. This was his chance to put into practice some of his own advice for his feline family, and he learned some valuable lessons in the [...]
Kate from Royal Oak, Michigan installed these cat shelves to help her cat, Doja, with some self-esteem issues. Oftentimes cats will be more secure and self-confident when they are able to climb to a higher place in a room, where they can survey their surroundings. Doja was afraid of everything and would always hide when [...]
Darla from Mobile, Alabama did some excellent Catification here, creating a multi-level cat climbing wall with some simple materials. Using a single 10″ wide board, she cut some short shelves and attached them to an existing built-in bookcase, then she added another shelf over the door, giving the cats access to the wonderful long window [...]
Donna from Levittown, PA created this spacious outdoor enclosure for her five cats. The cats access the enclosure through a cat door installed in a window above, which is connected to the main enclosure by a caged in walkway. Inside the enclosure, Donna added a water fountain, shelves, and chairs so she can enjoy the [...]
Lucio lives in a small apartment in Brooklyn, NY and he needed to add a scratching surface for his cat, America. He looked around for existing objects that could serve double duty and made a cat scratching post out of a table leg. This is a brilliant way to create an easy scratching surface for your cats, [...]
You don’t have to spend a lot of money to catify! Check out this inspirational project from Jessica in DeKalb, Illinois. She and her husband used some leftover shelves to create this awesome kitty climbing wall. “My husband used spare shelves from a bookcase/entertainment storage case and some brackets from the local hardware store to [...]
Check out these fabulous portraits of Jackson’s cat Caroline! These portraits were created by the nice folks at AllPopArt.com. They can take any photo and turn it into a custom work of art. Choose from a variety of different styles from retroPOP to Comic to Warhol. Caroline’s portrait was done in the Geometric style. You [...]
With the help of her dad, Tracy, from Northern Ireland, transformed a regular storage shelf into a fabulous custom cat climbing tree for her new kitten, Simon. They started with an inexpensive pre-made shelf and cut holes in the three upper shelves, large enough for Simon to climb through. They covered each shelf with carpet [...]
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