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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Krissa and John from Oregon enjoy a more modern aesthetic, and they wanted to create a living space that they could enjoy with their cats. By carefully selecting items and finishes, they created a beautiful and functional space that everyone loves. Here’s what Krissa has to say about the project: “We were inspired by Jackson’ [...]

Wendy and David from Oregon were inspired by a creative re-purposing project they saw using old dresser drawers to build a display shelf. Since cats love to nap in drawers, this is a perfect Catification project! They found five matching dresser drawers on Craigslist for just a few bucks and created the frame with some inexpensive [...]

Joy knew she needed to add some vertical space in her home for her seven cats to enjoy. She made it easy on herself by finding pre-made shelves at a home improvement store, which she installed to create this terrific cat superhighway. We really like how the cats can access the shelves from the sofa, and then [...]

Jeffrey from Aledo, Texas wanted to give his older cats access to an existing space above a set of double doors so they could get away from the new kittens. Using Ekby Jarpen shelves and Bjarnum brackets from IKEA (a popular DIY cat shelf combination), he created a staircase leading up to the new cat [...]

Elieen from Madison, Alabama submitted these fabulous cat stairs for our Catification column. Here’s a little bit about how Eileen and her husband created this wonderful walkway for their cats: “Inspired from seeing various catification DIY projects I thought it would be great to increase the vertical space available to my cats by providing them [...]