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This mission first appeared throughout the September/October 2022 problem of Catster Journal.
I recently designed this pleasing Catification mission for my good pal Bogi Latins after she added a mama cat and three kittens to her household that already had two cats. The kittens needed some vertical space the place they may run and play, giving the older cats a bit additional room, so we reworked this wall proper right into a cat climbing paradise.
Bogi works throughout the automotive commerce, exhibiting on TV reveals on the Motortrend Neighborhood and organizing initiatives that help empower women throughout the commerce. Her aesthetic is what you may title industrial trendy, so we decided to create the climbing wall with pipe decor fixtures and darkish stained picket cupboards.
I created a 3D model of the design, which I submitted to Luna for approval.
We then marked out the design on the wall with blue painter’s tapea extremely useful Catification gadget. I always have a roll or two out there.
We bought picket boards, decrease them to dimension, sanded them, utilized a darkish stain, and accomplished with three coats of water based satin polyurethane. This protects the picket and makes it loads less complicated to cleanup messes, which can be inevitable with kittens.
We used metal pipes and fittings to create the shelf brackets and helps, which coordinates correctly with the darkish stained picket, resulting in a rustic/industrial nonetheless stylish look. This configuration makes use of 1.5″, 4″, 5″ and 12″ pipe lengths with 90-degree elbow, tee, and flange connectors. There are various pipe decor suppliers on-line that promote parts significantly for setting up furnishings, merely make sure that your whole parts work collectively. I truly similar to the Pipe Decor® Retailer and Residence TZHevery on Amazon.
IMPORTANT: You’ll should protected the entire joints with thread locking fluid, a specific adhesive that secures metal fasteners. This will forestall the joints from turning into unfastened, which could make the cupboards unstable and unsafe for cats to climb on. I used Permatex Threadlocker. Loctite is one different mannequin. Get the pink, which is additional energy.
One different mandatory safety perform for setting up cat cupboards is in order so as to add a non-slip ground to the best of the cupboards. This will help maintain cats from slipping as they run up and down the cupboards. We used these additional thick, peel-and-stick carpet squares in gunmetal. Merely decrease them to dimension with scissors, peel off the backing, and stick in place. Easy to trade after they alter into worn.
You can assemble all varieties of points with the pipes and fittings, so I added a wall-mounted sisal scratcher and a material hammock beneath one in every of many lower cupboards. For the scratcher, I used an 18″ piece of lodge pole that’s about 3″ in diameter, wrapped with 3/8″ sisal ropesecured with scorching glue. Temporary pipe gadgets, 90-degree elbow connectors, and flanges join the publish to the wall, retaining with the similar aesthetic.
The fabric hammock attaches with Velcro so it’s easy to remove for cleaning. Make sure that to position the hammock so cats have straightforward accessibility to leap in and out.
This was a really pleasing mission that pushed me to utilize provides I had on no account labored with sooner than and I actually just like the outcomes! Please ship in photos of your latest Catification initiatives, I’d prefer to see them!
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