Remember that pile of parts I showed you last week? Well those parts are to make a new cat tower for our old lady cat, Spirit. At 16 years-old Spirit is having trouble jumping up to the highest part of her current tower so I thought I’d make her a new one. Heather and I were looking at cat furniture at the pet store and found the cheap ones are around $60 and the one I thought would be nice for Spirit was around $90. Most these cat towers are just 2×4’s and particle board covered in carpet.
Well, I have plenty of both 2×4’s and particle board left over from building the atrium storage unit and I’ve always wanted to make a kitty tower, so on a recent trip to the big box store we got a coil of sisal rope for the scratching post and a cheap chunk of carpet. No idea what either cost – a swipe of the credit card and they were mine. Whatever the price was it was much less than $90 or even $60 – something like $12 for both.
Here’s the progress so far, the basic boxes are built and the scratching post is wrapped:
The lower box is 12 inches high and the upper box at 28. Just the right size for a senior kitty.
The next step is to see how good I am at upholstering as I cover the tower in carpet. Spirit’s old, too tall tower, will be moved to the kitten’s room as the four of them are nearing a year-old and are needing more things to climb on that aren’t our bookcases.
If you need me – I’ll be in the shop,
Andrew
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You’re very handy. I hope Spirit enjoys the kitty tower!
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If you need me – I’ll be in the shop–Love it! 🙂
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second most common thing I say at home. 😉
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The first being…?
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“It’s you turn to clean the litter boxes” 😉
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LOL!
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I think you could market this–for the senior cat. What a wonderful home for kitty.
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I just might start a whole range of senior cat stuff. Everything in the store seems geared for kittens.
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What a lucky cat is Spirit to have such a talented pawrent! 🙂
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Thanks!
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I realise that it’s hardly Grinling Gibbons but as somebody who has never seen one of these things before, I sit here in awe. It looks really smart.
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Normally these are just ‘throw together’ pieces, but I’ve spent at little more time on this one.
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How great that you can create such a nice environment for Spirit–and I love the name! Our cat, Licorice, lived to 20, so I’m glad you are making plans for Spirit’s future.
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Don’t know if Spirit will make 20 as she’s starting to have some heath problems, but you can never have too many cat towers. At least that’s what Spirit tells me… 😉
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That is an interesting turn. My Cat is also named Spirit and lives up to her name.
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Very interesting. My Spirit kitty is all black and at night is something of a spirit in the house.
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Mine is Tortoishell female and comes from two crack houses before coming into my life. One of many rescue cats. She is the friendliest cat we have ever had.
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