Building Cat Furniture Alaska

Cat furniture can be great for your home, especially if you have multiple cats... unfortunately, many people don't buy it because of the cost associated with it. While it is wonderful to have a place for your cats to play, perch, and claw without worrying about them destroying some of your prized possessions, many people simply can't afford to spend $100 or more on an area for their cats to play. Luckily, cat furniture of similar quality can often be made for a fraction of the cost; the furniture can even be made out of spare lumber and materials that you might have lying around the shop or garage.

In order to make cat furniture of your own, you're going to need some basic tools such as a hammer and nails as well as lumber of the appropriate size and shape, with enough carpet to cover all of the wood and a little bit of natural rope (not nylon) to make scratching posts out of vertical pieces. Ideally, you'll be able to make at least a few platforms for the cat or cats to perch on as well as a central vertical column and perhaps even a few places to attach some cat toys.

When you're ready to start on your cat furniture, you should do the following:

1. Begin laying out the various pieces of wood, so that you can tell what sort of shape your finished piece will take. You need to have at least one large piece for the central column, a large flat piece for the base, and several smaller pieces to make platforms and supports out of.
2. Assemble the supports for your platforms by taking smaller pieces of wood and nailing them together in a "T" shape. The pieces should create a "T" that is as wide as your column at the top and that has a tail that is long enough to go at least halfway down your platform. Each piece should be at least 1" thick....

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Author: John Casteele