Cat Trees, Carpet And Thinking Outside The Box

Brand new plush or shag carpet aren't the only options for building cat trees.  In fact, you don't have to use carpet at all if you don't want to.

It always surprises me that folks don't think outside the box more when they opt to build their own cat furniture.

I mean, that's the beauty of doing it yourself, right?  YOU are in total control of design and materials.

If you want the most expensive purple shag then blingtastic purple shag it is.  If you want to build a cat tree house like this one here for both your cats and your kids to play in, you can!

Let me be crystal clear.  You don't have to cover your cat furniture in carpet.

BUT if you like carpet but would rather keep costs low there are tons of options to do that as well.

First, you can NOT BE IN A HURRY!

If you take your time and snoop around you probably can still build a cat tree doll house like this one.  In full neon blue and pink premium carpet for WAY CHEAP or even FREE!

But you have to scope out your options first.  You see, many carpet sellers/installation companies toss out carpet scraps that would suit your needs perfectly.  If you ask them nicely often times they will sell to you dirt cheap or even give you what to them are just the unsellable scraps left over from a job.

Now if you want specific colors, you may have to wait a while and keep checking with them or with many different companies.

But if you are not choosy about color or style, you can probably find enough such carpet to suit your needs on just about any given day of the week.

But this isn't the only source of cheap or low cost carpet to build your cat trees with.

Easy DIY Cat Furniture Project

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If you are looking for a super simple DIY cat furniture project this is your lucky day.

While I was surfing around the interwebs today I stumbled onto this outstanding cat playground tutorial from Lowe's of all places.

The instructions are clearly written and easy to follow.  There is a video to show you SHOW you step-by-step how to get great results for yourself.  It's always easier to do something after you've watched someone else do it, right?

I will say the video does assume you KNOW NOTHING about doing a DIY or craft project.  This is either a really good thing or it'll be annoying to you.  I found it a bit tedious but I do realize that there are folks out there who need this info and the are peppy and don't belabor any points so...

One annoying thing is you have to click a button to get the full tools and materials list to be visible.  What's up with that?  Not really a "problem" but how hard would it have been just to print it out and not make you click something?

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