Cat Furniture and Built-ins

Check out the Plus-Nyan house in Japan – this is the kind of thing I dream about, for our kitty friends. Sid and Zora and Snow don’t have many cat-specific hideouts and climbing opportunities in this apartment we’ve been living in, but I hope to change that when we move to our new place. In [...]

Catios and Cat Enclosures

Since our cats are stuck inside all the time (we care as much about the local songbirds and mice and voles as we do about our cat friends), we want to make sure they’re happy. Our last place had a lot of great high-up cat-walks for them to enjoy, and this place has a couple [...]

Architectural Obsessions: Cupboard Beds

I don’t know what it is about cupboard beds. They seem so fairy-tale-like, so quaint and cozy. If I had had one when I was a kid I would never have come out of it! I like to think I’ll build one someday, our very own comfortably appointed and charmingly detailed wooden cave. I’ve read [...]

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