How To Make A Cat Tree House

Unfortunately the price of cat furniture can be cost prohibitive. OK, the prices on these things are down right scary.

Take this "Lifelike Mature Large Cat Tree House" for example... it runs a whopping $875!

It's a unique hand crafted pet home. Every home is designed and built to provide years of enjoyment for your dearest pets.

All the trees are real, and the branches are skillfully decorated with silk leaves. This provides a natural scratching post for your cats.

This Cat Tree House gives your cats the room to romp, jump, explore and sleep. Crafted of wood, cedar, plush carpeting and synthetic silk leaves, this house brings out the kitten in your cat.

Yes, it's beautiful and if you've got that kind of cash then it's just what the doctor ordered.

Or perhaps more multi purpose cat furniture is more your style. This doll house cat condo is a cat tree and doll house combined!

At nearly 6-1/2' tall, this lovely condo/tree has a staircase leading up to the spacious condo section, which has an opening in each of its 2 floors. The hollow "belfry" section is just big enough for an average-sized cat to sit inside and look out the window. The unit comes with 2 sisal rope scratch posts, included in the price.

Your cats and your kids will LOVE to play in and with this amazing toy!

My daughter loved to play with her dolls in doll houses and she loved to dress up our cat Lelu in some of her old baby clothes. This beloved cat would even allow her to push her around dressed up this way in a baby doll carriage.

I can only imagine how much fun she'd have had with both her dolls and the cat if we'd had this beautiful piece of cat furniture in our home when she was little.

As you can see in this image the back is open for ease of access by your children just like more traditional (smaller) doll houses are. (See the front in the image at the top of this lens)

If you get sticker shock when you see the price tag on ready made cat furniture, don't worry there's still hope for you and your kitties. Learn how to make a cat tree house for yourself.

Seriously, if my daughter and I can do it anyone can. It's not hard to do when you have a good set of plans to guide you. Just take it step by step and don't rush the process.

You may even find you enjoy it and decide to make more than one. Heck, you might even decide to make some for your local no kill animal shelter like many folks do.