Tili-bom, Tili-bom, we build a house for a cat with our own hands

How many times have I noticed how cats tend to find in the apartment a secluded corner, an improvised cozy mink in a box from the newly purchased equipment or shoes, in a closet on a shelf, etc. The instinctive need of a domestic animal in its own shelter is very great, so build your favorite "cat's house" wherever it feels safe, where it is very cozy, soft and warm.

Make a house for a cat with their own hands is simple enough and quickly, and for its manufacture do not need any special materials and tools. The simplest structure is a small house with a roof and a round opening-entrance. More complex structures consist of a mink house, an observation platform in the form of a shelf on a round pedestal, which also serves as a scratching post. Such a multifunctional building is especially liked by domestic pets, as it takes into account all their most urgent needs. How to make a house for a cat with their own hands with a platform and a scratching pad?

For work, you will need: sheets of multilayer plywood with a thickness of 0.5 - 0.8 mm; A piece of plastic pipe length of 1 m (you can buy in a sanitary ware shop), instead of a plastic pipe, a round glued cardboard tuba is used, on which linoleum rolls are rolled up (usually they are thrown away in construction shops), thick natural linen or jute rope, artificial fur or carpet For upholstery, odorless glue (PVA), fixing furniture corners, thin foam.

House for a cat with their own hands begin to do with the drawing of a sketch. Our will look like this. The bottom of the building is actually a four-walled house with a round side entrance and a flat, straight roof, on which will be installed a round pedestal, covered with a rope, with a shelf-platform at its top.

1. Prepare the details for the house. Four lateral ones - 40 cm in height and 60 - in width, two square details for floor and ceiling - 60х60 cm. A detail for a viewing platform, the dimensions of which are determined by the size of the animal, is usually 50х50 cm. All the details are cut from the plywood and We connect with the help of self-tapping screws and flat metal corners. In one of the side walls, a round hole with a diameter of at least 15 cm is pre-cut beforehand. It is important to ensure that the entire structure is sufficiently heavy and stable.

2. Now we install a round pipe on the flat roof and fix it with the help of 4 furniture corners. Now we glue the outer walls of the house with fur or carpet, using environmentally friendly glue. Do not use upholstery nails, a cat can damage its claws. Very carefully, we remove all metal fasteners under the fabric. Inside the house you should put a foam mat, hidden in a fabric removable cover.

3. We continue to make a house for the cat with our own hands and attach the upper shelf with the help of 4 corners to the round pedestal. We lay on it foam and also cover with upholstery. You can make a cover in the form of a removable cover, then it will be easy to remove and wash. To do this, the part from the material is cut out with a large allowance, we sew the edge, making a kulisk, into which we put a thick rubber band.

4. After the whole structure is assembled, we twist the pedestal with a twisted natural rope. To do this, the end of the rope is glued from below, we make several turns around the pipe, smeared it with glue, ironing the rope well, doing some more turns and so on up to the top. All metal corners and fasteners carefully cleaned under a rope. A gentle and affectionate creature, the cat, nevertheless, has enough strength, especially when practicing clawing. Therefore, to arrange a scratching and glue all the upholstery to the house you need especially carefully.

5. Make a house for a cat you need not only strong and safe for the animal itself, but also so that it does not damage the flooring in the room or corridor. Therefore, on the bottom of the building, glue pieces of thick felt from four corners. This will avoid scratches on the floor and easily move a fairly heavy structure if necessary.