THE DESIGNATED CAT SPACE COME SEE MY KITTY PLAYROOM
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Do you want to know what I’ve learned living with seven indoor, adorable, playful, and rumbunctious kitties?
It’s that I need a break sometimes.
Like when I am trying to cook dinner or doing a craft project at the dining room table, or even when I have company.
Not that I’d let the company decide if my cats can or can’t be in the room because this is their home first, but seven is a lot when you have a feast of deliciousness on the table.
Sadly, I’ve already had to make my art room a no-cat zone because they were making bigger paint messes than me, and that got me thinking that the kids, as I call them, need their own kitty playroom.
A fun space they can go to when their human mama needs a little furball break.
Now, I already have an outdoor catio built for them, which they love, but they need an indoor space, and the best spot is the area where I have the cat ramp built that leads the cats out the tunnel and into the outdoor catio.
I’ll share the link to the outdoor catio post below.
In this post, I’ll share what I’ve done to create the kitty playroom so far.
I have a few more plans and additions doodled in my future project book already, so I see a few more kitty playroom post updates coming in the near future.
THE DESIGNATED CAT SPACE
The perfect spot for my kitty’s playroom is in our basement.
We started doing a remodel of the basement last year, removed a drop ceiling, and instead painted the rafters a navy blue.
Here’s a kind of before peak of the space while during demo.
Removing the ceiling tiles gave us an extra 14 inches of ceiling height and the space that the kitty playroom is was supposed to be our home gym.
It’s ok, we just have to rearrange some plans now, and the kitty room is AWESOME, so I have no regrets.
The space of the playroom is roughly 12 feet x 21 feet. I used 1-inch x 2-inch boards to make the wood slat divider walls on each side of the room
For the caged area in the center, I used 1-inch x 3-inch boards and galvanized cage wire fencing with 1-inch x 2-inch openings.
The cage wire was attached to the wood boards with my staple gun.
To make the cage door into a slider, I attached galvanized chain-link fence brace bands to each side of the door, and they slide across a wooden closet rod.
I also applied small caster wheels to the bottom of the door and made a rail for the wheels to slide between so that the cats couldn’t push the door around.
COME INSIDE THE KITTY PLAYROOM
I applied a large area rug to the floor. This rug was a gift to me as a hand-me-down from my parents, and the cats love to scratch their claws on it.
I have some toys, cat towers, and of course, the cat ramp on the back wall that leads up to the tunnel that brings them outdoors to their outdoor patio space.
The kitty playroom has been up for a few weeks, and the cats LOVE IT!
They spend A TON of time in the playroom, and I feel like they know it’s their space.
They get fed in the playroom as well, so it’s nice that I can come down into the playroom, feed the cats, shut the door, make dinner in peace, eat, and reopen the cage door so they have free range the entire house again.
The kitty playroom has made life so much easier. The cats enjoy it, and if you have the space to give your cats their own playroom, GO FOR IT!
As I mentioned, I’m sure this kitty playroom will have some update posts because it definitely needs some BRIGHT COLORS to match the rest of the hobby farm.
I’m thinking of kitty paws on the walls with fluffy beds, but I wanted to share where I’m at with this kitty playroom space so far.
Have a great day!
XOXO
Emily
You can find all are favorite kitty supplies in the post, EVERYTHING CAT PICKS.
UPDATE:
I’ve added some art to the playroom! You can see it in the post MAKING ART FOR THE KITTY CAT PLAYROOM -DIY CAT ART.
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