This rather nifty modular cat activity centre is by US company, Kitty City, but is available in the UK from Pet Planet. The Kitty City range includes cosy hideaways, play tunnels, detachable toys and climbing and scratching furniture. Continue reading
I love the Hush Hush, a beautifully stylish litter tray hider/cabinet by Julinka, so I’m delighted that the ecologically-minded German company have now added a den and a cat tree to their range of designer modern cat furniture. Continue reading
The lucky recipient of the WTF? Award must be offering for sale in the UK an item of cat paraphenalia so pointless and/or hideous that the average response to said item would be one of utter disbelief.
Good news for UK fans of quality modern cat furniture: zooplus.co.uk are now stocking products from the Ruben Natural Cat Trees range!
I like this range of cat trees as it’s been thoughtfully designed to meet with cats’ needs to leap, scratch, perch and sleep. Us mere humans have been taken into consideration too, which means the trees are easy on the eye and will blend with contemporary interiors – I love the use of stripped tree branches.
Ruben Natural Cat Trees are produced in the Austrian Alps from untreated hardwood grown in sustainably managed forests. The scratching surfaces are made from sturdy sisal rope, to give your cats something to really get their claws into, and the platforms are lined with high-quality faux fur to provide super-snug snoozing spots (the fur is removable and can be machine washed).
Prices range from £109 – £299. All models are available in a choice of cream or brown, please see zooplus site for measurements.
If you’d like to see some Ruben cat trees in action, check out this video. (The commentary’s in Austrian and the products featured are from the Ruben Exclusive range, which isn’t stocked by Zooplus – but it stars a bunch of beautiful cats, so it’s worth a watch!)
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Tagged beds, cat furniture, climbing furniture, perches, scratching furniture
As you can imagine, cat-inspired products for men are a bit thin on the ground. But I’ve managed to dig out a few, so here are ten Christmas pressie ideas for the cat men in your lives:
These three t-shirts are all available in a wide choice of colours and sizes for £14.99 from RedMolotov.com
Or for the young and trendy (or maybe just young at heart!), there’s the Diesel Skull Cat Print T-Shirt, available from Asos for £35.00.
Why not kill two birds with one stone and treat your favourite cat man and his cat at the same time? These Cat Playhouses are available from Suck UK for £20.00.
Or for all those frustrated DJ’s out there: the Cat Scratching DJ Deck available for £15.99 from I Want One of Those.
And finally, no Christmas Gifts for Men list would be complete without the traditional novelty sock. Siamese and Ginger cat socks are available in sizes 7.5 – 11.5 from Animal Gift Ideas for £10.69. Lovely!
Tagged cat hideaways, chrstmas, clothing, dens, scratching furniture
Now here’s something I don’t get to say often enough: check out this range of luxury cat furniture designed and made in the UK! KoogaTree produce a range of ‘high-impact, quality cat furniture’, made entirely from materials sourced from British suppliers. The inspiration for KoogaTree is Kooga, a very handsome bengal. Lucky Kooga has a whole range of KoogaTree products at his disposal, but he does agree to act as the company’s model in return!
First up, the Birch Vantage Platform. The platforms are made from Scottish Birch wood, that has been air-dried for four years, and are fixed to the wall with cast iron brackets, which will easily cope with larger breeds of cat – and look great too.
Cat ‘shelves’ are widely available in other parts of the world – particularly in the US and East Asia – but, up until now, have been missing from the UK market. I think they’re a fantastic idea – all cats love a vantage point from which to survey their territory, and, in multi-cat households, a few strategically-placed cat shelves can help reduce tensions by providing a everyone with a good spot to hang out.
The Birch Vantage Platform is available for £125.00. Each platform is 47mm thick. Due to the individual nature of this product other measurements vary, but are given on the KoogaTree website. (You’ll need to get a move on if you’re thinking of buying one of these, as they’re proving popular already!)
KoogaTree have teamed up with five British graphic designers and artists to produce the beautiful scARTch range of scratching posts, which double-up as pieces of ‘floor art’. There are nine different designs available, and each design has been produced as a limited edition run of 25.
Each scARTch piece has a very sturdy handcrafted oak base, featuring a wipe-clean vinyl print which has been extensively scratch-tested. The posts are made from solid Scots pine and have a choice of premium quality 16mm untreated sisal or manilla rope for your cat to get his/her claws into. Measurements: base – 792mm x 792mm; post – 800mm. Prices range from £295 – £395.
KoogaTree also produce these rather spectacular Climbing Trees, handcrafted from oak – priced at £795; or beech – priced at £745. Bespoke climbing trees are available upon request.
Other products in the KoogaTree range include luxury sheepskin cat beds and a ‘family’ of catnip toys – check out their website for further details.
Tagged cat furniture, cat shelves, scratching furniture
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