If anyone is as outraged over the cost of cat condos here is a website to try for those handy with tools. It provides you with a blueprint, step by step instructions and a list of materials.
http://amby.com/cat_site/cattree.html

If anyone decides to try it, let me know how it turne out>

Good luck to all builders to be.

Those places are great. I have a few bookmarked...now If I can get hubby on all 3 that I want this summer:)

I want my husband to try to make one too. However, it may just be easiest with him to buy the darned thing. He's such a procrastinator!

Dawn

Ooo that kicks butt! My sister and i were talking about making cat trees since the store-bought are so expensive! We got a 2-story cylindrical kitty condo for $35 at PetSmart, only to find it's twin at K-Mart for $15.99 hehe.

If anyone knows of any more plans for cat houses on the web, please share!

Originally posted by Hell603
If anyone is as outraged over the cost of cat condos here is a website to try for those handy with tools. It provides you with a blueprint, step by step instructions and a list of materials.
http://amby.com/cat_site/cattree.html

If anyone decides to try it, let me know how it turned out>

Good luck to all builders to be.

I have built one which they had on their site and have built several others for our use and for our friends. Here are some more sites. The first one listed is one of the ones I built.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5421/forest.htm
http://www.nd.edu/~akolaczy/catladder.html
http://www.naturalscratch.com/

I had 4 others listed but when I checked them they no longer worked. I have plans here that I printed which the links no longer work if anyone wants them. I can scan and send.
For you adventurous ones you will find the savings to be worth the effort. The first piece I built (first link above) cost me about $100 for materials but I also had stuff like sisal, rug and some plywood left over to start another project. Cost in the store would be about $300 or more. Have fun!

Pete

well okay not me exactly....carpenters are real cheap here so I am going to take these along tomorrow and get a quote and if it is not too expensive hey presto my babies will have a new play thing....thanks for the idea....I will have to let you know how it turns out if I am getting it made.