A while back I decided I wanted a cathouse for my cats so they have their own place to go when it rains and I'm not at home.

I have two sliding doors at the back, making it difficult to have a catflap. They need me to open the door.

I loosely followed the design of one you can buy on Amazon, but made mine a tad larger.


The very first beginning. I was so proud to have that done, hihi.



Days later.... Bottom house done, beginning the 2nd top house. As you can see there's a passage to the right at the back to go from 1 to the other. That way they can never get trapped, there's a 2nd exit.



I bought cheap cat doors on AliExpress. I hadn't planned that, so had to adapt the design.
And I got impatient, wanted to see what it'd look like in the end, so I started painting before the cathouse was done.
And those bannisters... so cute, but lot of cussing to get them in, hihi.



The larger back roof hinges... getting that done was nightmarish, but happy I did that. I can get into it to clean it or whatever.



And this is it... the brown plank will be painted English red as well.
It's on legs so it's 15cm off the ground.
There's straw inside for the cats to burrow.
Straw doesn't really absorb moisture and keeps warm when it's cold and cool when it's warm.
I'm really chuffed with it, having made this myself, but boy was I glad it was done as it was a helluva lot of work!!



Roosje was totally happy in and with the straw!

Now it's wait and see if they'll actually use it...
They know it's there, but habit may make them decide to go for the space under the conifer hedge after all...

I took a lot of cat hair from their baskets and put that in the straw. Hopefully that will deter any mouse from going near the cathouse, let alone inside it!

Nice cat house .

Thank you, Julie :D

Amazing DIY, Crystal! The cathouse looks pretty and I hope they enjoy it

Last cathouse I was in was about 50 years ago and it was not even half as pretty .... good job Crystal!!!

Seems I'm not the only one who knows "cathouse" is another name for bordello.

Thank you, Merry!

Thank you, Slim!