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A free letter every Sunday: what I built this week, what the cat made of it and one plan to try.
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Perches
A window perch a cat will actually use
Height, a firm seat and a view of the street: what makes a perch the favourite spot.
Shelves
Planning cat shelves on a flat wall
Where the first shelf goes, how far apart the rest should be and how to end up with a route.
Plans
Drawing a shelf plan before you drill
Paper, a pencil and a cat paw for scale: how I sketch a wall before touching it.
Plans
Printing the plans at full size
Why I print every plan at 100 per cent and tape it to the floor first.
Rooms
Where the cat sleeps, and why
Four weeks of watching, and what the sleeping spots told me to build.
Safety
Which houseplants are safe with a cat
A short list of plants I keep, and the ones I gave away.
Shelves
A route across the room, shelf to shelf
Planks that lead from the floor to the top of the wall without one big jump.
Rooms
Keeping the sofa and the cat both happy
A blanket, a perch beside it and the end of the scratched arm.
Plans
Measuring a cat before you build
Length, jump and how wide a plank has to be for a heavy ginger.
Rooms
A flat with a cat, one year on
What worked, what I moved and what the cat ignored completely.
Rooms
Why my cat sleeps on the top shelf
Cats like to see the whole room from up high. Here is how I made the top shelf the best seat in the flat.
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A free letter every Sunday: what I built this week, what the cat made of it and one plan to try.