All sorts of suggestions and inspiration for the cat owning DIYer, ideas for creating walkways and play areas and highways around your living space to keep your cat(s) happy and engaged and not fighting with each other and you.
People in this book are perhaps a bit mad. One created a highway across their ceiling (after donating one part of their home totally to their cats), complete with a nest nailed to the ceiling. A huge creation, and I’m sure the cats felt they were in heaven. I wonder what the landlord here would think if I tried it...
And of course I can’t help but think of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet walking through the hundred acre woods looking down to avoid encouraging the jagulars to jump down on them.
I recently had a cat visit who, as she got more comfortable, started flinging herself across rooms, claws outstretched (so as to grab the landing spot). Twenty five pounds or heavier, she made a terrifying projectile. One can only hope the cats in these cat-ified homes know enough not to land on their owners unexpectedly. ( )

Catification:Designing A Happy and Stylish Home For Your Cat (And You!)
by: Jackson Galaxy & Kate Benjamin
2014
Jeremy P. Tarcher/ Penguin
5.0 / 5.0

This book is full of creative and awesome ideas to make your home a happy and inviting environment for your cats, and you. Cool ideas, simple directions with pictures and most are pretty cheap to do. People have come up with and shared some great ideas, and have put a lot of thought into them.

I loved this, but then, I adore cats. Jackson Galaxy has been a huge inspiration, his understanding of cats and his dedication to living a more healthful life are truly amazing. This guy is for real!
Recommended for any cat/pet owner. ( )

If you have an indoor cat(s), you probably realize how important it is that she have places indoors where she can climb and scratch and that otherwise make up for what she's missing outdoors. But we want our homes to be decorated for us, not our cats, right? With CATIFICATION you can, as its subtitle says, design a happy and stylish home for your cat and you.

But be sure to begin by reading Part 1 in order to first understand what catification is. You'll learn how important this is to your cat as well as to you.

Then you'll probably see your home differently. I do. Now I look at everything in my rooms in relation to possible catification: "cat superhighways," "dead ends," scratching posts that double as climbing ramps and stairs, "cat bridges," and "kitty TV." And I can't wait until this spring, when the snow is gone and the weather is warm, so my husband and I can build a "catio."

If only CATIFICATION was around when my cat was alive! With every page, I couldn't help but think about how it would apply to her. But I'm going to get another cat now, and this time I'll do it right. ( )