Cat Condo (DIY)

The cat condo is a homemade feline bed that is made from recycled materials. Its main structure comes from a cardboard box, which is a favorite item for most cats. It provides the perfect place for your feline to take naps in throughout the day. 

• 2 wire hangers
• Pliers 
• Duct tape
• Circular object (ex: bowl)
• Scissors 
• Ruler
• Marker
• Cat bedding 
• Safety pins
• 4XL T-Shirt
• Cardboard box (16 ½ x 18 ½ inches)

Use the scissors to cut the box. You can prepare the box to your liking. I cut off the flaps of the box to make later steps easier.

Reinforce certain areas of the box, you find flimsy, with duct tape. 

Use the pliers to cut the hooks off the wire hangers.

Bend both wires into a trapezoid shape.

Poke a hole, with the wire, on an inside corner of the box, four inches down from the edge. Repeat this action on the opposite corner. 

Grab the second wire and repeat the process in step 5. 

Use duct tape to bind the wires to each other at the center. It should make a 'X' shape as shown in figure 15.

Pull the shirt over the box and place the head hole over the hole that was cut out in step one.

Use safety pins, indicated by the white circles, to fasten loose ends of the shirt against the box.

Place cat bedding inside the box. I overlapped the cat bedding to ensure the entire bottom was covered.