Huge 6ft Tall Cat Tree Homebrew DIY - aka "The Tower" 

Hi & thanks! Wish I had a DIY on this but what I can tell you that the main tube is a 24" Sonotube (used for concrete forms) and the rest of it, base and other little pieces, was made from a sheet of 3/4 MDF and also a 6' 1x4 for the post on the back wrapped in sissal. After initial mock up the most time consuming part was applying the carpet to it. I started with a hand stapler but then bought a compressor plus air stapler and was glad I did.

This is beautiful

Appreciate that, thank you!

The trees from The Lion King are Acacia trees.

Thanks!...I made this long before camera documenting anything otherwise there would be a video

Thanks! There's room on or in it for a dozen cats or so...maybe more.

Glad this inspired! :) Would love to see how yours looks when finished!

Thanks Joseph! Good use of the off-cuts right? Makes building these cheap as carpet can get pricey real quick.

Hi & thanks! The carpet I chose was sculpted so I didn't have to do anything to it.

It's incredibly stable, with a flat base of roughly 2'x2' no amount of zoom launches or multiple furbags on it could even come close trying to topple it over.

When assembling the inner shelves, all the inner carpeting was done at the same time. First, a strip of carpet around the inside of the Sonotube, then a carpeted shelf on top of that working from the bottom up. Drywall screws were used on the outside perimeter of the Sonotube for added strength affixing the shelves permanently into place.

@@DansHouseofBengals smart... you have inspired me. this will be on my list of summer projects.

The inner shelves would easily support a cat weighing well over 10x that due to screws being used to hold each shelf in place.

24" Sonotube

Here ya go :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VkapX4IPfJU.html

Thanks, sorry no plans available, I found it was easier to visualize it as I was making it and drafting plans would've just slowed down the entire build.

Sorry no, I built this long before picking up a camera to document (wish I did). Plans were as I went along.

Staples holding just fine after 20 years now. Part the carpet so you can sink the staples down to the backing and it will hold up just fine. Air stapler is key as doing it by hand is for the birds.

Not sure, you'd have to search for it. I bought the carpet from my local big box store on '04.

When assembling the inner shelves, all the inner carpeting was done at the same time. First, a strip of carpet around the inside of the Sonotube, then a carpeted shelf on top of that working from the bottom up. Drywall screws were used on the outside perimeter of the Sonotube for added strength affixing the shelves permanently into place.

@@DansHouseofBengals thanks. Looks fabulous!