A little carpet adhesive, a few staples, a handful of small brackets, and it’s almost complete! Overall, it’s solid as a rock and has enough mass to keep it stable without anchoring it to any walls.
Only things left are a ramp from ground level to the second story across the front and potentially a hammock somewhere(I’m struggling to see where i could put one without compromising some other useful part of the tree).
Thoughts are welcome!
looks solid.
Kitty approves. now you need a run up near the ceiling, circling the room and into the kitchen, to another tree.
Also maybe a remote laser turret to get the birbs outside with. more PEW PEW is always appropriate.
I’ve wanted to do this so badly, but just haven’t gotten around to doing it. Partially due to not wanting to spend the money for floating shelf hardware, that stuff is unreasonably pricey
it really is, lol.
it really really is. Another option, if you’re okay with it not being a floating shelf is a pair of keyhole brackets fixed to wooden braces. The braces then are bolted into the shelf board (You could leave them floating if there was no, uh, cat…).
Then, some glue-down carpet squares for traction. (if they’re up high you won’t see it so get the ugliest cheapest discards you can! I mean, uh… go for that cyberpunk-chiq look. )
I think if I did put in a run, it would have to be as unobtrusive as possible, so floating shelves are more or less mandatory.
But I’m probably not gonna end up actually doing it, so the point is moot
deleted by creator
What are you using for the posts? 2x4 or 4x4?
I saw it was from scraps mostly, but how much would you estimate this to cost vs a store bought tree?
Untreated 4x4, which I think cost like…$10-$15 maybe? Then carpet adhesive was like $20, some wood screws, and more staples. I’ve probably got $60-$90 in it, but it would be pricier if I didn’t have the brackets already.
It’s hard to say exactly, but I will say that if you bought everything you needed from, say, home depot, it would be very expensive, probably 2-3× a similarly sized store bought model. But the store bought ones are small for large cats, so your mileage may vary
