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One or two projects a year

Indoor catification and custom cat climbing walls

Your walls are wasted on the cats. Fix that.

Indoor catification means designing and installing a permanent indoor cat climbing wall: routes, shelves, perches and resting spots that give cats movement, choice and confidence without leaving the house. CatManDo builds them in Austin homes as custom carpentry planned around your cats and your rooms, not a kit of store-bought shelves.

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A finished climbing wall

Austin, TX

Finished indoor catification in a two-storey living space: ceiling-height shelf runs over the kitchen opening and a spiral staircase climb up the near wall

Ceiling walkway

Landing at the mezzanine

Entry up spiral staircase

A wall we built and installed. Every route is planned to your wall construction, ceiling height and the cats who will actually use it.

Indoor cat walkways crossing high above a living room, mounted along the wall below the ceiling

Mounted to studs, not drywall

Two ways down from every perch

The parts

Cat shelves, climbing routes and everything between

Climbing shelves and routes

Perches and resting platforms

Bridges, steps and transitions

Layouts that work for multiple cats without a turf war

Design inputs

Designed for your cats and your home

A custom cat climbing wall gets designed around age, mobility, temperament, how the rooms get used, what the walls are made of, and how you want it to look. All of it matters, so we ask about all of it.

Age & mobilityTemperamentRoom trafficWall constructionFinish & colour

Black cat on a curved cedar shelf, black steel bracket and wall mounting in close-up

Ceiling-height indoor cat walkways running the length of a living room

Indoor cat tower and looped perch below ceiling-height walkways — Room-wide photos plus close-up mounting and finish work, because the details are where these projects succeed or fail.

“The highest recommendation if you’re looking to add unique enrichment for your cat(s). This was our second project together, and I’m extremely pleased with the work.”
“They added to the catio and built a custom jungle gym inside. Francis absolutely loves it.”
Tony Dabit Google · the project pictured here
Amazing attention to detail
High quality material
Great communication
Willing to adjust and build a one of a kind space

Indoor catification projects

Recent indoor installations

One home, one install: a full high route across a two-storey living room, a floor-to-ceiling climb on the column, and a spiral staircase up the wall. Find the piece closest to your room and we will talk through what would change.

Grey cat shelves and bridges running high across a two-storey living room and over the kitchen archways — Room-wide high route

Full-height sisal post with cube houses and perches climbing a living room column — Floor-to-ceiling climb

Tuxedo cat sitting at the top of a curved bridge near the ceiling — The top of the run

Spiral cat staircase climbing a living room wall beside an archway — Spiral climb

Limited indoor catification commissions

One or two of these a year, on purpose

Indoor catification is some of the most detailed work we take on. These are substantial custom carpentry projects, and the lead time is usually several months minimum: this work suits people who want something genuinely unique and are willing to wait for a slot. Once we are on site the install itself is quick.

Typically starts around

$15,000–$20,000

On site

6–10+ days

Indoor catification questions

Will it damage our walls?

Mounting is planned to your wall construction: studs, masonry or whatever you have. Removal and patching are part of the design conversation, so you know what taking it down would involve before anything goes up.

What rooms and surfaces work?

Most do. We look at wall construction, room traffic and what your cats already gravitate toward, then design the routes around real life, not around a catalog.

What if we move?

Ask us about removal during design, not after the moving truck is booked. Custom work is built for your walls, and we will walk you through what a clean removal would involve for the specific build.

Planning and installation

Consultation, measurements, design approval, fabrication, cat climbing wall installation and simple care instructions. Then the cats take over.

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Request an indoor project

Tell us about the wall and the cats who will use it

A few fields and a photo or two to start. Photos of the room help a lot, and there is space for them on the full request form →