Design: Cat Hammock
Materials: Wood & fabric
Designer: Tamar Gilad
"As a volunteer with a cat rescue group in the past five years, I have spent every Sunday helping cat lovers adopt a cat."
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"The cats and kittens at the adoption center love to lounge in their hammocks, which hang in their cages. Visitors have asked where they could buy such a hammock for their own cats. Alas, these hammocks can only hang in a cage!
I set out to design a sturdy cat hammock that would look good even in the living room. Other design goals: assemble in seconds without tools, quickly take it apart for storage and travel, ship it flat."
Designer: Tamar Gilad
Link: catabove.com
Location: Wilmington, NC
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Comments (17)
Eh. I have a cat, and she rarely sleeps where I tell her too. It's a cute idea if you have a lot of space, though.
What's the difference between this and your average canvas portable footstool?
I have 19 cats and only two of the hammocks. You can imagine how much they fight over who gets to sleep in each one. The great thing is how washable the hammocks are. Cats love boxes and hammocks and having a hammock in a box makes them really happy.
My cat created his own hammock out of the lining on the underside of my couch. This would have been a nice alternative to a shredded couch.
Cute, although our cat seems to prefer human furniture.
I got one of these and painted the wood black with non-toxic spray paint. Looks great, takes up less space thqn you would expect, and mis gatos love it.
This is cute. I am surprised the cages are large enough to hold the hammocks. I hope in the future most shelters will be cageless, and they will go back to stray-only.
My 22 pound cat thinks the kitty hammock is the best ever. best! ever! And I think it looks great so we're both happy.
All of my cats have slept/lounged in this hammock - it's a fantastic design! It's hilarious to see them compete for it then the winner lounging so contentedly........
I love the design. I have two, one for each cat. They look good, are very well made and solid, and the cats think they make pretty cozy perches from which to keep an eye on birds and squirrels.
I love this cat hammock! the cat comments are funny, too!
THe material is washable? Seriously? My beast sheds like a... beast [?] We need something that'll give up his fur when it goes through the wash. I'm lovin' this...
Love it!!! Great design.
Meh.
It looks pleasantly functional, but I'm going to have to echo the footstool comment. The design itself is pretty boring.
Would like to see this in leather!
lem2grace - it's available in faux-leather by request.