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WOW! I'm so impressed! Perfect solution for everyone involved.

Kudos!

I'm dying to see some cat climbing action video, preferably posted on youtube.

I want to make this, and I don't even HAVE a cat right now. Yes, please post a video!

And I dig your table. Is that metal or glass?

Aside from the bottom portion, which looks to have gotten a bit of use, the piece looks rather unused... Is it new? Do your cats really climb all the way up when it's not hot? Isn't common rope such as this a little too soft for good nail scratching? I would also think that it shreds pretty easily... I like the wall-mounted pole idea, but I'd switch out the rope for jute or sisal.

Anybody who gave this a bronze is obviously a dog person (like an Eastern block judge at a Cold War era olympic games).

Excellent... though I think rascal is right, this would be greatly improved if made with jute, sisal or hemp.

This pole is fairly new. It replaces a carpet covered pole wedged in a doorway. The former pole didn't take flying leaps very well...

I covered it in cotton clothesline rope, instead of sisal or jute, so it would be somewhat incognito as a cat pole. They can scritch and climb and it seems to do the job. Besides, the rope matches the paint job.

I'll see if I can provide some good hard evidence of it's use. Until then, thanks for the comments.

Oh, the table is made from the glass from a set of shower doors (etched with a mermaid). Thanks for noticing.

Gold star! Do you think it would work covering a hot-water pole or do the cats need a bit of an angle?

Ingenious!

I want one! it IS dreamy!!!

not only is this brilliant, but it adds a little bit of west cos\ast flavor to one's apartment. it is however, the one direction that new yorkers are really good at buidling in: up. well-played patricia, not only is it cat-friendly but new-yorker-appropriate.

I think this climbing pole is the perfect solution for any NYC apartment. Shannon's idea of using a hot water pipe sounds like a good one, too, although i would be worried about the heat. I know when I touch the pipe, I singe my skin its so hot, so not sure if fluffy would enjoy that, too. But, then again, maybe a double layer of rope would insulate enough to do the trick.

Anyhoo, nice work Patricia!

I think this climbing pole is the perfect solution for any NYC apartment knowing the space retrictions of almost every apartment in the city.

Shannon's idea of using a hot water pipe sounds like a good one, too, although i would be worried about the heat. I know when I touch the pipe, I singe my skin its so hot, so not sure if fluffy would enjoy that, too. But, then again, maybe a double layer of rope would insulate enough to do the trick.

Anyhoo, nice work Patricia!

I had a cat for 23 years and she would have loved this. Its simple and billiant.

This is a really fun idea. I can see Kitty Carlisle all over this thing.

Wow! I know Cass likes it. She might like a shelf for a nap after she gets to the top. . . maybe even several shelves along the wall that leads to another pole for a fast get away.
A cat climbing wall! Great way for a city cat to get a daily workout.

I made the same thing with a tension rod that stretched from floor to ceiling. (I used a photographer's Autopole, but Ikea makes shelves with these rods now).

We had a landing space (the top of a closet) at the top. It gave my cats a hideaway and a challenging climb.

I just became the proud parent of two feisty kittens. Now I know what kind of scratching thing I need to make for them.

like but but i would suggest paiting the wood (non toxic of course) to blend in with the wall and rope and make it feel more finished