Houzz Call: Animal Lovers, Show Us How You've Spoilt Your Pet
Is your pet space weird and wonderful, indulgent or truly unique? Share your photos for a chance to be featured on Houzz
Grace Chamia
11 August 2015
Houzz Contributor. I'm an experienced lifestyle journalist with a penchant for open houses that I have no intention of buying...
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Is your home an animal’s haven? Have you catered your space to a furry, scaly or feathery companion’s fancy? If your pets have an out-of-the-ordinary place to spend out their days, we’d love to know more! Capture your pet space on camera, upload your photos and tell us your story in the Comments.
What to do: Grab your camera and take some photos of your pet space. Then, upload the high resolution images to the Comments and tell us why your pet space is unique.
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Builder Peter Cohen added intricate walkways and secret passageways to his feline-friendly home in California, which 18 rescue cats call their own. Platforms and walkways allow the cats to climb, jump and crawl through the house.
Here in Cohen’s home office, a spiral walkway wraps around a floor-to-ceiling scratching post. His cats, all mixed breeds, climb up the pole and walk down the spiral. “It’s like a freeway sometimes with them all over the place,” he says.
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Here in Cohen’s home office, a spiral walkway wraps around a floor-to-ceiling scratching post. His cats, all mixed breeds, climb up the pole and walk down the spiral. “It’s like a freeway sometimes with them all over the place,” he says.
See more of this cat adventure land
YOUR TURN
Take some photos of your pet space and upload them in the Comments. Tell us a bit about your pet, how they use their space, what sets it apart from the rest and what you love most about it, plus any other interesting details you’d like to share.
See more of this chicken coop, which has a butterfly roof that can also collect rainwater.
Take some photos of your pet space and upload them in the Comments. Tell us a bit about your pet, how they use their space, what sets it apart from the rest and what you love most about it, plus any other interesting details you’d like to share.
See more of this chicken coop, which has a butterfly roof that can also collect rainwater.
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@Julie Cranwell...your cat cabinet sounds perfect...am sure your feline family member enjoys his/her own personal space! Do we go to all this trouble for our cats or for ourselves...there must be good money in marketing all the innovators of cat accomodations and toys.
Sounds like a putrfect place for your Kitty @ladyrob1 :) i am building a cat litter box cuboard at the moment :) this is it before i started. cant wait to show it when its done. It will house 3 litter boxes.
Mrs Dalrymple is a Siamese cat. I painted how she sees herself how she sees herself and the title is "Mrs Dalrymple likes to sing" I have many decor paintings for sale on Bluethumb https://bluethumb.com.au/lesley-taylor/Artwork