Some of my most favorite things to use when Catifying are the Wave Cat Perches from Urban Pet Haus. These cat shelves are not only beautiful, but the cats absolutely love them. The curved surface is irresistible to cats, who will immediately curl up and settle in for a snooze.
The Wave Perches come with thick chocolate brown felt pads on top that are perfect for cats to land on so they won’t slip off. The pads are removable and replaceable, which means that if you want to customize your Wave perches you can! I recently did just that to the set I have hanging in our dining area and I love the results!
I used FLOR carpet tiles to replace the felt pads. These carpet tiles are another great tool for Catification. They come in a ton of colors and patterns and they’re really easy to cut, all you need is a utility knife, a straightedge, and a surface to cut on. Just measure and mark the back of the tile with a felt tip pen then cut along the line.
I used double sided tape to attach the carpet tiles to the Waves, but I did learn a little tip: sometimes it’s hard to find tape that will stick to the back of the FLOR tiles (the backing is a plastic with a somewhat slick surface) but the FLOR tiles come with FLORdots, big sticky squares that are made to stick to the back of the tiles. Try sticking a FLORdot to the back of the tile and then attaching the double sided tape to the back of the dot and to the shelf. Works like a charm!
I love your choice of carpet for these WAVE perches — your feline family must, too! Thanks for sharing with us! (Beautiful dining room, btw!)
Great idea, thanks! How many tiles did you purchase to replace the felt on the large and small wave perches?
Good question! The FLOR tiles are 19.7″ square. The small Wave Perch has a top surface that is 9.5″ deep x 21.5″ wide, so if you want to leave a little room between the edge of the carpet tile and the edge of the shelf, you can cover two small perches with one tile cut in half.
The large Wave Perch is also 9.5″ deep but you’ll need about 47″ long to cover the whole surface, so another full tile plus a little extra so buy two tiles to cover a large perch.
The best way to measure the carpet tile is to remove the felt pads that come with the Wave Perches and use them as templates to measure the carpet tiles.
I love the idea of using the Flor tiles to cover my cat shelves! If I apply Flor dots along with double sided tape, as you mentioned above, will they stick to a painted wood shelf? Thanks!!
Yes! That should work quite well!