CatastrophiCreations
Grand Rapids, Michigan ·
CatastrophiCreations
Unconventional Cat FurnitureGrand Rapids, Michigan 9162 Sales On Etsy since 2013
Announcement
FREE SHIPPING on most orders to the contiguous United States!
Our collections evoke feline instinct. Each piece is beautifully handcrafted, space conscious, and feline addicting. You can enrich your cats’ environment with limitless configurations. The furniture we make are built from distinct, imaginative designs that arouse cats’ natural instincts and encourages them to use their minds. This stimulation, in turn, helps solve feline behavioral issues.
Environmental enrichment is very important for cats, being especially crucial for those kept indoors since many behavioral problems are associated with under-stimulated cats. Our furniture allows cats to have their own space that’s up high enough for them to feel safe, far out of reach of dogs and children. This extra vertical space can also help alleviate territorial issues in homes with multiple cats, as well as give them their own space to claim, up and away from your furniture.
At CatastrophiCreations, we focus on quality and strive to create beautiful and long-lasting furniture using natural materials like solid pine, 100% cotton canvas and sisal.
Right now our wait times for most orders is 1 to 3 weeks to complete. On ready to ship items our handling time is 3 business days or less.
Check out our Ready to Ship items here:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/CatastrophiCreations?section_id=15868376
Please join us our newsletter or instagram to see upcoming projects before we put them on Etsy.
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Announcement
FREE SHIPPING on most orders to the contiguous United States!
Our collections evoke feline instinct. Each piece is beautifully handcrafted, space conscious, and feline addicting. You can enrich your cats’ environment with limitless configurations. The furniture we make are built from distinct, imaginative designs that arouse cats’ natural instincts and encourages them to use their minds. This stimulation, in turn, helps solve feline behavioral issues.
Environmental enrichment is very important for cats, being especially crucial for those kept indoors since many behavioral problems are associated with under-stimulated cats. Our furniture allows cats to have their own space that’s up high enough for them to feel safe, far out of reach of dogs and children. This extra vertical space can also help alleviate territorial issues in homes with multiple cats, as well as give them their own space to claim, up and away from your furniture.
At CatastrophiCreations, we focus on quality and strive to create beautiful and long-lasting furniture using natural materials like solid pine, 100% cotton canvas and sisal.
Right now our wait times for most orders is 1 to 3 weeks to complete. On ready to ship items our handling time is 3 business days or less.
Check out our Ready to Ship items here:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/CatastrophiCreations?section_id=15868376
Please join us our newsletter or instagram to see upcoming projects before we put them on Etsy.
Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bAzYrL
Instagram: http://instagram.com/catastrophicreations
Reviews
Victor Albanese on Jun 23, 2018
Both myself and my cats love this addition to our home. They were a little hesitant at first about walking across the bridge but with some positive reinforcement that made it better.
Victor Albanese on Jun 23, 2018
Great Addition when building a wall for your fur babies!
Victor Albanese on Jun 23, 2018
Both my cats and I love it. I just wish I would’ve came across this page sooner.
Updates
About
Cats.
At CatastrophiCreations, our goal is to create an attractive and functional vertical space for cats to explore and relax on. Whether you have a lack of floor space and don't want to set up a large cat tree, you want to give your cats a fun perching area up high or if you need to solve behavior and territorial issues; our furniture is what every cat needs! We hand-make quality, sturdy and very fun alternatives to cat trees and cat towers that will have your feline friend up the wall in no time :)
Our business started as a hobby in 2013, building wooden furniture and sewing hammocks for our cats. We eventually started up our Etsy shop and sold some of our furniture on the side, building it out of our third story apartment in Portland, OR. We ended up moving to Michigan, where Mike is originally from and we didn't look around for any work and just focused on building our furniture ideas out of our two-car garage. It was kind of an experiment, seeing if the business could make enough for us to live off of so that we didn't have to have traditional jobs and our hobby ended up growing into a really cool business!
Mike's childhood best friend Gabe moved across the state and joined us as our first co-worker the summer of 2014 and he is now the general manager of our team. Megan's best friend Jennifer also ended up moving from Portland to join the fun in our new budding business. Three years later, we are working out of our 4,000 square foot facility with our 12 additional team members in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
We are lucky enough to have three very cute cats that are quite active and eager to test out our new furniture ideas. Every piece is first tested in our home for a month to make sure that the new concept is not only fun for them to play on, but is also functional for them to use. If they do not approve, we scrap the idea and try something different.
Ickle is our Desert Lynx, with the oversized paws and natural bob tail. Heisenberg is our Siamese-Bengal who likes to be up high. Lylah is our 'sweet' little Calico.
At CatastrophiCreations, we focus on quality and strive to create beautiful and long-lasting furniture using natural materials like solid pine, 100% cotton canvas and sisal.
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Shop members
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Mike Wilson
Owner, Designer
Mike has his GED along with a small handful of purple participation ribbons from being on a swim team.
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Megan Hanneman
Owner, Customer Help, Design Help
Megan can jump higher than almost anybody I know. She also has a rare pencil collection.
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Heisenberg
Assistant
This is Heisenberg. He is really small and agile. He is the cuddler of the family, but tends to run and hide under the bed when visitors or the mailman knocks on the door. He will let you pet him, as long as you don't make any sudden movements.
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Ickle
Assistant
This is Ickle. He is kind of special. He has big feet and a tiny little tail. He loves to lay on his back in spaces too small for his body. He loves trying to escape into the garage to roll around in dirt and making bird sounds out the window.
Shop policies
Accepted payment methods
- Accepts Etsy Gift Cards and Etsy Credits
Returns and exchanges
- Custom or personalized orders
- Perishable products (like food or flowers)
- Digital downloads
- Intimate items (for health/hygiene reasons)
We require a 15% restocking fee on all returned items. Unfortunately, we cannot accept returns on items that have been used or have had cats on them, for cleanliness reasons. We also cannot accept returns on bridges and custom items.
If you're having trouble installing your item and would like to return it, please contact us first, and we'll do our best to help coach you through installation.
If you decide to change something about your order after you place it, we also charge a 15% restocking fee on any items that have been already built for your order. We make all our items by hand and to order, and we typically stain and start building your order right away. If you want a color you don't see listed, please mention it in the order comments, or contact us before ordering. Letting us know that you want to change your order or have something built custom right away will help avoid extra fees.
If your items show up broken/damaged, please save the box and all packing material and send us an email. We will need photos to file a claim with the shipping company for any broken items and may request a return of the broken item.
Payment
Shipping
Hawaii and Alaska have additional fees; please send a message prior to ordering.
Indirect Signature on orders over $500 – We require FedEx to get an Indirect signature (paper signed) on delivery for all orders over $500. This may affect delivery date of your package, so please let us know if you want the signature request turned off.
No Signature on orders under $500 – If you would like a signature added to a smaller order, please send us a message either before or within 1 day or ordering.
PO Boxes – Unfortunately, we are unable to ship large packages to PO boxes. Please provide us with a valid street address for delivery.
International Orders Only – There are no guarantees of a delivery date on International orders, as they all have to pass customs. Some countries will require Local Tax/Duties before they will deliver. This will be the customer’s responsibility.
Additional policies and FAQs
We use corner braces for brackets that are attached from the top, so that when weight is applied, it pushes the shelf tight against the wall. This creates a very sturdy hold. Our pieces do need to have at least one of the brackets mounted into a stud. If you don’t have studs available or they do not line up right, then you can mount up using 1/8" x 2" Toggle Bolts into drywall.
The fabric on our shelves is not removable, but we use this method to keep our furniture clean: http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/how-to-clean-cat-furniture/
Unfortunately, the canvas on our pieces is not removable. To secure the fabric in place so that it resists stretching and pulling, we staple the fabric to the wooden planks. This does make it so that the fabric cannot be washed, but we wanted it to be built structurally sound.
You can clean the furniture like you would a normal cat tree. The hose attachment on vacuums can be used to remove any fur or dander. Then a damp cloth can be used to remove anything else that may be questionable.
We do have waterproof canvas fabric in Light Gray and Khaki that is available on all of our items. This fabric is not removable from the wooden shelving, but you can wipe it clean.
Tools you may need to install our products include: a stud finder, a pencil/pen, a level, and a drill with a 7/64" bit and a Phillips head screwdriver bit to mount the pieces. For pieces that use drywall anchors, you will also need a hammer and a 3/16" drill bit.
The brackets we use are designed to be installed on the tops of our pieces. This way, when weight is applied to the pieces, they're pushed toward the wall, whereas if we put them on the bottoms, the weight would pull them away from the wall.