How to Install Cat Shelves & Wall-Mounted Cat Furniture

This section covers a full walk-through of things to consider as your installing your cat’s new vertical habitat. Most of our furniture is made with a modular system that entails bamboo planks that are installed into wooden or metal studs, cement, or brick. After the planks are installed, we have a variety of furniture concepts, like shelves and hammocks, that attach to the mounting planks.

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Stud finder - A stud finder is used to locate the studs in your wall. If you have drywall on the wall you’re mounting into, you will need a stud finder, because all of our wall furniture is designed to be installed into studs (or into cement or concrete).

Drill - All of our cat furniture comes with drill and phillips/hex head bits, but you will need a drill to use them.

Before you choose a mounting wall, it's a good idea to consider the right room. Is your cat social? Does it prefer to hang out in rooms with you? If that's the case, we suggest mounting in a room where they're able to do that. Or if your cat prefers hanging out in a particular room by themselves, that would be a more appropriate location.

Most construction in the US is made up of drywall over wall studs, which are wooden or metal 2x4s that act as the frame of the wall and are what the drywall is attached to. Because these studs are very sturdy, we’ve designed the furniture to be installed into them. They’re typically spaced out at 16” from center to center, so that’s what we’ve designed the furniture to accommodate.

If you have other spacing between your studs, like 24”, we have custom options for those as well. Our hammocks have grommets placed every 8” to work with both of these types. For situations like this, we also suggest incorporating furniture options that only utilize a single stud, so that spacing between them isn’t an issue.

We highly suggest first locating and marking the outside edges of each stud, then marking the centers with painter's tape. Steps for locating your studs are shown in the video above.

If you aren't sure about how many studs your layout uses, you can find this information in the product listing or at the beginning of your paper instructional booklet.

If you have other spacing between your studs, like 24”, we have custom options for those as well. Our hammocks have grommets placed every 8” to work with both of these types. For situations like this, we also suggest incorporating furniture options that only utilize a single stud, so that spacing between them isn’t an issue.

Do you learn better from watching the process? We've put together some really nice videos that cover the installation of individual pieces of furniture.

Would you like to download PDF mounting instructions of your furniture? Click on the appropriate section below, then select your item on the following page.

In most cases, we've heard very positive feedback about their cats adapting quickly to the furniture. But there are those cats that are a bit more cautious. If your cat falls into this category, you may want to ease them onto the cat furniture using these tips.

Now that your cat’s new furniture is up, you want to give your cat positive reinforcements, so they will relate the area to good things. We highly suggest incorporating things like catnip, playtime or giving them treats from their new furniture.

Any time we get treats out, our cat Heisenberg jumps onto a wall complex, because that's where we always feed him treats.