Our Story
Purrniture is designed with your cat’s comfort in mind. Our team is filled with cat owners and aficionados, that’s why every cat furniture is handcrafted with the utmost attention to detail.
How it Began.
Purrniture was never conceived as a small business opportunity. I, like many I have met, have never been inspired by cat furniture available in stores.
Purrniture was never conceived as a small business opportunity. I, like many I have met, have never been inspired by cat furniture available in stores. Most cat furniture is poorly designed and poorly built, being too lightweight or too small for a cat to fully utilize. The product then sits dormant in a person’s house. Some cat trees have already become loosened before being sold in a store. This is caused by many people each day giving the unit a “sturdy test”. Cat furniture that is impressive usually is more expensive than what can be justified to spend on it.
Those reasons motivated me to spend a weekend trying to build a cat tree big enough and interesting so my cats would actually enjoy it. My approach was simple : utilize existing wood products to keep the cost low, and think like a cat. Looking back, that scratching post was quite primitive but my cats loved it and the price was right. Having enjoyed the process and being rewarded by happy and grateful cats. I set out to build others. For two years I had a hobby building sustainable cat furniture for myself and my cat friends.
The sole motivation in these designs is to accommodate the cat. Cat furniture must be given proper space and placed in the right spot to be used effectively. Most important is that it is placed in the room most frequented by you. It is also ideal to place it in front of a window. Following these guidelines will ensure that our cat furniture will be loved by your cat and appreciated by you.
- Darryl Michaelson
Are you working in a cat shelter?
As big cat lovers, our goal is to help them. We do that every day by building sturdy cat furniture. But we want to go further and help homeless cats find their forever home. On Saturdays, we are giving you the opportunity to host an adoption event where you can bring your adoptable kitties and let them enjoy our large cat trees. All of our clients are cat lovers as well and we are sure that some of them will fall in love at first sight with a rescue cat. Of course, we are also doing that selfishly as we absolutely love having cats in our store! If you’re interested, please contact our team for more details on how you can be a partner.