Dissatisfied with the selection of cat towers on the market, Darryl Michaelson decided to build his own. The carpet covering most commercial cat furniture is rough to the touch, and cat towers are often made from flimsy material that wobbles or breaks under the weight of chonkier pets. Materials for building cat furniture in the basement workshop. In the cheapo, gotta-have-it-now age of Amazon, that’s no small feat for an independently owned cat furniture (sorry) purrrrrveyor. “I wanted to have a cat furniture superstore, and I’ve finally achieved it.”