Cat Wall: Elements, Ideas, and Planning for Your Cat Climbing Wall

What is a cat wall?

A cat wall is a climbing landscape right on your wall. It's made up of climbing elements, lounging spots, and scratching surfaces that you mount on the wall one by one and combine however you like. The result is a path to the top where your cat climbs, scratches, dozes, and watches the room from above.

Which elements belong on a cat wall?

A good cat wall mixes three types of elements. It's the mix that keeps it interesting for your cat.

• Climbing: The STEPS cat stairs add three steps to your wall, and the WAVE cat step XXL is a step and lounging spot in one.
• Lounging: The STRAIGHT wall lounger is the spot with a view, and for corners there are CORNER and LOGGIA. In the SWING cat hammock, your cat floats above it all.
• Scratching: The SCRATCHPAD scratching board and the CATWALK scratching post hang on the wall. If you want to combine scratching and lounging, go for a wall-mounted cat tree like MAISONETTE or GALLERY.

What are the benefits of a cat wall?

1. Climbing comes naturally. Cats love to climb, scratch, and watch from up high. A cat wall gives them a place of their own for that in your home.

2. Fewer scratch marks on the couch. When your cat has good scratching spots and enough to do, she's more likely to leave your furniture and decor alone.

3. More floor space. A cat wall uses the space on your wall instead of putting a bulky cat tree in the room.

4. Fits your space. You put the elements together to suit your wall and add to them later. You can reorder wear parts individually.

How to plan your cat wall

• Spacing: Leave about one stretched-out cat length between steps and elements.
• Scratching elements: Mount SCRATCHPAD or CATWALK at least 20 cm (8 in) above the floor so your cat can stretch out fully while scratching.
• Weight capacity: SWING, STRAIGHT, WAVE, CATWALK, and STEPS XL hold up to 15 kg (33 lb); for the regular STEPS, we recommend up to 10 kg (22 lb).
• Wall anchors: Which anchor goes in which wall is explained in our wall anchor guide for cat furniture.
• Planning: In the wall planner, you put your wall together and see how it looks before you start.

LucyBalu wall elements are made of powder-coated metal, sturdy and simple in design. We developed and tested them at the Munich animal shelter.

Cat wall ideas from our customers

These examples show what a cat wall can look like at home:

You'll find all the elements and ready-made sets on our cat wall page. Whether a wall can replace a cat tree is covered in the article Goodbye, Cat Tree? Let Your Cat Climb the Wall Instead.