Only about a day to go. New shelves with hiding boxes. Shelf for in and out of the bedroom window. Green roofing for over the patio - can be an almost full year expanded living space for me and both my girls. Have to let everyone know that it is designed and installed by Dishman Design Studios out of Everett. Can't recommend him highly enough. Will post when completed.

The cats already have two catios and now they have The Monstrositree which leads to their secret hideout. He made it out of an Alligator Juniper tree from our property, random pieces of existing scratching posts, and old rugs. They love it!

Just set up a catio for our sweet torbie rescue girl. I hope she likes it!!

Hi Catio people. I may be adopting a cat soon, so I'm looking to convert my balcony into a catio. As you can see from the pictures, I have a wall and a sliding door, so I feel like I could maybe get by just fencing off the edge of the cement barrier? I don't necessarily need it to go the full height of the balcony, but would want it at least six and a half feet high (I'm a tall fellow).

The full dimensions of the patio are: Width: 116" / 294cm, Depth: 34" / 99cm, Height: 94" / 239 cm.

I have two ideas floating around, and was hoping to get some feedback (or a better idea?)

The first is getting a kit like this and customising it, making it the size and shape I need. But I'm not sure if that would keep the structural integrity, and I'm also not sure how well this sort of thing would stand up to the weather (I'm in Vancouver, so will get lots of rain).

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0BF9XK5P2/

The second idea I have is to get a couple room divider curtain rods for framework, and wrapping some cat netting or hardware cloth around them. My main concern with this is there may be more chance of a gap somewhere?

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0DFH8C526/

The other question I have is: should I put anything down on the ground? My first thought was to just leave it (I previously had a part-time cat who would visit and loved lounging out there), but I'm also considering deck tiles, or maybe fake grass or some sort of an outdoor mat, but not sure how well those would do in the rain. Or if anything is even necessary

https://www.amazon.ca/SUNALLY-Interlocking-Tiles-Patio-Flooring/dp/B0GQMDG46X

I'm hoping not to break the bank on this, but any suggestions or thoughts or just completely different solutions would be helpful. Thanks!