Your Cat Cabinetry Questions Answered

Custom cat cabinetry is purpose-built joinery designed to integrate with your home's existing interior. Every piece is designed for the room first, with your cat's needs engineered in. It is not a pet-store product. The design draws on architectural joinery practice, so it looks and performs like a natural part of your home.

Off-the-shelf pet furniture creates three problems: visual disruption in a considered interior, poor build quality that degrades quickly, and cats that ignore it entirely. Custom cabinetry solves all three. We design around your cat's actual behaviour and your home's existing aesthetic, so the result gets used and looks right from day one.

Any home benefits, but the fit is strongest where the owner already cares about interior design. New builds, renovated period homes, and open-plan coastal interiors across Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula are particularly well suited. If the rest of your home is considered and curated, your cat's space should be too.

Yes. Most of our commissions are standalone installations into existing rooms, not part of a broader build. The consultation identifies what integration points are already in the space and designs around them. You do not need a renovation underway to get started.

A cat observatory is a specific product type: a floor-to-ceiling or wall-mounted structure that gives cats elevated sightlines and enriched positions. Custom cat cabinetry is the broader category. It includes observatories alongside integrated litter solutions, feeding stations, and sleeping alcoves built into full joinery runs.

Cabinetry For Cats is a custom cat cabinetry studio founded by Matt Ball, based in Marshall, Geelong, with 18 or more years of architectural joinery design experience. We serve Geelong, the Bellarine Peninsula, the Surf Coast, Golden Plains Shire, Ballarat, Werribee, and surrounding areas across Victoria.

The first consultation is a genuine design session, not a sales call. Matt reviews the space in person, discusses your cat's behaviours and needs, and assesses your existing interior palette and joinery. The outcome is a design brief. We are available Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM to arrange a time that suits you.

Every project is different. Consultation to completed installation spans several weeks depending on scope, material availability, and the complexity of integration with your existing space. We focus on getting it right rather than getting it fast. You will know the expected timeline before any fabrication begins.

It helps to have a sense of the room dimensions, any existing joinery finishes or colour palette references, and observations about how your cat currently uses the space. Nothing formal is required. Matt gathers the detail he needs on-site, so you do not need to arrive with a brief already written.

After the consultation, Matt develops a custom design brief based on what he observed. Material selection follows, then fabrication at the Marshall workshop, then installation. Each step is communicated clearly. There is no black box between booking and delivery. You stay across the project at every stage.

Yes. Matt regularly works alongside interior designers, builders, and architects across the Geelong region. Our consultation process accommodates design briefs provided by a third party. We can integrate into an existing renovation or new-build scope, so the collaboration does not need to start from scratch.

We use premium-grade sheet goods, solid timbers, and finishes consistent with architectural joinery practice. The focus is always on the outcome: materials that look right in the room and hold up to daily use by a cat. We select materials for each project based on the existing interior, not from a fixed catalogue.

Significantly more durable. Our construction methods come from joinery practice, not the pet product industry. Pieces are built to live in a home for years without being replaced when they start to look worn. Treated as a long-term investment, custom cabinetry costs far less than cycling through off-the-shelf alternatives over time.

Yes. Matching existing finishes is a standard part of the brief. Matt reviews your existing joinery during the consultation to identify the right material direction. Paint finishes, timber species, and hardware selections are all considered carefully before a single piece goes into fabrication at the Marshall workshop.

Cat welfare is a core design consideration at every stage. Material and finish selections are made with feline safety in mind throughout the process. This is something Matt addresses directly during the consultation. If you have specific concerns, raise them at that session and we will work through them together.

Every project is scoped to the specific space and brief, so there is no standard price list. Pricing reflects the materials selected, the complexity of integration with existing joinery, and the scope of the installation. The consultation is where scope and investment are established together, before any commitment is made.

Key factors include the number of pieces or rooms, the degree of integration with existing cabinetry, material and finish selections, and whether the project is standalone or part of a broader renovation. A single-room observatory install and a whole-home brief are very different in scope, and we price them accordingly.

To confirm consultation terms, contact Matt directly before booking. You can reach him by phone on 0449 972 706 or by email at matt@cabinetryforcats.com.au. He will give you a clear answer and make sure you know exactly what to expect before your appointment is confirmed.

Custom cabinetry is designed to last and integrates permanently with your home. Off-the-shelf furniture that fails, shows wear, or disrupts your interior has to be replaced. The cumulative cost of cycling through those alternatives is a real comparison. Custom cabinetry is a single, considered investment that does not need revisiting.