Setup a Kitty Korner
Below you will find information about where and how you setup Kitty Korner cat furniture. The setup will take 15 minutes to 1 hour to complete depending on your ability and experience working with hand tools.

Choose a room your cat enjoys spending time in.  Most cats will prefer a spot by a window where they have a view of the outdoors, or an expansive indoor view. Avoid small rooms with little entertainment value. The best locations will work for you as well. Do you want it convenient or more out of the way? And will complements the decor and surrounding area. Kitty Korner can be set up inside a corner, around the outside of a corner or flat up against a wall so you should have several choices. Be creative and open and don't be afraid to customize to get the perfect fit.

Once you know where you would like to put your Kitty Korner you then need to consider the location of the wall studs in your chosen area. These will support your kitty Korner and hold it snug against the wall. Most wall studs are spaced 16” apart, and, on occasionally will be a bit closer. A setup inside a corner is easiest because it requires one support stud in each wall that can be anywhere from 12” to 24” away from the corner juncture. A setup around the outside of a corner is almost as simple because the studs that form the corner can be used as support studs on both the left and the right wall surfaces. Although these studs, located only 3-4 inches from the corner, will work and give adequate support, studs that are more than 5” but less than 12” from the corner will work better and should be used. Keep in mind that many of these corners have rounded sheet metal forms placed over the corner studs to get a smooth uniform rounded shape on the corner.

When considering studs to support a flat wall setup there are a few things you should know. 1) A Kitty Korner spans 40” from perch tip to perch tip. 2) A Kitty Korner should be centered over the support studs, and 3) as flat wall setup may use 2 support studs but more often will require 3 studs. Where studs are spaced 16” apart you have the option of using 2 or 3 support studs. When centered over 2 support studs the perches will cross over and attach to the support stud at a point about 12” from its end. When centered over 3 support studs the perches will cross over and attach to the support stud at a point about 4” from its end. The top perch is the only perch that is attached to the middle support stud. When studs are less than 16” apart use 3 studs centering over the two uttermost support studs and making sure the top perch is positioned to cross over and be attached to the middle support stud.