Our story
From workshop to whiskers.
How a workshop full of wooden sports gear and furniture became the unlikely birthplace of a cozy little cat house.
It started with wood
We're a small crew of woodworkers and designers. For years our workshop turned out wooden sports gear and furniture — built to take a beating, designed to last.
Then came the cat
One of our product designers spent every lunch break talking about her cat, Charlotte. She'd watch Charlotte burrow into hoodies and laundry piles — always chasing the smell of home.
A new kind of shelter
What if a cat house worked the same way as the gear we already built? Modular. Tool-free. Honest wood. And what if the cover could be your own t-shirt — so the comfort was already built in?
We weren't supposed to make cat furniture.
For years, our workshop was a place of sawdust, plywood, and quiet obsession. We designed wooden sports gear and furniture — pieces built to survive cold rain, hot summers, and years of daily use. Our customers were people who appreciated honest materials and joinery they could trust.
Then, somewhere between two prototypes, a tabby cat named Charlotte stole the show. She belonged to one of our product designers, who couldn't stop talking about one of Charlotte's habits: every time she did laundry, Charlotte would dive into the warm pile and refuse to leave. Hoodies, t-shirts, an old flannel — anything that smelled like her human.
"Cats don't want stuff," our designer kept saying. "They want us. They want the smell of us." One evening, surrounded by sketches, she asked the question that started everything: what if a cat house was designed around that idea?
We already knew how to build small wooden structures that come apart and snap back together without tools. We knew how to make them light, sturdy, and honest. All we had to do was rethink the shape — and make the cover something you already own and love. Your t-shirt becomes the roof. Your scent becomes the welcome mat.
We're the small studio behind the Tee-House — a modular wooden cat house built by people who love wood and craft, and one designer who loves cats just a little more.