DIY IKEA Rope Cat Climbing Pole

We've featured a number of IKEA-inspired cat exercise/amusement stations in the past. Most of them have relied on clever adaptations of bookshelves, but this one uses a pole and some rope, and takes up considerably less room as a result.

Blogger Ilka details how the combination of a Stolmen post, some rope, a shelf and a doormat made a compact cat exercise station. If you're an apartment dweller with a finicky feline, this might be worth looking into.

Scratching post from IKEA furniture parts [via IKEA Hackers