I’ve spent a lot of time at Martha Stewart Pets recently, waiting for the announcement that Skeezix is the winner of their Easter photo contest. It’s a site well worth bookmarking, chock-full of projects and petkeeping ideas for you and your pet. And don’t tell Skeezix, but her French Bulldogs Francesca and Sharkey are just the cutest!

Once I find the boxes for it, the “cat house” project above is one I’m going to tackle. Armed with little more than 3 cardboard boxes, a glue gun and an Exacto knife, you can put together a two-story kitty mansion in less than an hour. If money is tight in your house right now, it’s a nice affordable gift for your kitty, and one that you won’t mind leaving out where visitors can see it.

• Click here for instructions on how to build your own Kitty Playhouse.