Hexagon Cat Wall Shelves: Single Houses, Sets With Bridges, and What Each Costs

Hexagon cat wall shelves are six-sided wooden boxes that mount on the wall, with an opening a cat climbs into. Sold alone, one is a covered perch. Tiled together, they become a honeycomb a cat climbs. We stock fifteen hexagon houses, shelves and sets from two makers, Cats Mode and Cat's Joys, from a $69 single hexagon to a $346 three-house set with a bridge and a basket, plus four add-ons. This guide compares them by what is in the box, the finish, the window and cushion options, and the price, all taken from the makers' own listings.

What is sold as a hexagon cat wall shelf?

Not a flat shelf. The cat sits inside the hexagon, not on top of it, and goes in through an opening. Cats Mode calls its $76 single pieces shelves and its other hexagons houses, and Cat's Joys calls its piece a wall house. Shoppers search for shelves, so this guide uses both words for the same thing.

The two makers build them differently on paper. Cat's Joys, a family workshop in Kyiv, Ukraine, cuts its hexagon from birch plywood, finishes it by hand, and mounts it on concealed hardware. Cats Mode lists plywood for its sets, birch in all but one, and a felt lining inside the six felt sets. Its gray and white houses say only that they mount to the wall, and its three shelves say they go up with a fitting video; none of the five names a material beyond the wood tag.

Both makers sell the hexagon as a starting point. Cat's Joys says one is a hideout on its own, two or three start to look like a honeycomb, and a wall of them becomes a climbing structure. Cats Mode says its $76 shelves can be spaced into a route and a single house can grow into a full climbing wall later. If you want the route now rather than later, the sets below are the quicker path, and the wider range is in our climbing furniture and perches.

Which single hexagon should you start with?

Start with a Cats Mode hexagon shelf at $76 if you want a sized hexagon in black, gray or white, the Cat's Joys single hexagon at $69 if you want the lowest price and a cushion or window option, and a Cats Mode house with a window if you want a closed den. Those are the six single hexagon pieces we stock.

The Cats Mode shelves are sold one hexagon at a time, $76 each, in black, gray or white. The maker says each hexagon is roughly 18 inches across, enough for a cat to sit up or curl in, and that the surface wipes down with a damp cloth. The three listings read the same apart from the color. What they do not give is a material beyond the wood tag, a cushion option, or a window.

The Cat's Joys hexagon is priced per single piece, from $69 for the Standard with no cushion in Light Oil, Dark Oak or Unpainted. The maker says the Standard fits most cats for resting and passing through, and the Large adds room to stretch out. The Large is $187 plain, $226 with a cushion, $236 with a clear acrylic window, and $285 with both. The window is offered only on the Large. Add the cushion and the Standard is $108.

What the Cat's Joys listing does not give is a measurement for either size, so Standard and Large are relative terms. If your cat is large and you want a number before you buy, the Cats Mode shelves are the single hexagons that state one.

The Cats Mode single houses are sold as a compact, closed-in den for sleeping and hiding. Each is listed with a window, and the maker says it can instead be set up with a wooden side panel cut with a cat-face hole. The gray house is $142 and the white house is $275. The two listings read the same apart from the color, so the price gap is not explained by anything in the copy. Neither gives a size, and neither names a material beyond the wood tag. The maker's lead photos show both standing on the floor, though the listing sells them as wall mounted.

The gray Cats Mode house at $142 is the lowest priced hexagon with a window in this guide; the Cat's Joys window option starts at $236. If you do not need the window, the $76 shelf or the $69 Cat's Joys Standard costs about half as much.

Is a two-house or a three-house set the better buy?

Buy a two-house set for a wall that cannot take three hexagons, and a three-house set when you want the cat to have a choice of where to land, which is how the maker describes it. Cats Mode sells six felt sets, three with two houses and three with three, and each comes in Dark Walnut or Oak. The listings say the houses are plywood with felt inside for grip and warmth; five of the six say birch plywood, and the two-house basket set says only plywood.

The difference inside each size is the extras. A bridge strung between hexagons lets a cat walk the span. In the maker's words, a basket hangs a little lower and holds a cat who wants to sink in rather than sit up. You can have either, or both.

The two-house sets: the two houses with a small bridge is $218, and the maker calls it a compact circuit that fits where a bigger set will not. The two houses with a basket is $195, the lowest priced set here, and the listing calls it an easy first wall setup you can add hexagons to later. The two houses with a bridge and a basket is $279, described as the layout for walls that cannot take the full three-hexagon spread.

The three-house sets: the three houses with a small bridge is $284. The maker's copy says the small bridge closes the gap between two hexagons so a cat can walk instead of jump, which it describes as a gentler route for an older or more cautious climber. The three houses with a basket is $261 and has no bridge, so the climb happens by hop from hexagon to hexagon. The three houses with a bridge and a basket is $346, the most expensive piece in this guide.

None of the six listings gives a measurement or a weight limit. The six are also limited to two finishes, Dark Walnut and Oak, so a black or white wall means the black set in the next section, the $275 white house, or several of the $76 Cats Mode shelves.

What do the full wall sets add?

The full sets add steps, and two of the three add a bed, so a cat has a way up and a place to finish. Cats Mode sells three.

The black set with three hexagons is $216 in black birch plywood. It is the only set in this guide with a measurement: each hexagon is nearly 18 inches across, which the maker says is room for a cat to fully curl. One hexagon has a printed interior, and two shaped steps get a cat up to the lowest house. The listing mentions no bridge, basket or bed, and black is the only finish.

The two-hexagon full set is $267 in Dark Walnut: two houses, three steps, a bridge and a bed, in birch plywood throughout. The maker says two houses keep it sized for a normal wall.

The three-hexagon full set is $304 in Dark Walnut: three houses, three steps, a bridge and a bed. The listing says there are enough hideouts for two cats to share without crowding. Neither full set mentions a felt lining, and both are sold in Dark Walnut only.

The three-house bridge and basket felt set costs more than either full set and gives a third house, a basket and a felt lining, but no steps and no bed. Which matters more depends on whether your cat needs a way up or a place to sleep at the end of the route.

The pieces side by side

Prices are the current price of the lowest variant. "Not listed" means the maker's listing gives no figure.

Four listings give a size, the three Cats Mode shelves and the black set, and all four say about 18 inches across. Treat every other row as unmeasured.

Which add-ons are worth it?

Four add-ons are sold separately. The Cat's Joys hexagon cushion is a fitted cotton cushion in Grey or Beige, $49, made for the Cat's Joys hexagon in one size. The maker says it sits flat instead of bunching and turns the perch into a bed. Buying the Standard hexagon at $69 and the cushion at $49 separately costs more than the $108 Standard sold with its cushion, so order them together if you know you want both.

Cats Mode sells two pillows. The Cat Cushion Pillow is $16, sized to fill the base of a hexagon shelf so the cat sinks into felt instead of resting on wood, in eight colors: Gray, Beige, Yellow, Pink, Emerald, Burgundy, Black and Brown. The Sleeping Cat Pillow is $19, a felt-covered pad with a soft fill that the maker says can be dropped into a hexagon for a padded den, in the same eight colors. Neither listing gives a measurement, so neither confirms a fit with the Cat's Joys hexagon.

The Cats Mode acrylic frame is $24. It wraps a hexagon in birch plywood with a clear acrylic front, so you can see the cat and the cat can see out. It comes in six cutout patterns, Monstera, Hide-and-Seek, Leaves, Cube, Spy and Paws, in Black, Dark Walnut, Light, Oak or White. The listing does not say whether it fits another maker's hexagon, so treat it as a Cats Mode add-on.

How we picked

We selected the hexagon wall houses, shelves, sets and add-ons in our catalog that are in stock and sold through our own checkout, from two makers. We compared them on what the maker's listing states: what is in the box, the material, the finishes, the window and cushion options, and the price. Where a listing gives no size, weight or hardware detail, this guide says so rather than filling it in.

We left out four Cats Mode wall sets that pair a house with hexagons, the Cat Scratcher Set, the Light and Black Mixed Cat Set, the Grey and Black Mixed Cat Set and the Cat Wall Bridge Furniture Set, because the house is the main piece in each and they belong in a guide to full cat walls. We also left out the 4 Cats & Dogs Suki Cat House Stool, a hexagon stool with a cat cave inside that stands on the floor. We have not assembled or mounted any of these pieces, and nothing here is a review.

Who should not buy a hexagon cat wall shelf?

A hexagon is not a floor piece. Every house and shelf here mounts to a wall, so it is the wrong choice for a wall you cannot fix into or a home where moving the furniture is likely soon. If you want a perch that can move room to room, look at our perches instead.

It is also a poor choice for anyone who needs a full set of measurements before paying. Four of the fifteen house and set listings give a width, all about 18 inches across, and none gives a depth, a height or a weight limit. The other eleven give no figure at all.

If your cat prefers an open platform to a covered box, a hexagon may sit empty. Each one is a box with an opening, and both makers describe them as dens, hideouts or lookouts. An open shelf from our climbing furniture may suit that cat better.

Finally, the color choice is narrow. The felt sets come in Dark Walnut or Oak, the full sets in Dark Walnut, the black set in black, and the singles in black, gray, white, or the three Cat's Joys finishes. If you want a matched wall in a color none of those cover, no hexagon here will give it to you.

Questions people ask

Do hexagon cat wall shelves come with wall fixings?

Cat's Joys says the fixings come in the box and the hexagon mounts on concealed hardware. The $76 Cats Mode shelves say they come with a fitting video. The other Cats Mode listings say the pieces mount to the wall and nothing about what is included, so ask before you order.

Does the Cat's Joys cushion fit a Cats Mode hexagon?

The listing says the cushion is made for the Cat's Joys hexagon in one size and does not mention any other maker's piece, so we cannot say. Cats Mode sells its own pillows, a $16 Cat Cushion Pillow sized to fill the base of its hexagon shelf and a $19 felt-covered Sleeping Cat Pillow.

Which hexagon cat shelves come with a window?

The Cats Mode gray and white single houses are sold with a window. The Cat's Joys Large hexagon can carry a clear acrylic window for $236 plain or $285 with a cushion. Cats Mode also sells a $24 birch plywood frame with a clear acrylic front that fits over a hexagon.

Can a hexagon cat shelf go on drywall or plaster?

None of the listings in this guide names a wall type or a weight the piece carries, so we cannot say. Ask the maker, with your wall type and your cat's weight, before you order.