me & my cats

About Me: Daniela, the Maker Behind Wooly Cat Caves

I’m Daniela, a graphic and web designer, and the maker behind Wooly Cat Caves.

I have always lived with cats. My love for animals eventually led me to become involved in caring for a local cat colony, where I began making simple felt shelters to give the cats a warm and comfortable place to rest.

What started as a way to help them gradually became something more.

I began experimenting with wool, learning the traditional technique of wet felting and creating cat beds and caves by hand. Over time, I discovered that I could combine my background in design with my love of natural materials and my understanding of cats to create objects that are both functional and beautiful.

Today, I share my home with 11 cats.

Some of them have been with me for 14 years, since I first moved into my home. Others simply arrived at my door over the years, and I never managed to say no. Somehow, they all learned to live together in harmony.

There is Zorbi, whom I rescued from Greece in 2017. And last year, I found a pregnant cat in a park. She and her kittens are now part of our family too.

Living with so many cats has taught me more about their personalities, habits, and needs than any book ever could. They all have their own preferences: some love enclosed spaces, some prefer to stretch out, and some simply want to be close to where everything is happening.

That experience is part of what inspires every Wooly Cat Cave I create.

My background as a graphic and web designer also influences the way I approach my work. I care about proportion, shape, texture, colour, and how an object interacts with the space around it.

Wooly Cat Caves brings these two sides of my life together: design and cats, creativity and craftsmanship, my work and the animals I have always shared my home with.

And so, every piece is still made the same way it began, slowly, by hand, and with a cat in mind.