I'm Danielle, founder, maker and almost everything else here at Purrfect Palaces. Our story was cemented in my childhood, I have always loved making and building things. I can thank my parents for this. Growing up, they were always building or renovating something, and my sister and I would come up with our creations using off-cuts and scraps of wood. Fast forward many years, and I am a graphic designer with a love of animals. Being creative is who I am.
My partner Chris, and I have four indoor rabbits of our own, two have free roam of the house and the other two have a bedroom. We wanted to improve the bedroom by adding more space to explore and play, and so the only way was up! The first rabbit castle had two towers adjoined by a bridge with a verandah at the top level, this was designed to be at window height. It didn’t take long for Poppy and Pippa to start exploring and soon they would spend most mornings up there, basking in the warm sunshine.
We learnt a lot from this first castle, about the step heights and depth, and we learnt what to do differently for the next time. It didn’t take long before I had aspirations to make the buns another castle, of course, this time it had to be bigger and better. It goes along the entire length of the long window in their room. When the sun has moved around, they too can move along with it. Needless to say, they love it!
Check out the video of their space on Facebook.