Show Notes
In this episode, Adam explores how to make your home work better for your cats, from creating spaces for climbing and play to choosing cat-friendly plants and making room for litter trays, scratching posts and everything else that comes with sharing your home with a cat.
Later, interiors influencer, author and creator of The Shoestring Home Rachel Verney joins Adam to reveal how she went from not being a cat person at all to becoming completely obsessed with her cats, Olive and Pickle. Rachel talks about how her sons convinced her to get cats, how they’ve changed the way she thinks about her home, the cat wall replacing her plants, planning their first birthday celebrations and why the rules she originally set for them quickly disappeared.
Plus, we meet some of Cats Protection’s kitten socialisation volunteers and find out how they help kittens become more confident and prepare them for their future homes.
Find out more about caring for cats, adopting, volunteering and supporting Cats Protection at www.cats.org.uk
00:00 – Welcome to Cats Got Your Tongue?01:56 – Rachel Verney joins Adam03:05 – How Rachel became an interiors creator05:11 – From not being a cat person to becoming obsessed07:44 – Meet Olive and Pickle08:19 – Designing a home around your cats09:40 – Turning a plant wall into a cat wall11:02 – How cats brought Rachel’s family closer together12:16 – Living with fussy cats13:31 – Why cats are taking over Rachel’s social media14:53 – Rachel’s interiors career and imposter syndrome19:00 – How Olive and Pickle got their names20:30 – The strange nicknames we give our cats21:26 – Why cats feel like part of the family24:26 – Planning Olive and Pickle’s first birthday27:11 – Rachel takes on the cat quiz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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