That point arrived. We once again had visitors coming and wanted the place looking nice. This time though, I was already on vacation, and had time to re-cover the tree with fresh carpet.
The one on the left has already been repaired. We took the one on the right to the shop and fixed it up as well. Now we have two fresh cat trees! (click image to enlarge)
Right now, one tree is in the house, being used, and the other is good-as-new, waiting in the shop for the day we decide it's time to switch them out.
The nitty-gritty: The vertical posts are screwed into the base with long drywall screws. The trough is attached to both of the crow's nest posts with staples. I just pulled those out, and was left with three upright 2x4 sections (still attached to the various top pieces), and the base.
The bases of both cat trees looked fine (cat scratch-wise), so I settled for just vacuuming and spot-cleaning them.
The uprights were bad. I used a utility knife to slice the carpet on the vertical posts, then peeled the carpet off. It was held in place with staples, which I pulled. I measured the dimensions of each carpeted 2x4 and cut some scrap carpet to fit.
I stapled one end of the new carpet all along each 2x4 on the back side, then stretched it tight around, and stapled the free end down.
The post with the 3/8" rope, I just pulled staples at each end of the rope and removed it. Then I stapled a new 50ft strand of rope to one end and wrapped the post, stapling the free end after cutting off the excess.
It took about an hour to re-surface and thoroughly clean each cat tree, In addition to $10 worth of new cord. That's not bad, considering it's $62 plus tax to replace one.
A picture of the damaged right cat tree after refurbishing. Currently stored in the shop.
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