After watching my cat go through six scratchers in a year, I realised the problem wasn't the cat — it was the design.
I work in sustainability professionally — I spend my days thinking about material cycles, waste, and what responsible design actually looks like in practice. So when I found myself binning yet another perfectly solid scratcher base because the surface had worn out, I couldn't just accept it.
There was no better option on the market. So I started building one.
Culm is still in prototype. I'm making it by hand, testing with real cats, and trying to do it properly — natural materials, honest pricing, and a refill model that makes a genuine dent in the waste most people don't even think about. If that sounds like something worth following, I'd love to have you along.
— Tom, founder