Di Gallant an avid cat lover with a passion for the Siamese breed and has had them in her life for over forty years.
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Di started Sophisticated Scratch in 2017 after she struggled to find nice cat furniture for her own home. She says," I searched far and wide for something different and unique but found the market repetitious and mainly of poor quality so I had the idea to start making our own" .

Di has always had a creative flair but initially I came from a horse loving background and her first career was working with racehorses for champion trainer Martin Pipe in the 80s but after multiple falls I decided it was not for her and had a a career change and I entered into running a pubs with my husband Mark in the West Country which she did for many successful years until the industry started to change.
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She studied hard to further herself in the medical world and in 2007 qualified as an Emergency Care Assistant for NHS working of the ambulances, In her spare time she did multiple house renovations with her husband Mark its here she learnt to use the tools of her trade.
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Di got diagnosed with ME in 2014 and decided to prepare for another career change. Working on ambulances is a very demanding role and longterm she would not be able to manage this type of career with this condition so she started to put the wheels in motion for Sophisticated Scratch and chase her artistic side and launched in 2017.
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She started out on my own with guidance from Mark but It's much busier now so Mark now works along side Di and they both create these gorgeous cat trees and scratchers together.

Mark is Canadian although he has lived in the UK for well over 20 years now and is very talented in his own right he has built multiple houses in Canada and many house renovations in the UK.

Now as a husband and wife team our English and Canadian backgrounds entwine and bring a beautiful product to the market for you to enjoy.
We absolutely love making cat trees and scratchers and are very passionate about our creations, standards and customer service and best of all we love to see kitties enjoying our trees all over the world.