Our household has long loved cardboard scratching boxes, so the house is often littered by small bits of buff cardboard. Not to EVERYONE'S taste🤣. These cave beds arrived in beautiful shape. Putting the top and bottom together was easy, and the cats already like them. To my eye, on a gloomy afternoon, the light Grey has almost a very light lavender look to it. Nobody has been seen or heard to scratch on them, yet, but it's only been a part of a day.