Comments on: Sleek way to hide kitty litter box

By: Clint Cora

Clint Cora — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:06:21 +0000

Now if we can only do somthing like this for our dog litterboxes since both of my lhasa apso dogs are completely trained indoors like cats. But so far, the only dog litterboxes out there still look like giant plastic pans.

By: Catgenie reviews

Catgenie reviews — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:46:38 +0000

My first thought was that the smell and other issues aren’t taken care of with this, but reading some of the comments, if you coupled this with one of the automatic litter boxes you’d really be on to something…

By: Keith Payne

Keith Payne — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:57:13 +0000

I build Hiders for all kinds of litter pans including the Litter-Robot. Most of my customers want custom items. So, there are many different kinds on my website. They are not cheap! But, they will outlast all your cats and even you, LOL. I have been in business over 5 years and sell mostly from my website. But I have items on Ebay also.

Have a good one, Keith

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:11:10 +0000

I recently purchased a Designer Catbox for my kitty Max. He loves it and it fits in my apartment like a nice piece of furniture. No one ever knows it’s there until I tell them. I don’t have a ton of room so I keep it in my living room, but it keeps it nicely hidden. My cat had no problem using it and it keeps litter from being tracked outside the litter pan. Here is the website if you’re interested. Check it out.

http://www.designercatbox.com

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:33:31 +0000

I swear I have looked at every litter hider on the internet. (Ebay, web sites, etc.) Nothing seemed right. Finally I decdided to commission someone in my neighborhood. Definitely a hole in the market!

By: Kay

Kay — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:08:28 +0000

lol..I notice the scooper too. I’ve been on of this for a long time. I recently moved out of state and a house w/out a basement. I put the litter box in the kitchen (since I rarely cook or eat in it) but when my parents were in town they were not thrilled eating with the litter box in site. They moved the box outside until they were done eating. Well, I did picked one up at Linen’s and Things at the bargin close out price $55. Looks so much better now. Two colors were available in white and mahoganey.

By: Jana

Jana — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:39:48 +0000

If you have a Linen’s and Things, they are going out of business and carry Kitty Washroom. I got it for $55. Going to set it up and if it works, will get another one (we have two cats). I don’t have a basement and the litter boxes are now in the guest room which doesn’t work out so well when you have guests.

By: en-jay-aitch

en-jay-aitch — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:41:09 +0000

I’m sorry, I’m chiming in very late … but I saw the litter scoop immediately, but didn’t go ‘ew.’ I thought the hand towel was for the kitty.

By: ScottK

ScottK — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:38:35 +0000

In the last year and a half we downsize from a 3000+ sf home in Ohio to a 1550 sf place in California. We had 3 spayed cats, and one did not get along with the other two, so we had two separate boxes in very separate parts of the house.

We had one of these hideaway/table litter boxes, and if you have the right kind of cat they are great. Sadly, our 11-year-old longhair with a kidney problem was not that cat. If your cat has any trouble whatsoever staying inside the box, it will eventually ruin the base, either with the smell or the liquid permeating the particle board and rusting out the metal cam-and-bolt connectors that keep the parts together.

And, yes, we also tried the houseplant litter box for the other two. Neither of them are large cats, but both had issues getting in and out of the opening, and even with the specialized liners you need for this box, they still had problems staying in the clay. Fortunately, it’s easy to hose down, but quite frankly, it was more trouble than it was worth.

Two of our cats passed away since we moved here, and the remaining cat now uses a high-backed plastic pan from Target. It looks like a regular low pan in the front, but the sides and back rise to about 18″ tall, and it accommodates standard large liners. It cost about $7, and is easily the best-designed pan I have ever seen. Everything stays inside and it makes a gross job tolerable. I wish it had existed years ago — I would have changed the litter more often if we had it.

By: terikay

terikay — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:15:03 +0000

I happen to have the houseplant litter box and I love it! We recently moved into a small apt. and I don’t like the idea of litter grit on the bathroom floor. yuck! As there is no utility room where we had kept the litter box before, when I saw this I had to have it! It is in my living room, if you can beleive that!, and therefore is kept sifted and cleaned on a regular basis. If not, Snikkerz reminds me. I have three cats and babysat one other for two weeks and you can’t tell I have a cat at all as there is no sign or odor. (also, thanks to Fresh Step!) It blends with the decor and its stoneware appearance is classic. Look around, tho’, my total cost with shipping was less than the cost of the one shown. Expensive yes, but well worth the price as it is easy to wash and sanitize between changings and very durable. Kudos to the inventor of this!!

By: LazyLightning

LazyLightning — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:45:54 +0000

Wow, that rubbermaid bin idea is great!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:59:05 +0000

I remembered this from earlier: "She presents hacks that are kitschy-useful, like Sara Madole’s bright green rolling cat litter box (Ikea hackers seem to be overwhelmingly cat people), which Ms. Madole, a 27-year-old law school graduate who lives in Houston, said she built from two Ikea Snack boxes." from the NYTimes article: Romancing the Flat Pack: Ikea, Repurposed http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/garden/06hackers.html Might be helpful to some.

By: Erin at Unclutterer

Erin at Unclutterer — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:26:45 +0000

@Kristin — I didn’t notice the litter box scoop until you pointed to it. “Ew” is right! So, if any of our readers use this suggestion, please don’t put a hand towel next to a littler box scoop … ew, ew, ew!

By: Kristin

Kristin — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:47:19 +0000

And who on EARTH would hang their nasty litter box scoop next to the HAND TOWEL!

Ew.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:46:20 +0000

make that ‘cat’ box, not ‘can’ box. Oy.

Also, while I think the shelf is pretty, it seems to make more clutter than needed and for a hefty price tag. I know that I try to keep my cat boxes out of main areas .. like bathrooms. I don’t want to be in there and have to smell that odor when the cat goes. Our litter boxes are in the laundry room, mud room and garage so we aren’t inundated with foul odors when the cats eliminate.

This doesn’t seem to be an unclutterer item .. it looks like more furniture I just don’t need.