Comments on: Sari’s DIY Litter Box Hider

By: Charity

Charity — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:42:38 +0000

Sari, thanks so much for this idea! It’s so inspiring. My husband and I constructed ours last weekend and our kitties are loving it. I had to make the holes a bit larger, as our cats are giant and fat, and I used molding around the holes to clean them up a bit. Thanks again!!

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:21:45 +0000

This is a great idea, thank you for sharing !
You should be getting a rebate from Ikea with all the new customers you are sending them to buy that shelf haha

To replace your plastic sticky tape you should look for some kind of edge banding in your favorite DIY store

BTW your cat’s pictures are superb, I am looking forward to get a Mau too ^^

By: Sari

Sari — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:15:26 +0000

Sorry I haven’t been here for a while and answered the questions!

Matt, by “plastic film” I mean ordinary, white, plastic sticky tape or adhesive tape or whatever you call it.

And Giulio, the motion detective small lights can be found in hardware stores, department stores (lighting dept) and such – at least here.

By: Elly

Elly — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:39:05 +0000

I want to make this for my cats but it would be to small for my Ralphie giant kitti. Other than that its pawesome!

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:46:53 +0000

This is great! I just moved into a small apartment with no real good place for the litter boxes. Saw this idea and went out and bought the Besta unit with doors $130 ish with tax, not bad. I think I am going to modify the entry part and do a ramp, one of my 3 cats might not like the jumping part. I’m still searching the hardware stores for the plastic bin that will fit in the second compartment, and can’t wait to have this all set up! Thanks for the inspiration!

By: Giulio Sciorio

Giulio Sciorio — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:25:34 +0000

I’m moving from Phx to Miami in a few weeks and plan on building one of these for my cat since I’m not sure if I’m gonna be letting him outside anymore. Great idea! I’d love to know where to get the motion LED light.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:35:28 +0000

Hello! This project inspired me to create one of my own! I got all the same equipment, but I’m having trouble at the end. Sari – you said that you covered the rough edges with “plastic film.” What do you mean by that? I couldn’t think of anything to cover the edges on mine.

By: carlos

carlos — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:28:10 +0000

You’re a genius. This solves the life long ordeal of the ugly litterbox and the tracking. It’s a dream for anal retentive, design conscious, cat owners such as myself.

By: kristy

kristy — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:18:50 +0000

this is amazing – thanks for sharing it!

By: Cat Litter Box Hider

Cat Litter Box Hider — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:41:52 +0000

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By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:04:46 +0000

That is it.
Thank you for your help. Great idea.

By: Sari

Sari — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:00:42 +0000

Erica,
it’s BestÃƒÂ¥ 120 cm wide, 64 cm tall and 40 cm deep – I don’t know the price in dollars, as we use euro and here it is 60 Ã¢â€šÂ¬.

This one: http://www.ikea.com/fi/fi/catalog/products/40134050

And the box is just an ordinary storage box from a hardware store, not a special litter box from a pet store.

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:07:16 +0000

Also.. where did you get that litter box? I can’t seem to find anything thats simple or that high.

Thank you

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:42:36 +0000

Sari,

Is this the….

BESTÃƒâ€¦
Shelf unit/ height extension unit
$80.00???

By: Sari

Sari — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:52:58 +0000

David,
yes it keeps the smells inside the cabinet. And I don’t know what you mean by blueprints, it’s a readymade Ikea cabinet with just two holes cut to it, not a real engineering project

By: Sari

Sari — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:14:05 +0000

Jack,
I bought the light in a hardware store, it was by Philips.

By: David

David — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:14:37 +0000

Really nice work!!!! With regards to the smell of the cat boc is it redused to it’s desgin? and one last question do you blueprints of this?

Thanks a million!!!!

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:34:27 +0000

Sari,

I followed your lead and built a replica litter hider. Thanks for the idea! One question though, where did you get your light? I found one at Ikea, but it isn’t working as well as I’d hoped.

Thanks again!

By: Sari

Sari — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:48:30 +0000

Amanda,
as said, the holes are cut with a lock saw and the edges are covered with white plastic film to make them neat and safe.
The doors are from Ikea as well, white glossy BestÃƒÂ¥ Norum doors.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:54:22 +0000

Sari,
How did you get the holes cut like that?? Also where did you get the doors where they also from Ikea?
Thanks
Amanda

By: John

John — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:19:27 +0000

LUUUV This! A modernist designer, myself, and ikeamaniac having spent lots of time in scandinavia. simple, elegant, brilliant!

By: Sari

Sari — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:33:17 +0000

Loora,
yes, they have to do a little jump to get in, but that’s no trouble for at all, they run and jump all the time anyway and the jump is only about 30 cm. Both my cats are young (Eppu is just a 4 months old kitten and Mauno is only one year older than him) and Egyptian Maus are very athletic and muscular anyway. Of course some kind of stairway can be built if your cat is old or very heavy.

As for the doors, I had the box in there without the doors for a couple of days, and when the doors were installed, the natural curiosity did the trick in about 10 seconds and they found their way to the litter box in no time and started using it right away.

I think they like the privacy of the cabinet, as said there is an open alternative also available, but they seem to prefer this more private option.

By: the pussy posse

the pussy posse — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:50:08 +0000

ha, i just bought a besta unit at ikea yesterday to turn into a hidden litter box! unfortunately i only have room for the single unit, so there will be more tracking and no room for litter storage. after seeing this i can’t wait to get started. great job!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:59:02 +0000

Genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Loora

Loora — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:49:11 +0000

Yes to the litter box, yes to the mural !!!

I still have a questions: do the cats have to jump to enter the entrance, or did you build a stair of ome kind ? How did you do to explain to them that ther was a litter inside that cabinet ?