I recently acquired a second cat, Lucy! The day I rescued her, I purchased a beautiful, brand new litter box … and I quickly learned that she kicks litter right out of the litter box. There was litter ALL OVER my bathroom floor. Like, there was more litter on the floor than in her litter box. And if there is poop in there? That gets kicked out, too! So obviously that beautiful, brand new litter box was not working. So I DIYed a top-loading box and yet there is STILL litter everywhere. So I had to make my own Kitty Litter Box Cabinet Hack. This way, she kicks, it stays in the cabinet. Also, I won’t have to see it! (And I have some tips below on how not to SMELL it!) 
Yeah, so I went a little overboard. But, with two cats and two litter boxes, I was done messing around. I hate looking at the litter boxes, I hate looking at the bags of litter, I hate looking at the scooper, and I’m tired of the tracked litter throughout my house (in my bed!), so I thought that an enclosed litter box cabinet with a little kitty door on the side might be the best way to go. 
I went with this double locker so I could eventually put a litter box for each cat on each side. If you only have one cat, this is still a great piece of furniture because you can put the litter box on one side and all of your cat supplies on the shelves on the other side. Here’s what she had before – and all her kicked out litter:
If you want to make your own kitty litter cabinet, I’m sharing my full tutorial below, but first, you’re going to need a few supplies:
Supplies:
- Cabinet
- Cat Door
- Drill and Metal Drill Bits
- Tin Snips
- Gloves
- Small Litter box
- Litter Mat
- Kitty Litter
Step 1: Let’s not kitten around, Step 1 is to build the cabinet. But, don’t install the shelves, you won’t need those. Don’t forget to read the instructions and make sure all the pieces are there before you start! Oh! And charge your drill gun so it’s ready for Step 3. 
Step 2: Follow the instructions on the kitty door and trace the outline onto your cabinet. 
Step 3: Use a drill with drill bits that go through metal to drill some pilot holes into your outline so you can get the tins snips into the cabinet and cut out the hole. The hole isn’t the prettiest, but I don’t have any machines, and I did this all by myself. So if I did it, you can, too! 
Step 4: Follow the instructions on the kitty door to install the door onto the side of the cabinet. Or DIY it with screws, epoxy, duct tape, etc.
Step 5: Add a litter box into the cabinet and fill with kitty litter.
Next, all that is left is to introduce the cats to their litter boxes. 
She went in!!
What an amazing job you have done! I am loving this #hack! #client
That’s a great hack! You’re very brave for assembling an IKEA cabinet! They always seem to have a million parts to deal with. I’m in the process of making an enclosure now for my cats. I think you have the right idea. Buy something pre-cut so all you do is assemble, then add a kitty door. Are those cabinets hard to paint, you think?
This is awesome! Litter – is a 4-letter word. I’m curious, since your build have you added a second litter box? If so did you add a divider so it feels like a second litter box to the cats? Did you just put in a plastic open litter box inside? I’m assuming the round covered one didn’t fit inside. Great work! I’m starting this project this weekend!
Hi Kelly, I love it! Litter IS a 4-letter word! I did NOT add a second litter box – my cats are still not getting along and I decided not to push them in this area. So it’s only the one side and I used a low-sided plastic storage bin as the litter box (because they’re cheaper than litter boxes). Good luck with the project!
Andrea – So far so great! I ended up using a metal cutting disc on my Dremel to make the initial cut. I positioned the “template” an inch above the bottom edge (outside) and it just barely left enough room for the bottom of the PS unit to go in. Hindsight I would have raised it up a little so the cat door frame would not sit as close to the bottom. Lesson learned 🙂
Yay! I think there’s always hindsight when DIYing, but at least it works and it’s done! How is kitty liking it?