Where to put a cat litter box in a house?
Finding a discreet and odor-controlled spot for a cat litter box is difficult when floor plans lack an obvious hidden area, leaving owners to rely on visible furniture boxes that can still trap smells if a cat doesn't cover properly. This makes it a constant challenge to keep multiple boxes accessible for multiple cats without them taking over guest rooms or living spaces.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Putting the litter box in a guest bedroom or storage room
- 2Using cabinet-style hidden furniture litter boxes
- 3Installing cat doors into garages, laundry rooms, or closets
- 4Placing automated litter boxes in living areas
- 5Upgrading to automatic litter robots
- 6Spreading litter boxes out through different areas of the home
- 7Placing boxes in closets, under tables, or separate back rooms
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I have 2 of those furniture cat boxes. It makes the litter box less noticeable and with daily cleaning the smell isn't noticeable. However, if the cat poops and doesn't cover it well, the room does smell.”source ↗
“We are building a new house and I am stumped on where to put the litter. I do not want it in a room (right now it pretty much is in our guest bedroom that we use as storage).”source ↗