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#Hidden litter box full#

We decided to pause assembly at this point to stain. You’ll just need enough room on the side of the furniture for the cats to jump in and out. Note: you could also cut this hole on one side of your enclosure so that it looks like a solid box from the front. Once you have the hole sketched out, cut the hole out with your jigsaw. If you like the look of our arch, we drew straight lines for 8.5″ and then started our curve from there. Sketch out your hole, keeping the size of your cat in mind. The bottom of it should be 3″ from the bottom. Position your hole so that it’s centered between the side and the middle divider. Now that we have the main structure assembled and the middle divider in place, it’s time to break out the jigsaw. You can adjust this location based on how large your litter box is. It should be flush with the front of the bottom and placed approximately 11″ from the side. The cats will jump in and walk around this middle divider before making their way to the litter box. This is going to be the board that hides the litter box from any angle and helps control the litter from tracking out of the structure.

Start by attaching the bottom to one of the sides.įinally, add the middle board. STEP 5: ASSEMBLEįor each piece of the assembly, we will be using glue and 1.25″ Kreg screws. You’ll want to add it to the sides and top of the back and front pieces, to the top of the side pieces, and all away around the top. STEP 4: APPLY EDGE BANDINGĪdd edge banding to any sides of your plywood that will be visible. The pocket holes on the sides will eventually attach the front to the rest of the structure. Using the 3/4″ setting on your Kreg Jig, drill pocket holes into your sides, back, bottom, and middle pieces based on the image below.

Using glue and 1.25″ #6 screws, attach the supports to the bottom side of the bottom. Overall dimensions: 20.25″ tall, 40″ wide, 18.5″ deepĪs you cut each piece, pay attention to which direction you want the wood grain to run. Cut your boards down to size based on the cut list below. This is one of the only projects where I’m going to tell you to cut everything all at once.

#Hidden litter box full#

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Optional: Kreg Concealed Hinge Jig (see step 9).

This post contains affiliate links for your convenience (which means if you make a purchase after clicking a link, I earn a teeny-tiny commission, but it won’t cost you a penny more)! Click here to read our full disclosure. If you don’t have a litter box that needs hiding, these plans would also make for a great DIY toy chest! Just forgo the middle divider and kitty cat hole😉 You see, the top lifts up for easy cleaning access and there’s a middle divider that hides the litter box and helps reduce the amount of litter that’s tracked out of the structure. He designed this structure to both hide the litter box and make it easy to clean. Now we don’t have any cats, so we called in the best person we knew to help design it: an engineer who really loves his cats. More specifically: something to hide a litter box that could also double as seating if needed. We build a lot of furniture for friends and family, but recently we received the most unique request to date: a litter box enclosure.