I know you have a lot of suggestions on this problem. Ive read the three most common reasons why cats STOP using the litter box are illness, stress, and unsprayed females will mark territory almost like males. If she is spayed and you are 100% sure she is not ill or uncomfortable, it must be stress. Experts write volumes and conduct tests on cat stressÂthey are very prone to it. A sudden nose, loud TV, accidentally stepping on a cat foot, a scolding from owners for an unrelated reason, a dog or other cat Oddly almost any reason can cause a cat to associate stress with the litter box. They suggest litter box location is very important. Some cats want several escape routes from an litter box area. Never scold, hit or throw water on a catÂit can backfire. Cover critical things like furniture, carpets and beds with plastic or aluminum (visqueen, paper grocery sacks, aluminum foil). This is temporary. Cats will avoid areas covered in these materials and save you the stress of buying a new mattress or carpet. Try one of those new pheromone plug-ins. Spend a lot of time holding, petting, playing with the cat just in case you are the one stressing her. Experts suggest your own stress can transmit to the cat and frighten her. Obviously keep her out of the bedroom for the time being. Do not leave clothes, towels, pillows on the floor. Google cats, litter box, problems, etc. and read some thought and remedies from others.

That's so funny funcolors: I plan to get this paint from Pittsburgh! The store let me take my free gallon before the coupon expired and I'll bring it back to get it tinted. I'll have to pick up Hitching Post. I thought I had grabbed every card in that range. teacats, thanks for the color ideas. I'll look at my BM fan decks as soon as my DD stops looking at them for her perfect pink!

I think it might work great, but white is tricky since the white of the countertop won't exactly match the white of the subway tile/cabinets. A very light grey would be probably be easier to match, although I don't know if that color scheme would be as timeless as all white. We ended up going with no backsplash (!!) and just the light grey walls. But I love an all white kitchen - and I think you might have the not-quite matching issue with most countertop color options (unless you go with a darker counter, I guess).

I did not do the final designs you see. I used PAINT, but then my cabinet designer drew what you see above. The shelves in my study sit on top of an air return box (the grill is facing in the hall behind the study wall. I added a photo of that. Grill outlines in white.) Since there was this large hump sticking out in the study, I decided that the space above could be put to good use. I did a similar thing in the back of our house. Air return in hallway. Bump out was in my closet. I built shelves about it for pocketbooks. You could build a cabinet with doors above your air return.