Which is exactly what one of the families who moved into my first childhood home did. The kitchen pantry/closet was turned into a small half-bath. Personally, I’d rather have the pantry.
Half-baths are awesome. As far as I’m concerned, a domicile should have at least one toilet for every tush in the house. The fact that most don’t even have as many toilets as bedrooms is something I will never understand.♥
I just knew there was kitty litter in the next cabinet! Purrfect place to conceal it. But, I do wonder . . . how do the People deal with out-of-hand mega poops that will no doubt cling to the inner, hard-to-reach wooden walls? Not that any of the gang would knowingly do that (especially not dignified Elvis, who claims he doesn’t poop), but accidents do happen. I recall the many accidents that would occur with my cats and the litter box, and having to clean up the mess, but they were “open plan” litter boxes.
In the UK, it’s just called a ‘downstairs toilet’ or a ‘shower room’ if it has one of those. ‘Half bath’. Pah. If you put in something that’s half the size of a bath, you know what it is? A bath. (Turns rant off) The design makes some sense, Elvis. You just don’t like change.
In Australia and Japan, it’s normal for the toilet to be in a different room from the room that has the bath and shower. (An en suite or, in Japan, a unit bathroom will have the toilet in the same room.) “Bathroom” means the room with the bath in it. It’s silly to call a room a “bathroom” if there is no bath there.
1/4 Bath, 1/2 Bath, 3/4 Bath, Full Bath, Master Bath, Jack & Jill Bath…I never realized there were so many before I was a Contractor.
The money that some people were prepared, and did, invest in these rooms little rooms was amazing. I think the most expensive bathroom remodel I ever did was north of $55,000 (over fifteen years ago). Everything for these people had to be imported or top of the line, including the thermostatically controlled heated tile floor.
I just bought a new house and I need a litter box like this. I don’t want to cut access holes in the doors. Some doors I do l do leave open for the cats but the one to the laundry room i would like to keep close. I close October 1. This will be the first time the cats will have steps. Such fun.
My house has a half-bath. It IS basically a litter box for humans. We should really call it a no-bath, because it doesn’t have bathing facilities, except for a bathroom sink.
He even more perfectly described a split bathroom – pretty common in San Francisco! https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/The-weird-story-behind-why-there-are-so-many-15937140.php
BREAKING CAT NEWS! I got to pet our senior feral today! Gave him ear and chin scritches, and once he was off the enclosed porch so I could close the door and turn on the A/C, he allowed me to do it AGAIN! I even got him on his side and gently ran my hand on his belly. That’s when I felt he’s so bony! Yet, he keeps going! For extra calories, I give him Kitten Chow, yet he’s now in the kitchen eating the regular cat food, which I know he’ll upchuck. Oh well, at least he’s happy.
deadheadzan almost 3 years ago
I gotta love Elvis’s thinking!
McColl34 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Indeed, a perfect description of a half-bath. (Although a sink is usually included also.)
Sionyx almost 3 years ago
Which is exactly what one of the families who moved into my first childhood home did. The kitchen pantry/closet was turned into a small half-bath. Personally, I’d rather have the pantry.
Olive O'Sudden almost 3 years ago
Half-baths are awesome. As far as I’m concerned, a domicile should have at least one toilet for every tush in the house. The fact that most don’t even have as many toilets as bedrooms is something I will never understand.♥
Lady Bri almost 3 years ago
I just knew there was kitty litter in the next cabinet! Purrfect place to conceal it. But, I do wonder . . . how do the People deal with out-of-hand mega poops that will no doubt cling to the inner, hard-to-reach wooden walls? Not that any of the gang would knowingly do that (especially not dignified Elvis, who claims he doesn’t poop), but accidents do happen. I recall the many accidents that would occur with my cats and the litter box, and having to clean up the mess, but they were “open plan” litter boxes.
Le'letha Premium Member almost 3 years ago
OT: Rescue cat…
Crann Bethadh almost 3 years ago
Why do they call it a half-bath when you can’t even take half a bath in it?
shirins Premium Member almost 3 years ago
OT: Nushi’s Birthday!!!
Colorado Expat almost 3 years ago
I think I’d put a curtain of some sort in that archway… Maybe Sophie could design something?
WelshRat Premium Member almost 3 years ago
In the UK, it’s just called a ‘downstairs toilet’ or a ‘shower room’ if it has one of those. ‘Half bath’. Pah. If you put in something that’s half the size of a bath, you know what it is? A bath. (Turns rant off) The design makes some sense, Elvis. You just don’t like change.
Robin Harwood almost 3 years ago
In Australia and Japan, it’s normal for the toilet to be in a different room from the room that has the bath and shower. (An en suite or, in Japan, a unit bathroom will have the toilet in the same room.) “Bathroom” means the room with the bath in it. It’s silly to call a room a “bathroom” if there is no bath there.
daijoboo Premium Member almost 3 years ago
A water closet for the people, a litter closet for the cats.
cat19632001 almost 3 years ago
And the plant still lives!
SusieB almost 3 years ago
I wish I had the room or money for something like that.
cat19632001 almost 3 years ago
Georgia Dunn ™ brand cat litter – cats request it.
rs0204 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
1/4 Bath, 1/2 Bath, 3/4 Bath, Full Bath, Master Bath, Jack & Jill Bath…I never realized there were so many before I was a Contractor.
The money that some people were prepared, and did, invest in these rooms little rooms was amazing. I think the most expensive bathroom remodel I ever did was north of $55,000 (over fifteen years ago). Everything for these people had to be imported or top of the line, including the thermostatically controlled heated tile floor.
Zoomer&Yeti almost 3 years ago
Happy National Lazy Day everybody!!
I heard somewhere that they originally wanted National Lazy Day to be celebrated on June 25th, but nobody had the energy to push it through! :-)
Michael G. almost 3 years ago
My, how unpredictable is Elvis! :-O
Flapjack omelette almost 3 years ago
Half bath! What are they gonna make next? A half bedroom?
JDP_Huntington Beach almost 3 years ago
When we tried a similar hutch, the cats didn’t like it. They ended up using some of my wife’s shoes in protest.
They prefer the open air pan.
We use excellent Kitty Litter, so there is no odor issue.
My wife did notice they would not go near my shoes, thinking that my natural foot odors were more off-putting than their own potty,
tweety6677 almost 3 years ago
I just bought a new house and I need a litter box like this. I don’t want to cut access holes in the doors. Some doors I do l do leave open for the cats but the one to the laundry room i would like to keep close. I close October 1. This will be the first time the cats will have steps. Such fun.
scyphi26 almost 3 years ago
Elvis, I’m fairly certain that even if they DID do that, you’d still find something to hate about it and refuse to use it.
GaryCooper almost 3 years ago
My house has a half-bath. It IS basically a litter box for humans. We should really call it a no-bath, because it doesn’t have bathing facilities, except for a bathroom sink.
skipper1992 almost 3 years ago
OT: my mother’s friend Evie.
Lara Smith almost 3 years ago
He even more perfectly described a split bathroom – pretty common in San Francisco! https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/The-weird-story-behind-why-there-are-so-many-15937140.php
StoicLion1973 almost 3 years ago
True, my half-bath (or powder room, as I call it) is basically a closet-based toilet & sink.
wogears almost 3 years ago
We have one like that.
willie_mctell almost 3 years ago
Elvis is sophisticated in the ways of humans.
kit almost 3 years ago
I have triumphed. I have a five bedroom house and four and a half bathrooms. Two master suites are on airbnb
FreyjaRN Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I think Honor might like a hooded litter box.
knight1192a almost 3 years ago
That’s called a water closet, Elvis. They used to be quite popular.
crash3289. almost 3 years ago
BREAKING CAT NEWS! I got to pet our senior feral today! Gave him ear and chin scritches, and once he was off the enclosed porch so I could close the door and turn on the A/C, he allowed me to do it AGAIN! I even got him on his side and gently ran my hand on his belly. That’s when I felt he’s so bony! Yet, he keeps going! For extra calories, I give him Kitten Chow, yet he’s now in the kitchen eating the regular cat food, which I know he’ll upchuck. Oh well, at least he’s happy.
Daeder almost 3 years ago
Think of it like pooping inside a TV from the 70s, Elvis.
PaulGoes almost 3 years ago
Only one litter box for all those cats?
jtrevor99 almost 3 years ago
The house I grew up in had a one quarter bath (toilet…and nothing else). It was odd.
Mountaingreenery almost 3 years ago
Which brave cat is going to be the first to give this strange contraption a test drive? :D
scaeva Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Euphemisms for “the place with the commode” are many—and often absurd. When not absurd, they are often … “in poor taste” …
Frankly, I hope “taste” has nothing to do with it.
Biskits almost 3 years ago
I think this is an intro to You Know Who destroying the plant again then needing the new litter cabinet. Although why is the box on the open side??
almost 3 years ago
That’s a good one, Elvis.