I love this piece! Not one of our guests ever thought this piece has a litter box on it. Our cats used it just fine, even though they never used an enclosed box before. The only problem is our male cat (1 years old and 10 lbs), loves to dig in the litter. Although this keeps most of the litter inside, we have to clean inside the furniture because of the mess his digging makes. Also, I would get a mat as litter does spill out of the box.