I love Ikea…and one of the nice things about living here in TX is that I have one within about a half hour drive. Win. Even better are all of the ideas that people have come up with to customize and personalize some the of most basic and affordable of the pieces for pretty much any purpose.
http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/
There’s even a few cat box cubby hacks that have me pondering and plotting something for such a purpose.
Even if you don’t have access to an IKEA a lot of these ideas are still good as a starting point for the creative process.