10 Ways To Hide Your Trash Cans

For anyone living in a smaller home, a terrace, a close-built neighbourhood, or anywhere bins are always on show, a trash bin cover can make a huge difference. Wheelie bins and rubbish cans are useful, but let’s be honest, they are not exactly pretty to look at.

If you keep your bins near the house, by the fence, beside the garage, or in the garden, they can quickly become an eyesore. They always seem to be in the way, they stand out for all the wrong reasons, and they can make an otherwise tidy outdoor space look messy. 🏡

That is why this idea is so clever. A simple DIY bin cover or bin screen can hide those unsightly rubbish cans while still keeping them easy to access. It can make your garden, patio, side path, or front area look much neater without needing a huge makeover.

The Mini Shed Project – Costing just under $30, it doesn’t get much cheaper than this.

The Prototype – This is one of the best looking way to hide your trash

How to Build a Trash Shed – Flip-up lids and bifold doors provide easy access to refuse cans or recycling bins, and everything will be hidden from view and neatly organized.

Wood Tilt Out Trash or Recycling Cabinet –  Solid wood tilt out trash cabinet or recycling cabinet. Easy to build, fully framed, open back, fits standard trash cans.

 

Simple Garbage Can Storage Area – This one is simple, nice enough looking, and does the trick and could be made in a few hours.

 Now You See It. Now You Don’t – Check out these ideas on how you can use plants and garden structures to magically make these blemishes disappear

Cedar Screen – This cedar plank screen wall was his Mother’s Day present and it was a lot of fun for the family. It is a nice backdrop for the plants but its primary purpose is to hide the garbage and recycling dumpsters

Solid Wood, Decay Resistant – This isn’t my favorite color of stain, but this way to it’s nice enough that it would look good in any yard. Notice the curved top makes it have a bit more interest than just a flat top.

Garden on top of the trash –  some of the detail in Mark Gregory’s gold-medal-winning garden.

Pull Out Trash and Recycling Bin – build a pull out drawer like this and be done with the unsightly-ness once and for all.