We recycle at our house and so we have 2 trashcans in our kitchen. One is for trash and the other is for recyclables. We wanted a clear way to tell them apart, so I upcycled my recycle container!
Originally I had taken painters tape and done this to our recycle bin but the tape was falling off and it was time to do something new and fun.
I found these wall stickers and letter stickers at Dollar Tree.
I first cleaned the trashcan inside and out, and let it dry completely.
I placed the wall stickers onto the front of the trash can. I picked the tree wall sticker as to me it reminded me of being Eco Friendly.
Next I added the word Recycle with the letter stickers above the tree wall sticker. This would make it clearer that this is our recycle bin. I love how it turned out!
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Very neat idea !
Thank you so much Silvia 🙂
Love the look and how easy it is to identify it’s for recycling! I need to work on my recycle bin now.
Thank you so much Carol and I’m so pleased you like it.
I love that wall sticker! I feel a trip to Dollar Tree comin’ on!
Thank you Karolyn, and I’m thrilled you like the sticker as much as I do.
I love the pattern you chose, Chas! We recycle too but ours immediately goes to the garaged where there is a huge green village owned recycling trash can with a bright yellow lid. No decorating allowed. 🙁 Oh well, at least I can enjoy your ideas. 🙂
Thank you Linda! Our large recycle can is in the garage too, this just buys us a little time until we transfer it there. Sorry you can’t decorate the large can, that could be fun 😉
Hey no reason it can’t look pretty! #trafficjam
Thank you so much Tracy and so very true!
What a lovely way to decorate very utilitarian objects – and to make recycling really pleasurable! Love your Upcycled Trashcan and Recycle Container, Chas. Sharing on the Hearth and Soul Facebook page. Hope you are having a lovely weekend!
Thank you so much April, and thanks for sharing and all your support. Can’t wait for the next party – see you soon!
Hi Chas,
This came out fun & adorable! 🙂 I will pin this.
I saw this post at the party hosted by Create with Joy.
Thank you so much Christina and thank you for the Pin and stopping by 🙂
This is a great idea.
Thank you and I’ll be sure to stop by 🙂
Chas, I have a trash can just like this that I’ve been wanting to decorate so I LOVE your project – thanks for sharing it with us at Inspire Me Monday at Create With Joy.
Congrats – you are one of our Featured Guests this week! 🙂
Thank you so very much and thank you for the feature! You are so very kind and I’m thrilled you are wanting to do this project too. I’ll see you at the next party!