Once we renovated our home, we turned our storage into a brand new kitchen. So we needed to discover a new place for our trash cans. Right here is our resolution for DIY hidden trash can storage! 

Storage Is Going Going Gone

Our trash can and recycling bin have been beforehand saved within the storage – together with 1,000 different issues! The storage went by means of many iterations of junk storage. This photograph was it as its worst!!!

Right here it’s trying much more organized:

So the place is all of that stuff now? I’d say half of it’s simply gone. Twenty-five % is neatly saved inside our home and the remainder (backyard instruments, and so on.) are nonetheless ready a great storage spot and are exterior within the again. (The garden mower, for instance, is beneath the again deck touchdown stairs).

We knew many of the stuff within the storage might be higher organized, so we turned it into a fantastic kitchen as a substitute!

Storage Demo

See the hidden window at the back of the storage? Right here it’s now!!

What the again of the storage appears to be like like now: 

The trash can and recycling bin have been two gadgets we knew we couldn’t deliver inside. So we determined to do a trash can storage deck for hidden trash can storage as a substitute. Thomas the handyman DIYed this one himself, and it turned out fairly properly! 

Our Hidden Trash Can Storage

Earlier than: trash cans in storage

After: trash cans in hidden storage

Earlier than

Thomas had beforehand constructed a little bit patio on this spot for our canine Gus to hang around. However now that Gus has a pleasant facet porch, we took over his patio and relocated the stones to a different a part of the yard. 

The way it began:

DIY In Progress

Thomas then construct a low-to-the-ground deck over high of the muddy space that when was the patio. I’m all the time amazed watching him flip nothing into one thing! You may see that Gus thinks this deck is certainly being constructed for him! 

Birch obtained a couple of classes in nails! 

The difficult half

I really like how he stuffed within the hole with pebbles and a step stone.

We now have greater than sufficient room for the trash can, recycling bin, and some different gadgets (the step stool gained’t be exterior for lengthy – it’s getting used for this challenge). Whereas nothing is protected against the weather, it’s nonetheless good to have the ability to have some outside storage in right here and/or room to develop into an even bigger can if wanted.

We LOVE that we will take out the trash or put in recycling with out having to open the doorways – simply drop it excessive! 

Thomas would really like everybody to know that he’s ending the within with much more wooden, however I couldn’t wait to take images of that : ) 

The perimeters are cedar and can fade over time. 

We additionally love the way it connects to the stair touchdown resulting in the yard (Thomas changed the outdated touchdown so it might be seamless). And in some way he has already gotten all of the grass to develop too!

Right here’s the view from the facet door. And the stroller lives on the market more often than not too.

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