How do you hide your Wheely Bins?

buxtonrabbitgreen

They don't bother me. We have had them for years so I don't even notice them. Green one out the front next to the porch and black on in the back yard. The red boxes are a bit of a nuisance though. I keep it outside the back door or I woudn't put stuff in, but there is really not much space.

cjb02

I put a large gate on the side of the house and they are now hid behind it.

Davey2009

Its not just the looks they are a target for yobs - an elderley neighbour regularly has his pushed down the road - dont they have grand parents & how would they like it to happen to them I wonder - Ive seen a few set alight to, keep them out of sight if you can.

poet123

We live up 15 steps, so ours are in a specially excavated part of the garden, and dropped down behind the front wall which means they are not as prominent as they would otherwise be, still not hidden, but less obtrusive. I hate them too.

picklepick

I live in terraced housing and if your bin gets left out it gets taken away by the council. They HAVE to get taken down youe back alley and into your yard. Kids set fire to them and would be burglars use them as step up to climb over walls.

OP couldnt you make some sort of screen with some fence posts and some trellis and then you can plant a climber like a clematis up the trellis. Would be very pretty!

SEE

msgnomey wrote: »

Lakeland do HUGE sticker to make them look prettier, can't decide if I like them or not, can't hide ours, the cats use it as a 'leg up' to get in the window!!

I don't know how much theirs are, but home bargains is doing them for £1.99 in ivy, sunflower, poppy, lavender, and daisy

Artytarty

I have a piece of trellis screening mine. ( 3 wheelie bins) Icant see them where they are, in the yard, but it is for the benefit of neighbours & pedestrians. We live on a corner with a side gate and they are visible from the side road.
I have seen those sticker things but when they fade (and they do) they look pretty awful.
Arty
I like the idea of in corporating a trough, but mine is flimsyish and I think the increased weight would be a problem in the wind. I might think of a trough on the ground next summer though!

MUMMYTO2BOYS

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

Can it be seen from the front?

Yes. I really don't see these as all that different to the old bins. A bit taller and square old style bins weren't exactly ornamental

Errata

I wish councils would let people do a Pimp My Bin thingy. Everyone's bin would be easily identifiable, there could be an annual competition for the cleverest/funniest/glamorous one and it could get kids interested in recycling. On a mad day I have fantasies of wallpapering mine

Trollydolly_2

OOohhh what fab ideas!!

Im thinking the trellis and trough idea would be fab and cheap. Does Ivy grow in tubs?

Errata !! What a brill idea, why not put it to the local council!!