Besides having beautiful outdoor spaces: backyards, patios and gardens, we all have some functional things there: sheds, AC units, trash cans and many other. A trash can outdoors is a huge eye sore, besides if it’s no protected, it may fall, open, start leeking or get damaged. Let’s hide the trash can and at the same time make it protected from all the harsh weather conditions (or wildlife).
Trash Can Covers
Make a cool and simple cover for the trash cans surrounding them with some screens. Slatted wood is popular, so making such screens will be a great idea. Pallets as screens would do, too, and you can paint or stain them as you like. Adding a roof on top the stand will be a nice idea, and makiing a tray or a planter on top the roof will spruce up the look and make the cover merge with the surrounding plants more. Don’t forget to cover the wooden parts with some sealer to protect them from rain.
The cover is made of stained wood, with a tray with greenery and succulents on top.
Use several slatted screens to hide all the eye sores: trash cans, AC units and others.
This trash can cover is made of grey painted wood, and the tray on top spruces up the construction.
These trash cans are hidden with black slatted screens and the roof protects them from rain.
The trash cans are covered with white slatted screens to make their look more stylish.
The trash can is hidden with stained screens and a planter attached to them adds a fresh touch.
This stylish stained cover with a tray for flowers is a lovely idea for hiding eye sores. (via engineeringdiscoveries).
The trash can is covered with two pallets painted chalkboard and white, with the number of the house and a birdhouse and lantern attached.
The large slatted box for several trash cans is covered with a large tray with bright flowers.
The large unit of stained slats hides all the necessary eye sores.
This plywood stand covers a couple of trash cans and the tray on top features some greenery.
The trash cans are covered with a construction of pallet wood, and the tiered planters on top make up a cool look.
Trash Can Boxes
If you feel like hiding the trash cans completely to get a sleek look, a box will be a better idea. Build a piece of the desired size: for one or more trash cans, and give it a desired look. Metal boxes are more durable and secure, while wooden boxes are easier to build yourself. You can also give a metal box a trendy slatted look covering it with wood. Make sure to add both a door and a lid, so that you could open the door and take the can out or open the lid and put your litter into the can. If you want, you may style the top not with a lid but with a tray for plants but it will make the process of throwing trash away more difficult.
The black slatted boxes with lids can hide all the trash cans you are using.
This large green box has several compartments for the trash cans and a matching planters makes the nook cooler.
This small grey wooden box is a slatted one, with a lid and a door.
This large box features three compartments where you can put trash cans for different types of litter.
Slatted decor and items are very popular ones, so a large slatted box for trash is a cool solution.
This reclaimed wooden box hides several trash cans and can be DIYed using pallets.
This simple whitewashed wooden box hides a couple of trash cans, and the chains attached to the lid make opening easier.
This simple whitewashed wooden box with a lid is for one trash can, and building one is quite easy.
This is a metal box covered with light-stained wood and a tray on top to plant greenery or blooms.
This is a simple and minimal solution to make your trash can less unsighty: slats attached to metal poles.
The large slatted box can hide four trash cans, and metal frames make it durable.
This small vertical box with a roof is perfect for a trash can, and it looks minimal and doesn't attract attention.
This large stained box hides several trash cans and the tray on top spruces up the look with plants and blooms.
The stained lattice box doesn't look too heavy and the tray on top shows off bright flowers.
The stained box with shutter doors and a black lid is a stylish modern solution for outdoors.
This stained slatted box features a red lid that looks bold and catchy.
This large sleek stained box with a lid is a cool solution to hide trash cans.
This large stained box can be DIYed to hide some trash cans.
The large box of four compartments is stained, and the tray on top features blooms and greenery.
This light-stained double box with a lid is great to hide a couple of trash cans.
This white box with a lid is a nice solution for delicately hiding the trash cans and matching the outdoor space.
These sleek wood and metal boxes in black are a stylish and refined solution for a modern outdoor space.
This large wooden box is stained and grey to match the facade of the house.
The large stained box for trash cans features a large lid, it's a cool contemporary idea for an outdoor space.
This stained and black wooden box is for hiding just one trash can and you can DIY it. (via learn).
The dark-stained slatted box with a lid hides a single trash can and doesn't spoil the look of the facade. (via instagram).
Other Ideas
Stands for trash cans are also a nice solution, and though they won’t hide anything, they will make the access to the cans much easier. Besides, they are extremely simple to build yourself.
This small garden shed isn't only a storage unit but is also a cover for the trash can.
This isn't a cover, it's a stand with a tray on top and bright and cool blooms for a modern feel.