Upcycled Old Trash Container to a Gorgeous New Gold One

Upcycle and old trash container and make it better than new. I love metallic gold right now and have some awesome crafts coming out on the blog that are golden.

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Some of the most AWESOME FALL FUN ...

Festive Pumpkin Cheese Ball>	Paper Pumpkins	Creamy Pumpkin fudge
< SeaSalt Popcorn w/Caramel>	Pumpkin Cheesecake	Candied Bacon

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I took a picture of the original can which has been in my husband's office for several years. It was a completely knocked up metal can. The decorative paper on the front was peeling (I took pictures of it but, darn! where did those pictures go? I can't find the card they were on. I hate that. :)

Anyway, it was completely knocked around and needed an overhaul. Since I'm into gold everything right now, I decided that I'd buy some fabric and "wrap" the can with the fabric using hot glue to hold everything together. It worked.

Initially, I wanted to fold the fabric to the inside also so I bought plenty of gold fabric to do this. However, it was not easy to fold it over the waste can and into the inside of the can. I can tell you right now that it doesn't work - it gets really bunched up on the inside of the can and I could not smooth it out - so I changed tactics and left a short amount of fabric at the top and then bought a trim at Joann's and put that around the top of the inside of the trash can. As shown here...

Here's a closeup....

I left about 4 inches of fabric below the bottom of the can and wrapped it over the edge and glued it with hot glue. I cut a circle out of the gold fabric and glued that on top so as not to see the messy edges.

It took me a few trips to Joann's to see what kind of trim I wanted but I'm pleased with the one I bought. It was a ribbon and not a thick trim at all. It glued down beautifully and I overlapped the ribbon and glued it down at the back of the can. I put it close to the lip of the can and pulled it tightly so that it would be neat.