DUMPSTER DIVING IN LONDON! AMAZING FREE FINDS | MR CARRINGTON
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- Hi everyone! I'm back with a haul of things I've found for free from the streets of London. These items have been thrown away / given away free to a good home. Let me know in the comments if you recognise the mystery items :)
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My fav was the purple le creuset mug…what a find!
In my city in Canada we have a day every Autumn to give things away to students as we are a University city. You can put anything out out, furniture, dishes etc that will help out of province or local students. I think it’s wonderful.
Really like this idea!!!
Great idea - hope it catches on here!
Wonderful way of giving things to people who really need it.
Fantastic!
I use Oolio in my area quite a lot mainly for giving things away
I also have had some non food items from it too.
One of my sons lived in San Francisco for about five years and he had many great finds but the best was an Eames chair that needed a little fix. He took it to be repaired and was immediately offered $3000. He kept the chair and it is beautiful.🇨🇦🇨🇦
I can't believe someone threw way the kitchen trolley. I love it x
Amaryllis bulbs are usually grown or given as gifts at Christmastime.🎄 At least he's gone to a great home with you Mr. C❣
Embroidery hoops are fantastic for hanging fabric as art. Nice addition to a gallery wall.
The best part of your finds: they are with YOU, such a caring, kind and quite a unique person with a fresh perspective on the things we take as ordinary or for granted! Enjoy the re-homing of these homeless things!
I think that kitchen trolley would look gorgeous painted in a dark colour with the tiled top re-grouted with a matching dark colour grout, or fitted with a chunky wooden block type top? Excellent find!
Good idea for the embroidery hoop -if you find a particularly nice remnant of fabric -or even wall paper for unusual wall art-just fix between the rings and trim up the back x
I've seen where people use fabric flowers on one side of the hoop, and it makes a lovely wreath.
I’m surprised you didn’t pick up “The Art Book”, that’s a cool book. I bought it several years ago, and paid $35 for it. I imagine it costs a lot more now. Go back out, there, and see if you can find it!!! 😂
The amaryillis - just sit it on the soil, roots actually in soil, most of bulb out of it. Needs support obviously! Smashing find. We lived in Portugal and its common to just put items beside bins for folk to take! Enjoy your finds!
It's amazing what people throw out. One persons junk is another's treasure. Currently enjoying your work in sort your life out.
Thank you saving the amaryllis. It will be beautiful, take good care of it🌺
Thank you so much Mr Carrington. For Your Brilliant Videos. They are so Helpful. You are An Incredible Man. I Hope You a wonderful 2023
What great free finds! I thought for sure you would bring the ‘log’ home! Would have been great on the deck to elevate a plant pot.
Or to use as a small side table for books etc , I would have def brought that home 🏡 😀
@@traciewilliams4630 Me too
And me
You were well framed by the trolly!
London was great for free stuff when I lived there. I still have a bedside table I found for free and some old pharmacy drawers that I made in to a larger drawer set. They've moved about 5 times with me. Happy finding 😊
The embroidery hoop can be used for hanging plants to train onto and I love the bucket 🪣 😁👌🇦🇺🙋♀️
Free is my favorite price! You found some amazing stuff.
This is why I love living in this city. When saw the cup and the Cath Kidson mug I thought of Luke and Kate. The plant was at a bargain.
I love picking things that others discard. We do the same with items we no longer need too, sharing is caring! 👍👍👍💗💗
Amaryllis indoor plant .
Touch up coasters with gold paint or rub n buff.
Nice finds
We left a few of my daughters old toys outside…they were all gone in one afternoon!! A few of my neighbours have been doing it as well…toys,plants & books mainly…lovely to do
Wow! Some great finds from the streets! I think the metal bucket would make a lovely miniature pond
Some great finds.I'm guessing the Amaryllis may have been an unwanted gift, ive had many over the years and the flowers are beautiful. I love the purple Le Creuset cup,my fave colour x
I'm from Glasgow, & have found some amazing stuff! Went down to the bin area & found a lovely new bin for our kitchen, several books, 4 wooden bar stools! I have also picked up some lovely cups from a freebie giveaway! Your butchers table is fabulous! I would sand it down & have it natural! Keep up the good work! 👌X
That kitchen trolley was definitely a good find, and I quite liked the little le cruset espresso mug 😎👍
I usually put things outside my house and leave a note that says, Take Me. 🙃 I declutter quite frequently. It makes me feel good to see my neighbours make us of it .
Hi i think the plates pewter 🙂 loved your kichen island gorgeous !!!! Well done 👏
Love the stuff! Here in Berlin we have free boxes all over many neighborhoods. I found a great teardrop-shape midcentury modern mirror last year, and also found a classic, working 1960s electric coffee grinder several years ago. People also leave huge wardrobes and sofas, but of course you need a van to move them and most people don't just happen to be passing with such modes of transport. I know a guy who upcycles old chairs he finds on the street, and he picks them up with his cargo bike.
Ooh what fun! I would make a candle out of the Cath Kidston mug, would make a lovely gift.
Who would throw away an Amaryllis 🤷♀️
Glad you’re taking care of it from now on it may need a support as it grows. I really like the idea of putting items out for others to possibly use.
Great bit of up-cycling good job 👍
This will come back each year too. It will have to be kept indoors during winter but I have mine outdoors.
Someone probably got it as a gift and never used it
That metal plate is my favourite! Altogether great finds but then you have such great taste😊
That kitchen trolley was a gem of a find and will look fab when you redo it. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it.
Omg le crueset mugs what a find !,
Amaryllis are definitely indoor plants in our climate - I cannot get over the fact that someone chucked it out. You have a great haul and I love the trolley and think it would be lovely painted in a soft sage green.
The kitchen trolley would look nice painted, another little project for you 😂
Love the kitchen trolley, I would definitely sand down and repaint
Omg the annual de clutter day holiday is an amazing idea!!
Amaryllis bulbs are big in Texas for Christmas. You really found some cool finds. Have a great day.
Your pot plant is a in door plant, leave on window for sunny light to grow the green foliage andca flower will come out with in time,you will kill it if you put it outside. Love the vlog.
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Monsoon Home makes me think of Eddy on Ab Fab! LOL Great finds.
The metal plate would reflect candlelight beautifully. 🙂
Hi happy Sunday look forward to see what you’ve been up to ,you could stand a plant on the coasters .The plant just pop it in a bowl put soil around it an water once a week don’t water it to much .Love the plate it’s nice .have a good week lv Ann uk 💕💕💕🇬🇧🇬🇧
Wow! What great finds. Thank you for recycling and keeping them out if the landfill. The hoop is a quilting hoop. My mother brought one in 1976 for $35.
The metal tray appears to be pewter.
In the box you found the tea cups, I saw a copy of one of my favorite fine art reference books by Taishen (The Art Book) and was so surprised you didn’t take it!
Be well 💜
Yes, it is pewter
I thought the same about “The Art Book!”
Paint your bucket in the black toilet duck and it will give it the dull galvanised look...I know it's not rust but it will dull it down and take the shine off...Loving your posts Mr Carrington...Keep up the good work...Love and best wishes ♥️
I love dumpster diving videos,recycling and saving from the landfill is the best thing ever👏👏👏
Some lovely items there! ❤️ Definitely keep the Amaryllis indoors, it won't enjoy our chilly winter weather outside 👍
Great vid as always Mr C! You always seem to stumble upon treasure! Le Creuset being given away for free...in London?! I thought the Cath Kidston mug could be repurposed as a bird feeder.
Cool idea. Hang it from the handle with twine or fishing line on its side and put bird seeds in it.
Great finds. I picked up some metal shelves I am going to use in my shed
I can't believe you found so much!
The embroidery hoop would be great
for making some type of macrame wall art with long pieces of the jute hanging from the bottom.
Brilliant finds don't have this in my town but it's a jolly good idea especially if we could have a special day for this perhaps once a month.
Love the trolley island it is going to look great painted up.
Have a great weekend and week ahead. 😍
Lovely Amarilis bulb, it’s for indoors and will be beautiful, shallow plant it and it will beautiful in spring, and I love the kitchen island, so useful. Well done. I must keep my eyes open. 😁
Hello Iwan, ooh lots of free finds! Free is my fave price of all! I think lockdown opened up people's eyes with clearing out and began to put stuff out for free as they had no other way of getting rid of stuff. I had a sort out last year and put loads out, that most of it went. I live in a smalll village in Somerset and it seems to be a thing here too now! Metal poles by the way, Homebase or B&Q for future reference. That poor Amaryllis, it will have a new lease of life now and will reward you with a beautiful flower in no time I'm sure. There's that massive hoop again! I love that, be useful too if you were painting or drawing something on a tee shirt too! Think that metal plate is mostlikely pewter, That kitchen table/island thing will look great once given some TLC, a rub down and a wax or paint be great I think, that was a great find. Thanks for this Vloggy was most interesting, one mans rubbish has always been another mans treasure! Have a good week to come x
Great coasters--You can probably sand off the metallic trim but if you like it (I do), you can fix the chips with metal leaf and size., or even change the color to gold or silver. The metal plate might be Wilton Armetale, a company which made a lot of decorative pewter pieces in the 70s and 80s. Lots of great finds, Mr. C!
I can’t believe the things people were giving away! We don’t do it down where I live, I think it is a great idea, though people might be worried they’ll get done for fly tipping if they put stuff out. I put things in my drive with a sign on. Excellent finds!
In my city in Canada we have “free give away weekend” in May and in September. People pile their unwanted items at the curb. I have gotten some great things for myself and my classroom. Last year I found a huge bag of DVDs. Sold them in batches. Made $100. Also found a bag of golf clubs last fall. Sold one club so far for $40. It’s just a fun thing to do. 🥰🇨🇦
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That’s quite a haul! This practice is common in Bristol where I live. Some students set up a hub in UB for recycling household goods at end of the academic year, preferable to dumping! Students are also setting up housing Co-ops and a new Co-operative cafe named BASE so they don’t starve…
I'm spending the morning catching up on some of your videos and I am getting serious deja vu from spring 2020 when you were an integral part of my quarantine Sunday morning routine 🤗. I loved it, you brought a lovely cozy vibe and kept me and my banana bread great company!! I need to get back to this mellow Sunday am routine!
Yes! Same here. Lockdown and Mr. C, was essential
I like the pewter?? dish and the trolley...I agree to it being given a paint job too😁
Hello dear from California USA 🇺🇸 I love finding sidewalk pcs live it you got excellent finds.well cioa Caro ❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍
Hi Mr C
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Amaryllis are an indoor plant. The Le Cruset mug was a nice find! The embroidery hoop would look lovely with a vintage fabric or embroidery inside it, hung on the wall. Great finds, my neighbours don't throw much out, but last year someone threw a Sony Handycam with a note saying "works fine!" I took it to Cex and got £49 for it!! Kerching! lol xxx
Amazing 🤩
@@MrCarrington it was, especially as I was skint at the time! lol xx
You can use the embroidery hoop to display a scarf or any type of fabric you love.
Lovely stuff, I particularly like the trolley. Where we live in Almería Spain there are different days for leaving stuff at the bins, I found a beautiful glass chandeliar perfect condition, it's hangs now in the pergola when it's sunny it glints I love it.
Well done for saving these items ❤️
Hi Iwan, wonderful finds. I bought a wooden dowl pole from the hardware store for my kitchen curtain, so good find the metal pole. I fill my metal bucket with pine cones and keep it next to the fire place. Love the kitchen island/trolley, a few hooks added on one side make handy hanging space for a tea towel or utensils, just an idea. Looking forward to the kitchen reveal. Have a good week and take care Gale🙏
I loved this video! I always enjoy seeing the treasures you find.
Hi Mr. C! How interesting to see what you can find in other peoples dumpsters. Just goes to show ones trash is other peoples treasure right? Have you watched some dumpster diving videos in the U.S.? It's absolutely mind boggling what they find in the dumpsters of some pretty popular stores. Most are brand new, unused, not opened, &/or not even expired yet if it's food. Here in our neighborhood we have junk collection day once a month where folks put unwanted items outside their homes for collection. You definitely could grab things that catch your eye if you can beat the dump truck getting it. Thanks for sharing. Much love from Fort Worth, Texas! 😊❄☃️
StevenSteph channel is a cool dumpster diving channel, and Taco Stacks is another cool one. He goes through neighborhoods and gets free stuff they leave on curbs.
Hi Mr Carrington. Another great video. You find amazing things on the streets. Can’t wait to see what you do with them. Where I live in Scotland people don’t leave things for people to take unfortunately. It’s such a great idea wish it did happen here as so much better for the planet too. have a lovely day 🥰
Great finds Iwan - love the kitchen trolley and for the embroidery hoop I would find a lovely piece of fabric and frame it!
Love that blog Mr C so interesting and informative. I new you would come up with more good videos. Well done to you.I live the kitchen island you found ,I shall watch with great interest how you get on with it.we often put items out which are not suitable for us anymore 😀 believe me they go very quick.we found a lovely ornate mirror and it's in garage for now,waiting to become usable again.thankyou lovely blog.look forward to the next one and see how you transform the kitchen island oh by the way luke would love it
Lol xxxc
Great finds Mr C, eager to see the portable kitchen island makeover and the pole with the tasseled fabric you got. The plate has multiple uses. I was thinking candles on it. Have fun with your treasure 💞💞
What excellent finds Mr C. Especially love the kitchen trolley!
Really enjoyed this video. Yes here in Bath people leave items outside their houses. People tend to put on F/B if they have a lot of items just to get rid of. Love the plate, I would put the larger white pillar candles on that. The round embroidery thingy I used once in a property that I rented, there was a round peice of glass just stuck to the wall, made a surround for it using some artificial flowers, looked great and another loop I had I made into a big round photo frame to make a collage x
The kitchen trolley is fab. Paint it white 😊 I didn’t find anything myself this week while in London. The Expresso cup was great too
that cloud box would be great to hold hair bobbles , clips etc
Hi there , you can buy tension rods for the curtain idea you have for under your dresser top that you are planning to make , very easy to install and quite cheap !
Great find in movable kitchen island. 👌
I love the shelving cupboard that would be nice with baskets and fill them with veg .all nice bits my fave is the shelving
It's amazing, the things people toss, no? This was a great dumpster haul, Mr. C, and excellent timing to find that cart to coordinate with your kitchen re-do. Very much looking forward to that!
I sometimes see the odd thing out where I live but not very often I must say. You certainly did well with your haul sweetheart the kitchen trolley is a great find x
When I grew up in London Ontario Canada there were two bi-annual days to clean up. You could put things out and people could pick it up before the garbage collection. I got a wonderful solid wooden table. Now here in Hawaii you can put outside or post on FB. I once put a TV outside, someone picked it up and then the next day returned it😊😄
Great find fancy throwing out stuff i wash in fairy comes up clean .😊 ❤.
Nice finds. Very thoughtful of you to save useful objects for the Charity shops
What a great find that trolley was well done
I love the food blender on tv show you did other day .and more shows
The amaryllis bulb is a lucky find! It is definitely an indoor plant in your climate. It should get quite tall and will probably need some support. The flowers are gorgeous. Many communities in the US have a day, or week-emd, where everyone can put out things they don't want for people to take away.
designer items are a great find! A Amaryllis pack too! 👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏
Well what a haul especially that kitchen trolley. Can't wait to see what you do with it.
Thanks for sharing.
🙋hi from Scotland,hi Ewan love your wee tiled table it's so useful that metal bucket you could use it as a ice bucket with a couple of bottles of wine or any kind of drink cheers 🍷 till next time Anne from Scotland
That is good, you surprised what people throw out. Thank you for sharing that. Take care keep safe all the family 👍😊
Good morning! Love your finds, it’s great when you get something for free. I once picked up an enamel jug that had seen better days and I painted a lovely design on it, now it has dried grasses in and looks fab! I think the embroidery hoop was a really useful find. Perhaps stretch a cloth over and it could house a collage of photos 🤔 love your channel 😊👋🏻🇬🇧x
I have a cart,like the one you found except, the top is wood not tile. I use it to keep my microwave on , which gives me more counter top space. I love it. You found some really nice items.Have a wonderful weekend. Hugs from the southeast coast of Florida 😎🦩🌞🦩😎
Great finds, my favourite was the kitchen trolley, looking forward to seeing how it turns out once painted.
You can keep your choppers in the little cloud box xx
Some great finds Iwan! We have several neighbours that put out items for free and we have started doing it too. The Amaryllis needs to stay indoors. That little trolley will look great with a make over and that plate would look lovely with three different sized candles on it. Car boots are starting up our way soon. If you ever fancy a trip up to Colchester let me know. We have a huge car boot up here! Plus a few antique centres. Much love, Soph.x
Fancy throwing out a perfectly good Amaryllis!? 🤷🏻♀️. The trolley was also a great find. 👏
Hello, I think maybe the little white lidded cloud shaped container could be for soaking dentures.