I’m a DIY whizz & made a stunning garden feature for FREE by upcycling an empty bottle of laundry detergent
HANDS up if you finish a bottle of laundry detergent and then throw the packaging straight in the recycling.
Well, it may be worth thinking twice next time…because what’s underneath the sleeve wrapper may just surprise you.
A DIY whizz named Charlotte Moore took to money-saving Facebook group Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK and revealed how she upcycled an old bottle in a super stylish vase.
Sharing her super simple tip online, she explains how she peeled back the sleeve wrapper to reveal a patterned plastic bottle.
After giving it a rinse out, she then added a few stones at the bottom along with some pretty flowers – making the perfect centrepiece for her garden table.
Alongside the image, she penned: “Why pay all that money for a vase when you can use the empty Lenor bottle instead?
“You’re welcome!!!”
She added: “I peeled the label off a bottle of Lenor – the bottle is plastic and oval.”
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The post quickly racked up a whopping 3.1k views and over 360 comments from very impressed social media users – with many rushing to do the same.
“I’ve just had to check mine…wow! I’ll defo be using these as little vases – thank you,” praised one.
A second enthused: “They actually look really nice!”
A third commented: “What a good idea.”
Meanwhile, a fourth quipped: “I wish I’d had seen this before spending money on vases for the bathroom.”
Another wrote: “Oh I threw mine away other week but did wonder what I could use them for – thanks for the tip.”
A further penned: “Great top, thanks! Definitely going to buy a Lenor wash.”
And one more added: “Thrown lots of these away…I hadn’t even realised the bottle looked like this underneath.”