Outhouse Creative Upcycling is Russell's workshop and shop in Southill, Weymouth — a one-man operation built on the idea that the wood, glass, metal and mechanical bits everyone else skips still have a job left in them. The name isn't just a play on words: the building itself used to be a public toilet block, upcycled into a shop.

Russell's own sign on the wall puts it better than we could — "our world is so wasteful in things we throw away unnecessarily," he writes, and the Outhouse is his answer to it.

As part of our company's 6th birthday celebrations, our team added some of these oak candle holders to our gift bags.

Each candle holder was crafted from an upcycled piece of oak mantelpiece, then hand finished before being gifted.

UIL also creates bespoke furniture and home decor when not out on refurbishment jobs, so watch for more handcrafted items available in the future!

It's our 6th birthday, so we treated ourself to a new-to-us van. Follow our progress as we upcycle it!

The 'new-to-us' van needed a bit of TLC as well as fitting it with racking for our materials and tools, so Mark and Jason spent some time giving it some love. It needed some oil, grease and generally a good upcycling (which we are pro's at!) and created the racking ourselves.

It now is the newest team member and it certainly looks the part now it has it's new signage too!

When you have a kitchen tool that's on it's way out, give it a new lease of life by upcycling it into a paint mixing tool!

In a world where being kind to the environment is becoming more and more important, there's a cool idea called upcycling that's making a big difference, especially right here in Weymouth.

Upcycling is like giving old stuff a super cool makeover instead of throwing it away. It's not just about recycling; it's about using your imagination to make something old into something awesome again!