Why buy when
you can rent

Rent useful household items from your local high street. Learn DIY & repair skills to complete projects yourself.

How it works

Join & get inspired

Reserve & collect

Reserve the Thing you need online. Pick it up from a handy self-service locker near you.

Rent, return, relax

Return your Thing clean and ready for your neighbours to use. Enjoy the feeling of saving money, reducing waste and ticking off your tasks.

Rent 45+ useful items from 21 locations

Affordable things. The planet-friendly way.

We’ve partnered with BOSCH, STIHL, Kärcher, Vango, The North Face and more. Our team of fixers choose high-quality tools that can be repaired. By renting we can keep things out of landfill for longer and stop more stuff being made.

Got a project idea, but not sure where to start?

Join our community of first-time fixers and makers. Get practical tips, ideas, and build the confidence you need to start your own DIY, upcycling, or repair project — then share your success to inspire others!

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We were founded by three women: Bex, Em and Soph.

Fed up of buying stuff you don’t really need? Us too.

Consumerism isn’t working for our communities, our pockets or the planet.

We’re a social enterprise on a mission to share more and buy less. We started as a grassroots experiment in 2014, testing sharing with our community in South London. We helped kickstart a global movement of libraries of things, from Auckland to Saskatoon.

Find out about our mission & impact

We’re making change happen

eWaste saved from landfill

Saved by members

of CO2 emissions saved

More about our mission & impact

Figures correct until June 2025 (updated every quarter)

What our 34,000* members say

*and counting

You can now borrow from 22 locations across London!

We're open in Dulwich and Elephant & Castle! Find your nearest Library of Things and sign up to start borrowing useful DIY, cleaning, gardening items and more.

See what you can borrow