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 & start learning
Get project inspiration, learn DIY skills or discover planet-friendly ways to find items. Join your community and get ready to start renting.
Reserve & rent
Reserve the thing you need online. Choose to collect and return from a self-service locker.
Return & share
Completed your project? Ace! Share a snap. Return your item clean, ready for another neighbour to rent right after you.
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.
You can now borrow from 22 locations across London!
We're open in Dulwich and Elephany & Castle! Find your nearest Library of Things and sign up to start borrowing useful DIY, cleaning, gardening items and more.
Fed up of buying stuff you don’t really need? Us too.
Consumerism isn’t working for our communities, our purses 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 & impactWe’re making change happen
eWaste saved from landfill
Saved by members
of CO2 emissions saved
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!
We need you!
Help us grow the rental movement
Join Library of Things to rent things and learn DIY skills without breaking the bank.
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