For the price of one banged up trash can, you instead could get two of these baskets with koosh-balls glued to the outside! http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/product/shopsale-home/35876382.jsp#/
Talk about retailer markup! $100 for something you can get on Amazon for $15? I am in the wrong line of work.....lol....
This can is a beautiful example of aged corrugated metal.
WOW! I recently updated my loft's aesthetic to "actual grouch from Sesame Street"/garbage is cool and I want to live in a pile of it" — well okay, there's a *little* bit of an eclectic modern vibe going on still but I'm really trying to be firm with myself about branching out and keeping to the rules I established with my home decorator/life coach. ;)Anyway, I was really struggling to find pieces that would tie the room together, and let me tell you, this garbage can! It's a revelation! It's so incredibly authentic it makes me want to tear my skin off and keen while rocking back and fourth! I mean, you walk in my apartment and you'd immediately think that an artisanal nomadic person (I think some people use the word "homeless"?) was really curled up behind the garbage can, asking for basic living necessities due to the fact that he didn't make a good impression with my co-op board — just like the real life that my ability to purchase $99 garbage cans (well, four actually -- I drink a lot of bottled water and sometimes when I'm feeling like I need to spend more time on self care I just throw them away unopened) helps me to eschew!If you want the grit of NYC but none of the actual suffering, this garbage can is for YOU! I can't recommend it highly enough. It's that perfect balance of obliviousness, ridiculousness, and innate lack of empathy that defines me.