TikTok Creator Turns Street Discards Into Free Home Decor for Followers

Shoval Keren, a copywriter and video editor from Hod HaSharon, has built a popular TikTok following of more than 130,000 by turning discarded items into useful and decorative household objects. She also posts the process on Instagram, showing how street-found junk is transformed step by step into new pieces. Keren says creativity is part of who she is, and that she has long looked for ways to make special DIY items from anything she finds.

Her interest in reuse began in high school, when she studied art and chose an environmental final project focused on recycling and remaking. She created a living-room setup made entirely from recycled materials, including a table from an airplane wheel, a rug from bottle caps and mirrors made from wheels. At the time she did not think the result was especially beautiful, but she says the project planted the idea of making something that would otherwise be thrown away.

After years away from DIY, Keren returned to it a few months ago after discussing the idea with her partner, May. Because Keren tends to keep things and May does not, she promised to give away everything she makes rather than keep it at home. She now watches local furniture and junk collection days, drives around looking for items, and says the response from followers pushed her to start giving the pieces away to them. Among her projects were a basketball turned into a planter, a vintage-looking Lego-style piece made from a spice set, a mirror decorated with tiny toy cars, and a toaster oven turned into a lit candy cabinet.

Keren says the hardest part is usually the making, not the editing, though the videos take time to script and cut. Followers often send her pictures of their own versions or even offer her discarded items, but she says she only takes things that immediately spark an idea. She chooses recipients by asking followers to comment, then selecting someone who is willing to be filmed and, if under 18, has parental permission. Although she has received offers for commercial collaborations, she says the project is currently not about money. For her, the main reward is meeting people, spending time with them, and building a real connection beyond the one-minute videos.