So, no one has any problems emptying their bottles of wine. (If you do, please feel free to ship any of those pesky bottles to me.) But, what about the corks? Most wine drinkers I know have at least one bowl, box or vase full to overflowing with orphaned corks. Why do we feel compelled to keep them? Do we need those little reminders of happy wine times? I mean, how often have you plucked a cork from the pile and remembered exactly what you were doing while you enjoyed the wine (special occasions, not included)? Some of us believe, erroneously, that one day we will make something with all those corks. One day. Meanwhile, they keep piling up. Ever since I was a child, my mom always told us she would make a cork raft and float away across the ocean, never to be seen again. While she does now live near the beach, she has still yet to set sail on the S.S. Ernest & Julio.
Well, I have my own cork collection and, being the crafty type, I do want to make something with them. There are tons of options.
Cork Trivet
Cork Board
Cork Wreath
All fairly pedestrian stuff. I want to try something different. Something that you don’t see every day.
- Wine Cork Bath Mat
I really like this bath mat. I bet it would have a massaging effect on your feet, too.
Wine Cork Vase
Now, this is a little more ambitious. Not very practical as a vase unless you use fake or dried flowers, which in my house are just called “dust collectors.”
Okay, here’s more along the lines of what I’m talking about.
Wine Cork Chair
That actually looks pretty comfy! Believe it or not, I don’t have enough corks to make a footstool, much less a whole chair, but this does give me something to work toward. Everyone needs a goal, right?
What about you guys? Done anything interesting with those wine corks that you can’t seem to throw away?
*click on the pics to go to the websites where they can be found
Sam the Lush, three blocks over from us, built a three story house out of corks. Just kidding of course. But here’s one for the disguarded bottles. In a restaurant they did an entire wall with those fish shaped wine bottles cemented together from floor to ceiling with lights in the back. Coolest thing I ever saw! Except this neat cork post of course. And then there was the Bottle Cap Inn over on 119th Stand about NW 10th Ave here in Miami and you guessed it – floor to ceiling and ceiling six room restaurant bottle capped and varnished including the piano!
I wish I could see that fish bottle wall. That does sound super cool!
I wonder how many bottle caps that took? Imagine the weight that would add.
Hmm, I’m thinking that I need to cork one of my walls now.
Ooops. Change “Stand” to Street line 6.
I love the idea of recycling them into something cute. I actually found a “cork” board that lined them up side by side and framed in a narrow box – very cute and I plan to some day try it. Lord knows I have enough corks to mess up a few times.
There are a lot of things I would like to try. And yes, I have a lot of “do over” material to work with!
Damn you’re making me wish I ran a bar just so I could make that cool stuff. I love the mat and the vase. But the chair? Holy shit the chair!!
I wish I ran a bar so I could get free booze. But the cork stuff is cool, too.
That chair is insane!
I’m still collecting…still have them all. I wrote dates and names & occasion on special ones. No longer need the raft, BFF has a boat, so thanks for the ideas.
Yes, you definitely upgraded. Not just in the boat department.
I never thought about doing anything with the corks. I don’t have enough yet to make anything.
That chair is crazy! I wonder if that person is saving up for a matching couch.
Unless they throw a ton of parties, they might not live long enough to get a couch!
The bathmat is my favorite. It’d rather it be at the front door though . . .
It would be good at the front door. That way people will know what to expect before entering: Beware. Wine is consumed here in mass quantities.
Thanks for stopping by!
I like your point about the door mat giving the message. You’ve got to know there’s fun behind that door!
Yes, but bring your own wine, cause my sharing skills only go so far!
dats a cute blog! like it!
stumbled on yr post while doing some random search on wordpress….. thought wud just drop in a word
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These are some really neat ideas! I’m not a wine drinker (at all), but I can definitely appreciate these items! I especially like the bathmat. And your comment about the fake flowers.
Thank you! It makes definitely makes me want to make something with the corks I have.
I think the cork wreath is taking it a bit far! I was going to suggest a chair, but then I saw the last picture… How about a cork car, powered by red wine?
Emma
I am powered by red wine, so my car needs to be powered by something else!
hello amy
i have i ton of wine corks in this GIANT vase on top of my fridge ( only the real ones,,,, none of the rubber kind…)
i am moving in with my boyfriend, next year and he does not want them !
instead of trowing them out, i was wondering if you were interested in getting them ? i am from Montreal.Quebec , Canada.
looking forward hearing from you in a near future.
best regards
Mike Xavier
Hi Mike! I am tempted to say yes, but I better not. I have a ton of my own corks that I haven’t yet done anything with. Getting any more would just be a waste of space (plus my husband would have a fit). Thank you for the offer, though! That was very nice.
-Amy