Wine Cork Mirror Finished!

Woo Hoo!   The mirror is done!    If you read this blog regularly, then you know how weirdly obsessed I've been about this project.   I have been slowly collecting wine corks here and there: from my own personal collection to begging bartenders at restaurants to save some for me through the night.

Well, I left a box at the store Vintage in New York City---they sell NY state wines only and it's a must-visit shop in NYC if you're ever there---and got a small box full of corks the other day.

So, here it is!   Each cork is lined up and glued to a generic wood frame mirror.   Propped up on the mantel in the living room, it looks handmade and sorta mid-century modernish to me.    Hmm...maybe I'm starting to go down a mid-century design route.     That might explain why I'm buying a modern home in the woods (more on that later!).

Oh, check this out.  Wine corks for sale at Pottery Barn.  Why bother enoying wine when you can just buy a collection of corks?   Um, weird.  Right?

Comments

[Mel]

I’m an avid reader of your blog, but I can’t believe you just told people they could buy brand new corks instead of collecting it around (and enjoying wine), and even told them where they can buy it. This is not green, and I’m shocked. We throw away a lot of cork; let's try to make the most out of it! Your mirror looks awesome, by the way, and this would have been a GREAT recycling project. It takes several years for a cork oak to grow it, an we just steal it for very selfish reasons. Let's at least try to reuse it.

[shelby k]

it looks great! and i agree with you on the whole 'weird' issue with buying wine corks. it's definitely more meaningful to use your own.

i especially love that one periwinkle colored cork!

[Rachel Green]

Um... I buy bags of corks because I brew and bottle 'country' wine.

[Krista]

that mirror is really quite beautiful! i can't say i'd ever be able to bring myself to buy corks from anywhere... the whole point is that you're using corks you've collected yourself.

[patricia midgett]

i agree

[Kamahina]

Glue a button with a raised design to the end of the cork and you can use it as a stamp. Idea courtesy Martha Stewart.

[laurel Sauls]

I think it is even weirder that you can buy fake cranberries from Pottery Barn. Why not just use real cranberries? They are tons cheaper, last a long time, and it is much cooler than some fake plastic berries! I truly don't understand!

[Katy]

I LOVE this - how creative you are! Thank you for sharing.

[jennifer :: themakelounge]

Did the previous posters even bother to read what he wrote? He was being sarcastic about Pottery Barn, people!