Your own custom side table

This table has been in the works for a number of years but I finally finished it... and love it. Customize it to fit your style. Fill it with decorative rocks, seashells, corks. The possibilities are endless!

 Materials:
A large pot (go with something plastic so it's not too heavy)
Glass top
Filler (I went with rocks but again it's up to you)
Wood panel

Extras:
This is the part that took so long to finish. My pot wasn't as tall as I wanted to I grabbed a circular panel and 4 little chair legs... table legs... sorry, I'm not exactly sure what they are.

My pot

My rocks - I found a huge bag at Garden Ridge for $6

As usual I was hasty and wanted to start on my table. I didn't
have a panel wide enough for the pot but I did have 2 piece
that fit together nicely. You'll want to cut your panel so it sits
just inside the pot leaving a couple of inches from the top
for your filler.

My glass top. It took a while to find a piece the
right size. I finally found it at Hobby Lobby. Used
a 40% coupon and scored it for about $15.

Here are the extra pieces I bought to give the table some height.

Sorry it's blurry. I marked off where I wanted to screw in
the little table legs

I predrilled some holes

Screwed in the legs

I spray painted the base.

Filped the pot over and aligned the base

Screwed the base into the bottom of the pot. I also
ran a line of epoxy along the bottom of the pot
for extra strength.

Flipped the pot (and base) upright. I placed my panel inside
the pot and dumped in my filler.

I also purchased some little plastic sticky cushions so the glass
doesn't rub on the top of the pot.

I'm thinking I might have to switch it out
for wine corks in the near future.

 This wasn't necessarily the cheapest project for a new side table but it's definitely something you won't see anywhere else.

Upcycling ~ Wine Bottles & Corks...... continued

I found these adorable trees on Twitter today and they seemed PERFECT for this blog.

Check out Donna's creativity on Facebook and follow her
Funky Junk Interiors blog for other great Christmas decorating tips

Upcycling ~ Wine Bottles & Corks

My latest craze... upcycling and vintage items. Most likely due to my genetics (my mom and grandma do the exact same thing) I've found myself keeping items over the years saying to myself, I could make something really fun out of this! Sometimes I do... sometimes I don't.

Don't get me wrong, I am NOT a hoarder. At this point in my life I'm finally able to look at these items and really ask myself; do I have a project in mind, is there room to store it somewhere and will I make the time to complete it. Ummm, well.... I'm starting with baby steps here.

So after all the Thanksgiving feasts I noticed a number of wine bottles sitting about and tried to find a few ideas. You can check out my Upcycle ~ Wine Bottles and Corks board on Pinterest. Otherwise most of them are below.

One of my favorite. Maybe it's because I love candles
but probably because I LOVE Grey Goose. :)

Wine Bottle Hurricanes

Home Tone has some creative ways to reuse Wine Bottles too.

Justina Blakeney also shows 12 ways to reuse bottles.
I'd loved to figure out how to make the hanging plants!

Cork Wreath

Dip them in Chalk paint. Decorate the bottles with a message
or table numbers. Also dip the bottom of your wine in the chalk paint. Your guest
can write their names on their own glasses.

Wit & Whistle's blog takes you through the steps of adding lights to bottles

A monogram cork! An easy gift to make for friends and family or make one for yourself.
greenisuniversal-reuse.com explains the simple steps.

Jaime walks you through the steps to create this adorable vase and
candle holder on her Crafty Scrappy Happy blog.

On A Yellow Bicycle blog they also have a few ideas for Bottle DIY projects.
I love this lantern and the tiki torch (below). Both are a must do before next spring

Bathmat made of Corks by Monica Ewing at houzz.com/

Get out your paint brushes and stencils.
I found both of these through Etsy

Another way to identify your drinking glasses from Craftzine

With instructions from Zero Waste Designs you can build a shelf

And if you don't have any painting, cutting or building skills there's even a few projects for you!

At Home Furnishings displays a beautiful centerpiece with various shapes
and sizes of bottles and tapered candles

And a few more centerpiece ideas from Curbly

If nothing else, use them as a border. Check out Trashy Wench: The Queen of Creative Reuse's
No Whine Wine Creations blog.

I'm realizing already people may start to think I have a small drinking problem if I do create all of these. Whoops. ;)