Old Window Turned Wine Cork Board

With a new year upon us, I'm really feeling the itch to get more organized. Before starting this blog, I was the queen of organization. I try to keep up now, but it seems like I am constantly throwing things around, or starting one project, then something else pops in my head and I run off and start that.

Well, no more! I am getting myself organized, starting with my desk. I really need a place to pin notes and appointment reminders, plus a few pics of my kiddos. I have seen some really cute bulletin boards, but since I found some old windows this summer, I have been dying to turn it into a unique cork board. I saved up some wine corks, and had a friend who owns a restaurant save theirs as well, and as of yesterday, I finally had enough to turn my old window into a wine cork board!

During the Summer, I took a trip to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore...what an amazing place! It's a store full of used furniture, light fixtures, shutters, doors, windows...and lots more.

I was there looking for an old shutter. I found one for $3 and it was the perfect addition to my Aqua and White Breakfast Nook. Then, I saw these amazing old windows. I had no idea what I would use them for, but at $2 each, I had to grab some up. I used one to make a Faux Stained Glass Window, but had two left.

I painted the wood white before adhering the corks, that way you can mess up and it won't even matter!

I started with one pane. I laid the corks down in a pattern and counted to see how many I would need for the other panes. Each pain required 54 wine corks...shewwww, that's a lot of wine! I hot glued each cork into place.

Then I found my box of tacks that I picked up at The Dollar Tree and hot glued them onto the backs of some old buttons. I mean, with a cork board this cute, you can't just throw some lame tacks on it, right?

So, what do you think? Cute, right?

I placed my new wine cork board on the back of my Beachy Blue Desk Painted With Home-made Chalk Paint. I love the look! Now, time to move on to organizing the rest of my house...ugh!

So...are you itching to get more organized? Leave a comment telling me what you would like to see next, and maybe we can get organized together!

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