Decorate Your Table With Rope Covered Bottles via Glamour Magazine

Decorate Your Table With Rope Covered Bottles
via Glamour Magazine

Two years ago, around this time, Maxwell posted a solution to covering exposed pipes, especially steam pipes in the bathroom, with rope. It was an idea that we loved and we stored the technique in the back of our mind to use somewhere someday and not necessarily on a steam pipe (we don't have any in our current abode). That's why we cottoned to this idea while flipping through the January 2009 issue of Glamour. We've always loved the idea of covering a table with various bottles filled with single flowers. Here those plain bottles are tightly wrapped with rope, twine or ribbon for a pop of colour and texture...

Find rope, twine, ribbon or even shoelaces.
Starting at the bottom of your bottle or vase, anchor the end with a spot of glue.
Wrap material closely around your vessel, anchoring at various points with a spot of glue
Finish by gluing and tucking in the end, then clip and let dry.

While these bottles are wrapped in bright colours, we'd like a row of bottles covered in natural rope and white twine, filled with curly willow and hung with silver balls, for a festive and inexpensive centerpiece on a holiday table.

Comments (6)

I made something similar when I was a kid in art class.

posted by suzy8track on December 8th 2008 at 3:30pm
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Fun idea, and I love the color! I'll be linking to this in the Daily DIY.

posted by Rachel@oneprettything.com on December 8th 2008 at 4:39pm
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This looks like one of those horrid early 70's craft projects brought back to life.

posted by Daily Nuance on December 8th 2008 at 4:50pm
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"This looks like one of those horrid early 70's craft projects brought back to life."

Oh Yes - I remember doing this with a coffee can and yarn in gradeschool just before Xmas 1971...

posted by bepsf on December 8th 2008 at 5:42pm
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Abby, great idea for covering pop bottle sub-irrigation planters! I'll try it out by covering the bottom reservoir and the top planter section separately. That way you can still see the soil and root system by lifting the top from the bottom. We'll see what it looks like.

posted by Greenscaper on December 8th 2008 at 6:02pm
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I was just about to send you this article!!!!

posted by adriaashby on December 9th 2008 at 2:17pm
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