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They may look better in real life, but they look like my neighbor's dog has been there. Perhaps it would look better if they were placed upright and placed tightly together?

Looks like garbage.

Maybe if the corks were cut in half, or quarters.

ya, it looks like poo

This doesn't look very good but I do throw all my old corks in one of my planters and it looks cute. We had a TON of corks though so you couldn't see any dirt.

It just looks messy to me. Too much clutter.

I agree - Looks trashy

If you don't want to display your corks, they can be recycled and made into cork tiles. Check out the website for where to send them:

http://www.yemmhart.com/news /winecorkrecycling.htm

Can someone tell me again, what we need to save all the cork for? Is it good for plants? I mean, I did read that book about that cure by whosy-whatsy, you know? And I'm not being a real big jerk am I? To suggest you recognize that if you're having trouble finding a place to keep your leftover corks, it's because they're not that glamorous. I can't believe we're generating reasons not to throw away garbage. "Our first bottle of wine from our first date" SURE, keep it on a necklace for all I care. After that and a pile of corks, keeping them in jars and throwing them on the plants. Fill up your shoes with corks to save money on shoe trees. Display your rings on used wine corks. The possibilities are endless. A simulation is expressed at 9 minutes and 2 seconds.

Rupert, put the cork on the fork.

i like the chair, not the cork.

if you like it, go for it! i don't think its for me, but maybe if you do it in a more organized way you can post it and show us that it does look good. a few other options for reusing wine corks:

-wall covering
-ceiling covering
-homemade cork board

i, for one, do love the look of wine corks. not only do i like the connection to each bottle of wine you shared with people, but i love the look of them. each one is unique and there's a rustic, romantic feeling to a wall covered in them.

at my old place we had so many corks! we started just popping them in vases (which looked kinda cool for a little while), but before long we had three vases overflowing with corks. then we decided to put them around the door frame to the kitchen. you just cut them in half and they lay flat against the wall. it was really really pretty.

but using them as wall coverings and ceiling coverings work a lot easier with the space of a restaurant (see the walls of Yatai on Sunset, or the Ceiling of Bosc Kitchen and Winebar in Avon, Connecticut). All I know is that it wont work where i currently live, but maybe it will work in your place!