Anthropologie Gets Creative With Corks For Earth Day


Updated 04/14/11 3:23 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Anthropologie Cork Window Displays Celebrate Earth Day

If you've been shopping at Anthropologie lately, you might have noticed a jar on the checkout counter soliciting wine corks. As it turns out, the store clerks aren't hoarders, but they've been collecting those bottle stoppers for a special window display project to celebrate Earth Day (April 22). The bohemian retailer has teamed up with the Cork Forest Conservation Alliance (CFCA) to promote the Read more

DIY: Fabric Corkboards


Updated 03/25/11 3:01 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

DIY Fabric Covered Corkboards

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member srnewell from the Su Casa group: I recently made a couple of fabric-covered corkboards for my office re-do.  I started with some beautiful terra cotta geometric fabric.  I measured and lined up the fabric. I cut it to size and stapled the fabric tightly over the boards. After completing the fabric portion, I placed nail heads approximately one inch Read more

Trend Alert: Corky Accessories


Updated 08/11/10 5:03 PM · Posted by FabSugar · 4 comments

Cork Accessories For Fall

Did you know cork is a naturally sustainable, durable, and water-resistant material? Pretty cool. If that weren't reason enough to jump on corky accessories, then maybe their rad texture and light weight will sway you. Try it out — we love how Victoria Beckham paired her cork Louboutins with a fiery red dress. Eco-friendly and totally Fab? Win! Shop Read more

Transform Corks Into Cute Cardholders


Updated 05/25/10 11:40 AM · Posted by YumSugar · 1 comment

Use Recycled Wine Corks as Placecards or Food Labels

If you're one of those people who saves corks, here's a clever way to use them. I spied the idea at a local cheese shop, but this cute reuse of wine corks would work perfectly at any party or wedding. Here, the store cut a narrow slit halfway down a wine cork to turn it into a stand for a cheese label. Steal this strategy for identifying the foods on your buffet spread or to create DIY placecard Read more

Love It or Hate It? Cork Lampshade


Updated 03/19/10 11:05 AM · Posted by CasaSugar · 5 comments

Drum Pendant Lampshade Made of Cork

Do you have to tie a string around your pinky when a lightbulb goes off in your head? If I don't write my ideas down immediately, they are gone like the wind. Post-it notes are my saving grace and while I certainly stick them in odd places from time to time, this Cork Pendant Lampshade ($250) gives new meaning to a "lightbulb moment." The cork drum is intriguing, but I'm thinking it would be more Read more

DIY: Wine Cork Board


Updated 04/03/10 6:59 AM · Posted by CasaSugar · 7 comments

DIY Wine Cork Board

Cork is a versatile, sustainable, and quirky material, popping up on everything from ottomans to flooring, and of course, wine corks. My friend is going with a bit of a vino theme at her wedding this Summer, and decided to repurpose wine corks as a cork board and use it to pin place cards onto at the event. This clever memo board would look equally cute in the kitchen or bar in your Read more

Before and After: A Bare Bathroom Goes Modern


Updated 03/19/10 1:50 AM · Posted by CasaSugar · 12 comments

Before and After: A Bare Bathroom Goes Modern

Su Casa group member Rvarunnergal recently remodeled her bathroom, which as you can see, had simple builder-grade tiles beforehand. She says they wanted to make it more modern, so they added glass tiles to the shower and penny-size cork tiles on the floor. Want to see her bathroom in its updated form? Read more

Casa Quickie: Let Wine Lend a Hand


Updated 03/01/10 11:00 AM · Posted by CasaSugar · 0 comments

Alternative Use of Wine Cork

If you need a reason to justify all the glasses of wine you're consuming, consider the benefits a used up wine cork can offer. Instead of tossing the porous stopper into the recycling bin, reuse it in your own home. It turns out corks make fine knife cleaners. Next time your blades need a cleaning, send a cork in to do the job rather than a rough-sided sponge. Just run the edge of the knife Read more

Ask Casa: Rugs For My New Cork Floors


Updated 04/08/10 6:04 AM · Posted by CasaSugar · 4 comments

Ask Casa: Rugs For My New Cork Floors

Hi Casa, My husband and I just finished installing Algonquin Cork Flooring in our foyer, living room, and dining room on the first floor of our house. When he first brought it home, I didn't like the style, but now that it's down, it's so great! The problem is our rugs. We have one for each room, and I'm not concerned about the dining room rug because it's one neutral color. But the living room Read more

Casa Quickie: Steady Your Wobbly Table


Updated 01/15/09 4:00 PM · Posted by CasaSugar · 2 comments

Casa Quickie: Steady Your Wobbly Table

Are you guilty of tossing wine corks when you open a bottle? Instead of adding them to the waste stream, save those corks for something that won't give you dark circles under your eyes, deathly hangovers, or liver problems. Slice your wine corks into thin circles and use them to steady any wobbly legs of your dinner table. You can use a little wood glue to secure them to the leg itself. Make sure Read more