Construction Begins on Custom Wine Table!

I originally thought I wanted an old wine barrel to convert into a table for the sun room but the combination of not finding one reasonably priced and Josh being bored, (he always has to have a project) we decided to custom build a wine table.  More like, Leah design a table and Josh build it.  However, I am completely in charge of cork arrangement!

We looked at lots of bar height tables at different stores and online.  I even bought and returned one.  There is absolutely NOTHING available for purchase that remotely meets my criteria.  I want to have a shelf to place the laptop or ipad while charging.  This will also be convenient to grab it and surf the web or post on a blog while sitting at the new table in the sun room. I also want another shelf to place my Wine Spectator and Food & Wine Magazines.  The table also needs to go okay with our existing bar stools.

Since it is an original design, I am finally going to put all those bags of corks I've been saving for 6 years to good use! The top of the table is built to hold all the wine corks with a nice piece of glass on top of them.  I am also putting some of my champagne corks around the perimeter.  They have to each be cut to fit the depth that the regular wine corks are at.  (Pray no fingers get cut off in this process)!

This will be another great piece of custom furniture with so many memories built into it.  Each cork represents a conversation with good friends or a memorable meal.  I am so excited for it to be finished!

top of table, corks are not in the final arrangement yet.  I was making sure I had enough- I had to scrounge the kitchen for 5 more!

See how the champagne ones are taller, they each have to be cut down to match the height of the regular corks.

This is going to be a great conversation piece.  I can play games like- can you find the most disgusting wine ? That would be the one Duplin cork (NC Super Sweet Wine).  Can you find the most expensive wine? Chateau Montelena.  How many Cambria cork's are there? A LOT! Which cork is the happiest? The one with the smiley face :0)