As was discussed on fulltimin's rebuild thread, DW and I decided to do some minor updates to the inside of our rig. First on the agenda was to replace some mirrors with a cork backsplash made from wine corks from bottles we have consumed.This is the original view of the area we are updating.and

We pried the mirrors off of the walls, then marked the edges where we wanted the corks to end with some blue painter's tape.thenWe taped some paper down to the countertop to prevent getting hot glue on the surface.

We started gluing corks that we had previously cut in half lengthwise to the wall. We started at the outer edge with full corks so that any cuts would be in the corner where they are least visible.We tried to avoid having corks from the same type of wine close to each other. We also tried to use corks of similar diameters in each row so that they remained relatively straight.It took us 3 days to glue up the 520 cork halves required to cover the space.It took 19 corks across the back and 7 corks on the side to complete a row. There are 20 rows of corks. Since the wall finish is light, any areas which would be exposed between corks (since they ae not perfectly rectangular) were colored black with a Sharpie.

Here is the final product. We feel that it is a big improvement as neither DW or I liked all the mirrors on the walls.BeforeAfterWhen I stated that it took 3 days, I did not mean that we worked on this continuously for 3 days. We took lots of breaks for other activities. I did not keep track of the total number of hours, but I would estimate that it was about 15 hours total from start to finish, not counting the time spent cutting corks in half.Next up.....Replacing the mirrors in the kitchen backsplash with Smart Tiles.

Very nice but my wine comes in a box! lol

Good job. Back in the 60s we wallpapered one wall with boone's farm labels. The fun part was emptying the bottles, was it the same for you?

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STBRetired
Explorer
Jan 15, 2019
We started gluing corks that we had previously cut in half lengthwise to the wall. We started at the outer edge with full corks so that any cuts would be in the corner where they are least visible.

We tried to avoid having corks from the same type of wine close to each other. We also tried to use corks of similar diameters in each row so that they remained relatively straight.

It took us 3 days to glue up the 520 cork halves required to cover the space.It took 19 corks across the back and 7 corks on the side to complete a row. There are 20 rows of corks. Since the wall finish is light, any areas which would be exposed between corks (since they ae not perfectly rectangular) were colored black with a Sharpie.
STBRetired
Explorer
Jan 15, 2019
We pried the mirrors off of the walls, then marked the edges where we wanted the corks to end with some blue painter's tape.

then

We taped some paper down to the countertop to prevent getting hot glue on the surface.

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