Create a Chic Wine Cork Board in 5 Easy Steps

Turn your stash of wine corks into a chic wine cork board! If you’ve got a boring cork board crammed with notes, it’s high time to give those little memos a trendy home. Follow the easy steps in this blog to create your own masterpiece!

A navy/white/pink cork board hanging on a wall with a pink post-it note that says create and two small tacks that look like little plants in white post for the blog post "Create a Chic Wine Cork Board in 5 Easy Steps".

5 Easy Steps to Create a Chic Wine Cork Board

Let’s get started with this fun and easy recycling project and use up some of those wine corks you have laying around your house!

Step 1 – Gather Your Supplies

a container to house your corks (a frame or a tray works well)
corks (tip: place the corks into your container so you know how many you’ll need)
acrylic paint (this project was made with three colors, but feel free to use more or less to fit your room decor)
glue (tacky glue works well for wood but if your container is non-porous, a “super” craft adhesive is a good choice; you can also use both tacky glue and hot glue)
a type of hanger (like thick twine or a sawtooth picture hanger depending on your container)

Wine corks sitting in a white tray flanked by acrylic paint in pink, white and navy, a bottle of glue, a paint brush a foam brush, and a hot glue gun, with an inset of the white tray filled with wine corks, for the blog post "Create a Chic Wine Cork Board in 5 Easy Steps".

Step 2 – Paint Your Corks

This tray holds 72 corks, so an even split between 4 colors worked well:

navy
pink
white
natural (unpainted)

Pro Tip: Start by choosing the corks you do not want to paint. Look for interesting designs or words. Then start painting the rest of the corks one color at a time.

Wine corks on a table in the process of being painted in white, navy and pink, with an inset of the painted corks mixed with natural corks, for the blog post "Create a Chic Wine Cork Board in 5 Easy Steps".

Step 3 – Paint the Container (optional)

The beauty with using things you find around your house or while thrifting is that you can transform them with a little paint. Paint your container if necessary or if the color doesn’t work for you. This tray was white, which works with almost any color scheme, so it was not painted.

Step 4 – Glue in Your Corks

It’s time to glue your corks down! Use a generous amount of glue to attach the corks to the bottom of your container. For this project, each cork was dipped into glue to cover the ends and one side, and then it was placed in the container.

Pro Tip: If you want to create a pattern or design with your colors, lay that out so you know where to place the corks once you start gluing.

Natural and painted wine corks in navy, pink and white, being glued into a white tray with a bottle of tacky glue, a paper plate with glue and a swab on it for the blog post "Create a Chic Wine Cork Board in 5 Easy Steps".

Step 5 – Attach Your Hanger

If you’re displaying your wine cork board on a wall, it’s time to attach a hanger. Thick twine was glued to the back of the tray for this project to give it some texture.

Other options to consider using are a chain or a leather strap. You could also attach a wire, sawtooth hanger or d-ring to the back of your container, especially if it’s wood.

A close up of a tray holding natural and painted wine corks in navy, pink and white, with twine, scissors and glue above it for the blog post "Create a Chic Wine Cork Board in 5 Easy Steps".

Now all that’s left to do is hang your finished wine cork board and attach some tacks and memos. Enjoy your finished piece and the feeling of accomplishment that comes with making something yourself!

When someone says “I love your cork board! Where did you get it?”, you can proudly say “I made it myself!”

A cork board made with natural, pink, navy and white wine corks, a dry erase memo board with a butterfly and floral paper, and a glass pen holder with a stenciled flower flanked by a blue mouse on a pink desk mat for the blog post "Create a Chic Wine Cork Board in 5 Easy Steps".

SUPPLY LIST:

CONTAINER (look for something like a tray or a frame)

WINE CORKS

PAINT (use as many colors as you’d like to coordinate with your decor)

PAINT BRUSHES

GLUE

HANGER for your cork board like twine or a chain and appropriate tools (i.e. scissors, screwdriver)

Check out HGTV’s version of a cork board, which is where the inspiration for this project came from.

I hope you have fun creating your own wine cork board and enjoy it for years to come!

If you enjoyed this project, check out how to make a handy dry erase memo board! I’d also love to have you join my email list for weekly newsletters with more ideas for creating sustainable home decor!

Sustainably yours,

Luana