(upbeat music) - So did the holiday season
and election year leave you feeling a bit empty?
Well you're in luck, because today we're gonna
show you a variety of ways to reuse those
otherwise fruitless wine bottles.
Make your own floating wine bottle holder with just
a piece of scrap wood and a handful of tools.
Start with a piece of hardwood board roughly 15 inches long
by three or four inches wide, the easiest way is to measure
in about an inch from one end of the board
and cut at a 27 degree angle with a chop saw,
from the other end of the plank, measure a line
three and one eighths inches from the top and drill a hole
in the center using a one and a half inch spade drill bit.
Use sandpaper to smoothen out the center of the hole,
and all the surfaces on the board as best you can.
Now place your bottle holder on a flat surface
and put the mouth of the bottle through the hole
so that the slanted foot of the board is directly
under the body of the bottle.
It might take a little bit to adjust the location
of the neck and the body to give it the balance,
but balance it will, nothing will impress
your vino-loving friends more than a wine bottle
floating above your table.
You can make your own tiki torch with just
a handful of ingredients, start by filling up
an empty wine bottle with torch fuel,
then take a half inch by three eighths inch copper coupling
and wrap threadseal tape around the base
several times, which will allow it to fit
securely to the bottle neck opening.
Now feed a lamp wick, or replacement tiki wick,
through the copper reducer, and top it off
with a half inch copper cap.
Whether you mount your new tiki torch to a post
or simply place it on the table, you should do so outdoors.
After each use, simply cap it off to keep the wick dry.
While it may not look as classy as some
of the commercial ones, it still looks pretty cool
and should help keep the bugs at bay.
Make a chic modular shelving unit with some
empty wine bottles, scrap wood, and a little ingenuity.
Start with a plank of wood and measure two inches in
from each corner, and mark where
they meet at all four corners.
Double check that your marks are spaced evenly
before using a spade drill bit to carefully cut out
your holes, repeat this process for all four corners.
Your shelf should look something like this,
now get yourself a second plank of wood
and a couple turnbuckle hooks and S hooks.
Measure each board's depth and mark the center
two inches in from the edge on both ends,
this is where you'll screw in your S hooks on both ends
of the lower shelves and secure tightly with pliers.
Place a wine bottle in each corner,
preferably all the same height, shape and size.
Now carefully place the upper shelf on top,
allowing the necks of the bottles to pass
through the holes, once the shelf is resting on the necks
of the bottles and the bottles sit flush
with the lower shelf, attach a turnbuckle to the S hooks
and tighten up thoroughly to secure everything in place.
It really is a lot easier than it seems,
and for added stability and traction,
you can also add corks as stoppers.
Place your finished product wherever you see fit,
and put it to good use, what you're left with is a pretty
stylish rack made from wine bottles and scrap wood.
Make your own custom home accent lighting with just
an empty wine bottle of your choice and a bottle lamp kit.
Start by placing a bottle on a towel on its side.
It's not necessary, but if you want to hide the cord,
you'll need a glass and tile drill bit to slowly
drill a hole through the base of the bottle.
Use a small piece of masking tape to prevent
your drill bit from sliding off the mark.
This may take a few minutes, but what you're left with
is a clean cut, now feed the wire cables
into the bottom hole sand through the bottlneck opening,
just enough to assemble the two wires
to the terminal screws, place the shell over
the socket interior and snap securely into the socket cap.
Just add a lightbulb, plug the cord into the outlet,
and you're ready to go, you can dress up your light
with a lampshade and brighten any room
with your new homemade wine bottle lamp.
Have you ever misplaced your rolling pin
or simply don't have one?
An empty wine bottle's perfectly round shape and long body
make it a great substitute for a rolling pin.
Preferably you want to remove the bottle's label
and wash the outside to disinfect it,
but we skip that step for demonstration purposes.
Sprinkle in some flour and then roll out the dough
by keeping your hands on the edges of the bottle's body
and pressing down firmly as you slowly
rotate the bottle, it's as simple as that.
Add festive cheer to an up-cycle wine bottle
with simple floor lights and a piece of tape.
Get yourself a nine foot strip of LED stone lights
from your local hardware store and simply feed it
into an empty bottle, these submersible lights add beautiful
illumination to floral arrangements and wall decor.
With just a small piece of Scotch tape,
attach the battery operated switch to the top
of a wine bottle and turn it into a decor accent
that'll create the perfect mood or ambiance in your home.
There are countless ways to up-cycle wine bottles,
with nearly a billion gallons of wine consumed
last year in the US alone, there should be
plenty of wine bottles to choose from.
Let us know your favorite uses for wine bottles.
Thanks for watching, we'll see you next time.