Wine a little

As a lover of wine, I thought it would be fun to incorporate bottles into my home decor. At first, I soaked empty bottles in water to easily remove the labels. Then for a long time I just displayed the bottles on the table. But I knew I wanted something more out of them. I found this awesome project on another blog. The project incorporated paint (which is my very favorite thing!).

1. Paint/spray paint bottles white. I actually decided to use beer bottles as well so that my boyfriend wouldn't feel left out when I displayed or favorite beverage containers.

2. Create a square template and spray exposed area with chalkboard paint. The template I created was cut from part of a box. I purchased the chalkboard spray paint from Home Depot for around $4. Remember to cover the entire area of the bottle that will not be sprayed with chalkboard paint...definitely remember this step, otherwise you will have to start all over...not that this happened to me or anything :).

3. Take off template and examine your work.

4. Touch up with white paint if you are trying to get something that resembles a square. The objects hanging out between the bottles were so the bottles didn't roll over...that would have been bad.

5. Use chalk to write a fun or loving message on the bottles, and display! FYI: chalk is very hard to find these days. Try Michaels.

These white bottles would really pop on a non-white wall. Good thing I am moving next week into a place that has been painted something non-white. Stay tuned to see pictures of my new place!