How a Wine Cork and a Glass Pan Lid Make a Good Pair

by Gabi Ralea

7 Materials

15 Minutes

Easy

I have a lot of wine corks waiting for a new DIY project. A few minutes of thinking in the middle of my kitchen, and I knew what I had to do. I gave up the usual holders for my glass pan lids and used wine corks instead.
Now they look so lovely that I fell in love with the result of this DIY project developed with absolutely no cost at all!

how a wine cork and a glass pan lid make a good pair

This step is optional, but in case you take it, it has to be the first thing to do. If you decorate your knobs like I did, get a sharp thin marker and draw on the wine cork patterns like the one you see above or anything else at your choice.

Whatever you choose about design, you still need to protect your knob from steam and humidity, so apply a good coat of varnish all over it, then let it dry.

In the meantime, unscrew the old holder from the lid and clean the surface that has been covered by it.

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Place the washer on the inner side of the lid, then screw the wood screw through the hole, to the other side.

Turn the cork upside down, and mark the center of it. Place the wood screw (with the lid attached) in the center and gently screw it until it stops drilling through the knob.

Don't push it too hard, or you might break it!

This is it! It's so easy you could change all the holders in minutes, isn't it?! Click on the link below to see more pictures of this pretty project that I've made with no cost at all.

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Wine cork (reclaimed)
Glass pan lid
Wood screw 3/4 of the cork long
Washer in the same size as the screw
Varnish (to protect the cork from getting wet while cooking)
Screwdriver
Optional - thin marker

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Bh.10110350 on Oct 08, 2016
dishwasher safe?

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Hilary Milner on Oct 09, 2016
Are the lids strong enough to pick up if you say that you may accidentally split the cork when attaching?

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Lju15084778 on Dec 02, 2016
Could you use wooden thread spools for this project?

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Bun10605347 on Feb 23, 2023

Cute decorations but cooking would ink print come off in steam from lid. Is the cork treated with a chemical that when heated becomes chemical mist and get absorbed into food. I like the idea have a few glass pan lids I’m using for a wall project the cork would go with kitchen grapes and wine decor

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Gabi Ralea on Feb 23, 2023

I used mine for years now, the ink stays on. I guess is the type of ink that matters. I used permanent markers for painting the corks, and it wears pretty well.

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