I cut them in rings, flatten them , glued them, painted them and finally hanged them! http://bisozozo.blogspot.com/

I had my sons old crib and decided to make it into a rustic bench.I had no plans just an idea in my head. So I framed it up and laid some boards all around and lots of nails and screws and lastly made some homemade chalk paint. once dry I then gave it a couple coats of wax.You can see more of this at http://simplysimplisticated4.blogspot.com