Unexpected New Uses for Kitchen Items

Wine Bottles or Corks

• Use as bookends: A pair of bottles, with or without the contents, can hold a small library together.
• Organize jewelry: Poke stud earrings into a cork and toss it in your travel bag.
• Replace a rolling pin: Roll piecrust or pizza dough flat with a wine bottle.
• Keep your boots up: Slide bottles into boots when storing them so they keep their shape and stand up straight.
• Pack party favors: Send dinner guests home with some of your special sauce or cocktail mix in rinsed-out bottles; replace the labels with decals if you like.
• Secure your supplies: Cap an X-Acto knife with a wine cork.
• Stop scratches: Slice corks into disks and glue them to the bottoms of furniture or heavy pottery to protect delicate floors.