Now that Mike has his own "man cave" in our third bedroom, he insisted on getting a dart board. But we didn't want a ton of holes in our walls from poorly aimed darts (we'd like our security deposit back when we move out). So he decided to create a dart board surround out of wine corks. I'm ashamed to admit that we did drink most of these bottles ourselves, including some from our first trip together to cherry wine country in Michigan. But we also got a few from Mike's grandpa.
The process was fairly simple. Mike cut a piece of plywood to the desired dimensions (approximately 24" wide by 30" tall). Then he cut four pieces of molding at 45 degrees to line the edges and create enough depth for the corks to sit in.
After he nailed the trim to the plywood base, Mike filled in the center with corks in a parquet type pattern. He dry fit them before gluing them down with Gorilla wood glue. He did have to shave the edges off of some corks to get them to fit properly. A screw was attached near the middle of the plywood to hang the dartboard from.
The glue holds the corks down well enough that even when a dart gets lodged in one, the dart easily pulls free without the cork detaching from the board. I would know since I hit the corks more often than I hit the dart board!
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