Paint the cork letter in a colour of your choice. Make a cup of tea and leave to dry ... Once you have finished, lean your letters against a wall or stand them on a desk. Now you can pin all ...

Buy several extra tiles of each color just in case you make some cutting ... special-order dark cork strips. Avoid placing a border too close to the wall.

Surfing and cork are both big in Portugal,' he says. 'The inspiration for making the bench comes from seeing how they shape surf boards. The cork comes in big blocks and the idea was to make the bench ...