Canadian Living – September 2019

CANADIAN LIVING SEPTEMBER 2019 | 63

PRODUCER CATHERINE THERRIEN | PHOTOGRAPHY VALERIE WILCOX

Be it the living room, the boudoir or the loo,

no space is complete without a convenient

catchall, like this chic handmade bin.

Wrapping the end of

the cord with twine

enhances the basket’s

relaxed esthetic.

MATERIALS

• SCISSORS • Natural-cotton TWINE • 100 feet of
⅜-inch natural-cotton BRAIDED CORD • Hot GLUE
GUN • 12-inch-diameter galvanized-metal BUCKET
(handles removed)

HOW TO

1 Cut a 1-foot length of twine; wrap it around

one end of the cord to prevent it from fraying.
Knot the twine to secure; trim the remainder.

2 To create the base of the basket, coil

the twine-wrapped end of the cord into a
disc, applying a thin strip of hot glue on
the inner side as you go. Continue coiling

and gluing until the base is as wide as the
bottom of the bucket.

3 Place the bucket on top of the cord base

(to serve as a guide to form the basket’s
shape). Working from the bottom up, wrap

the cord around the bucket, gluing each new
layer to the previous one as you go. Continue
wrapping and gluing until you reach the

top of the bucket; leave the last foot of cord
unglued. Carefully slide the bucket out.

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gluing. Cut a 1-foot length of twine; wrap

it around the cord’s end to prevent it from
fraying. Knot the twine to secure; trim

the remainder.

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