DIY Recycled Wine Bottle Torch

I was reading through some old tweets and found this link that took me to Gerardot & Co's blog where they posted this Design for Life: Recycled Wine Bottle Torch. I love anything that has you recycling something into something new and useful. Now that we are getting into fall, you might not be able to use it for long but I thought I would share this post with you. They say it only cost about $5 to make and its a great way to recycle your wine bottles. A few different colors of bottles around the yard would look so lovely.

Isn't this pretty? Photos courtesy of Gerardot & Co.

1. Empty Wine Bottle (You can use any bottle you like as long as it’s glass and the neck is 1” in diameter. Be clever!)
2. Teflon Tape 1/2”
3. Copper Top Plate Connector (threaded for 3/8”-16 thread rod)
4. 1” Split Ring Hanger (threaded for 3/8”-16 thread rod)
5. 1/2” x 3/8” Copper Coupling
6. 1/2” Copper Cap
7. Two Hex Nuts (threaded for 3/8”-16 thread rod)
8. Two #10 x 1” Zinc Plated Wood Screws (if your mounting it to wood)
9. 3/8”-16 Zinc Plated Threaded Rod (I bought a 3’ rod and cut it down to 8, 4-1/2” rods with a hacksaw.)
10. Tiki Replacement Wick
11. Torch Fuel (For safety reasons, only use fuel made specifically for outdoor torches. i.e. Tiki brand)