Stop Table Wobbles!

Tired of spilling coffee on your homework papers or laptop keyboard? Don't waste perfectly good napkins to stop the wobble. Stick a few of these cork discs in your backpack or pocket and use them to steady that shaky table.

The next time you open a bottle of wine, save that cork. Or, raid your friends' jar o' corks -- you know, the one they say is holding the corks for their next homemade bulletin board project.

You have a few options:

1. Cut all the way through and create lots of little discs, or
2. Cut almost all the way through and leave the discs attached to one another, or
3. Create a combo of 1 and 2.

I like option 2 because I can tear off the thickness that I need.

Tip: Rolling the cork a little as you saw through helps.

Put the cork discs in the bags you are most likely to carry to a cafe. I stick a few in my backpack and my purse. They are very small and lightweight, so I don't notice them until I need them.

The next time you're sitting at a wobbly table, take out a disc and place it under the table leg that seems to be lifting off the ground. It may take a couple seconds of experimenting, but you'll be able to figure out how thick the disc needs to be to make the table rock solid.