My brother came to me with a request: he wanted a wall-mounted bottle opener. He found the metal bottle opener itself and needed help making an attractive base for it.
I bought the shield-shaped plaque at Jo-Ann, but I wasn’t sure what else to do with it. And then I remembered this iron Abraham Lincoln head I found a while back at an antique mall. It hadn’t yet found a purpose, so it was time to give Abe a job.
But before I put it together, I texted my brother a mock-up photo and his response was “Ummmm…..I would love that!!!!” But really, who wouldn’t love an Abe Lincoln bottle opener?
I painted the plaque a deep navy and the border with some metallic paint. I mixed silver and gold together to make a kind of dirty silver tone that would match the patina of the bottle opener.
After that, it was just a little bit of E-6000 adhesive to glue on the metal pieces. Two long screws will go into the holes in the bottle opener and into a wall stud for extra sturdiness. Now it’s ready for some beer action!
