With a red china marker and a ruler, I sketched out a line that would divide the pineapple along the proverbial equator. It was clear that the two pieces were only glued together, and it popped off quite easily (something you should know if you’re going to buy this decor and expect it to be solidly constructed). Fun idea, awesome in execution, thank you Pete.Īt home, I started by popping the pineapple stem off of the base with a x-acto knife. In response, Pete suggested that I try cutting the pineapple in half with the wet saw and then filling both halves with cement to create a heftier piece. As I wishy-washied over A and B to Pete (who was cradling the pineapple in the passenger seat on the way home), I was a little envious that my bookends wouldn’t have that same cute-factor that bookends that some bookends have (for example: the front half of a Dachsund and the back half of a Dachsund, the front half of a cow, the back half of a cow, etc). Plan C was a little bit of both and then some. Plan B was to fill the pineapple with cement by funneling it in through the access hole in the base of the fruit with this plan, it would be heavier and possibly capable of supporting leaning books without the addition of a wooden base. Plan A, as in the plan that popped into my brain the moment I saw this fruit shelved in the store, was to leave the pineapple whole and untouched but perhaps mounted to a L-shaped piece of wood stained dark brown to form a more traditional bookend. A fun alternative to the classic store-bought bookends, and a new way to look at your ceramic tsotchkies, this project was a fun one and ended on a good note.
The cost? $13, thanks to Michael’s having a 40% off sale (originally $21.99).
I bought a ceramic pineapple because I liked it. This latest DIY project made my mouth water, despite it not being constructed using a real pineapple or even anything fragrant and juicy, but I digress. I sit here downing some canned pineapple as I write this post.
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