Wine racks

[smeacs]

So while ago at a Korean restaurant in Adelaide I showed Buzzard some pictures of a wire rack I built for myself do which we responded that I should post some pics. Any way I have finally got around to putting some pictures up as requested.

The basic story was I needed a wine rack and Ikea didn’t really create the feel I wanted so with some encouragement from a mate I built it myself.

 

[wooley]

Very nice!

How did you attach the staves through the centre? 90 degree brackets underneath?

 

[samh004]

It looks nice, if not a little unstable with the bottles able to freely roll?

FWIW we went with the Ikea rack years ago.

 

[moa999]

BOth look a little better than some of my cheaper chinese racks that are a flat front with a hole drilled to fit the bottle
(that unfortunately does not fit any of the larger diameter bottles around - about 30% by experience)

 

[TomVexille]

That looks very nice

 

[smeacs]

Very nice!

How did you attach the staves through the centre? 90 degree brackets underneath?

Thanks, all the shelves are original timber from the parts of the barrel that was cut out and hence are curved. Each stave/shelf was cut to Jam into the barrel and except for the top one they more or less hold their own weight against the sides of the barrel. I have then put screws in the underside and back to fully secure them. This picture might help.

it was quite a challenge.

 

[smeacs]

It looks nice, if not a little unstable with the bottles able to freely roll?

Yes you have to be a bit careful when you want to take the middle bottle.

Well your Ikea one can at least hold more than 40 bottles.

 

[samh004]

Well your Ikea one can at least hold more than 40 bottles.

Indeed. It's never been full but got close a few times before a lot of drinking. I think the particular style we have ended up being discontinued unfortunately. It's bulky and heavy but solid and thanks to a bottle break a few years ago we have a pine/red wine smell all year round

That said, it's not as much a showpiece as yours. Our cellar is in a back room. You're could be on display in a main room.

 

[RB]

Smeacs, I like your work. I took this photo when we visited a vineyard in the Douro Valley. Maybe some ideas there-if you can zoom in, at the back on the left there is an open rack & to the right of that is a "swinging door"

 

[smeacs]

That said, it's not as much a showpiece as yours. Our cellar is in a back room. You're could be on display in a main room.

Yes it very much is a showpiece although I live in a share house of 5 guys so it doesn't take much to be a showpiece.

That Douro Valley furniture look good.