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Your Foolproof
Guide To Understanding The Types And Uses Of Different Wine Rack Plans
By
Celine Yong
Many
wine enthusiasts have developed a new-found interest: building wine
racks. Besides browsing through printed and online catalogues for the
best wine deals, wine enthusiasts are now constantly on the lookout for
DIY wine rack plans. Nothing
else comes close to the immense satisfaction of savouring your
favourite wines that have been allowed to age to their fullest
potential on the wine rack that you have built from scratch! What's
more, what a great conversation piece your homemade wine
rack makes when family and friends drop by to visit. Wine
enthusiasts are so fortunate these days. There are so
many wine rack
plans available to choose from that wine enthusiasts are spoilt for
choice. Any beginner or seasoned woodworker is sure to find a wine rack
plan with a design and capacity that will meet his or her
needs. As
there are so many different types of DIY wine rack plans available, how
can one be certain that the wine rack plan he or she chooses will meet
his or her needs?
Below
is a detailed and foolproof guide to
understanding the types and uses of different wine
rack
plans::
Counter Top / Table Top
Wine Rack
PlansTable top wine racks are great
space-savers.
They usually provide a more decorative function and they
typically
add an accent to the room while providing an area to store wine. These wine
racks are suitable for smaller
wine collections ranging from 1 to 12
bottles. As such, these
wine racks readily provide a few bottles of wine easily at hand
for regular drinking or entertaining small
groups.
Space Fillers /
Corner Wine Rack PlansThere
may be a case where you could have an unused
oven or microwave space in the kitchen. You can make efficient use of
this space by fitting it with a lattice wine rack. You could even add
wine glass rails to display your stemware. You may also be
having some unused corner space in your wine room or wine
cellar. This space could be fitted with a corner wine rack, wine pillar
or any wine rack with a shapely design that will fit into
almost any corner of the room. There are a variety of woods to
choose from. With the appropriate stains and paints, you'll have
the opportunity to custom blend these wine racks into the
design of your wine room or cellar.
Wine
Furniture
/ Wine Rack Table PlansThese wine rack
plans are suitable if you are looking to store small to
medium-sized wine
collections.Wine
furniture includes wine rack tables, wine rack cabinets and wine towers
which can double up as
the focal showcase piece in a room as well as serve as
a storage solution for one's wine collection. Wine rack tables
are
typically decorative in nature and can be used for regular drinking or
entertaining small groups. Wine rack tables can be used not just to
show off your favourite wines, they can also be filled with
theme-appropriate accessories such as stemware or sterling silver wine
openers. You can even put your favourite potted plant or flowers to add
to the overall aesthetic appeal.
Wine Tower / Wine Rack
Cabinet
PlansThese wine rack plans are best suited for
small to medium-sized wine
collections. These wine racks will typically be
equipped with a solid wood door on the lower part and
upper doors made of glass for easy viewing.The upper portion is used to
showcase your favourite wines, stemware and other accessories. The
cabinet portion is used to store drinkable wine
as well as wine bottles and wine cases which you wish to keep for a
considerable period of
time.
Floor
Wine
Rack PlansFloor wine racks can be used as
decorative
pieces as well
as
storage for small to very large wine collections. They can
also be modular or stackable to cater to a growing wine collection.
Floor wine
racks are a great alternative to wall mounted wine racks if
the
walls are not ideal for attaching wall mounted furniture. In addition,
floor wine racks can easily be used to complement surrounding pieces of
furniture by applying the appropriate finish and colour.
Multifunctional Wine
Rack Plans Multifunctional wine racks include
wine carts and trolleys. They are
usually fitted with wheels to allow you
to
easily move wine and
other items from the kitchen to other rooms or even outdoors with ease
when entertaining guests. Wine glass racks can also be fitted to
display your favourite stemware. Another example of a multifunctional
wine
rack would be to incorporate it in a kitchen island for the purpose of
saving space as well. These wine racks usually come with drawers to
conveniently store wine accessories such as wine openers and
corkscrews.
Stackable
and
Modular Wine Rack Plans
These wine
racks are extremely flexible and are suitable for use in the wine
cellar as well as in the wine room, in just about any residential or
commercial setup. Modular or stackable wine racks give you an extremely
cost-effective option to start
small and easily add to your collection as it grows and expands. As
these wine racks are stackable, they allow you to make the most
efficient use of your space. Dimly lit dead space such as under the
stairs can now be turned into efficient wine storage space with the
installation of these modular wine racks. Due to their modular nature,
these wine racks vary in size and are able to
hold anywhere from 20 to
more than 100 bottles of wine from your collection.
These
stackable or modular wine racks can be further classified into two
categories: those that store bottles in single compartments and those
that store multiple bottles in one area. The multiple bottle storage
arrangement allows you to store multiple bottles of wine in one
location. However, with this system, it is harder to find the exact
bottle of wine that you want. Therefore this arrangement is useful for
stocking many bottles of the same wine. Single label storage will take
up more space, but it makes it much easier to find the exact wine
bottle that you want. This arrangement is therefore useful if you have a
wine
collection that comprises of many varieties each with relatively low
number of bottles.You can designate each compartment or shelf
clearly labelled for
each variety for ease of management.
Wall Mounted
Wine Rack PlansWall mounted wine racks are
great space
savers and
allow
you to display your wine collection in the best possible light while
preserving your wine. Some wall mounted wine racks cradle
the entire bottle, evenly distributing its weight while others are
designed to hold the bottles by inserting the neck of the bottle into a
padded hole in the wall mounted wine rack. This latter design makes it
easier to read the labels and remove the wine bottles from the wine
rack. Each wall
mounted wine rack is not likely to hold more than 6 to 12 bottles of
wine. Be sure to screw the wine rack to a wall stud and not sheetrock.
Also, make sure that the wall mounted wine rack is not mounted
in a place that is excessively hot or exposed to excessive light and
sun. Wall mounted wine racks are relatively easy to build. You can
expand your wine collection by adding more wall mounted wine racks side
by side each securely screwed on.
When selecting a wine rack plan,
choose a plan that is based on the size of your wine storage space.
Also, determine if you are placing the wine rack in a walk-in wine
cellar or a wine room. Based on the quantity, composition and intended
use of your wine collection, you can then determine which wine rack
plan best suits your needs.
You can choose any
form of wine rack to house your wine collection. Whichever wine rack
plan you select, it must hold the two most important elements of
construction: the size of the wine bottles you want the wine rack to hold,
and the wine rack must hold the bottles slightly downward so that the
cork stays moist. The sole purpose of the wine rack you build is to
hold your wine, keep it safe and drinkable. After that, how it looks is entirely a personal choice.
There is a
very comprehensive collection
of wine rack plans that provide step-by-step instructions to
help you build all the different types of wine racks as described
above. These wine rack plans
are so easy-to-follow that whether you are a beginner or a seasoned
woodworker, you'll be able to build
your own wine rack, start to finish, in less than 4 hours! Click here for more detailed
information.
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