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Having
Difficulty Choosing Wine Rack Plans To Build Your Own Wine
Rack?
By
Celine YongWhen
you decide to build your own wine
rack, you can either select ready-made wine rack plans, or choose to
design and
build your own wine rack. Either way, the entire process can be both
fun and
bewildering. On one hand, you want to build a wine rack that really
suits your
own needs. On the other hand, you can't help being swamped by the
immense
design possibilities.
To
cut down on confusion when browsing through
wine rack plans to build your own wine rack, carefully consider the
exact or
likely items to be stored, and the space that the finished wine rack
will
occupy. When
going through your wine rack plans, note
the dimensions such as wine bottles, wine cases and wine glasses to be
stored.
In
many cases when you build your own wine rack,
you can’t be exactly sure what your finished wine rack will hold. In
that case,
it would be wise to choose a wine rack plan that builds in as much
flexibility
as possible, or at least some form of flexibility. incorporating
drawers and cabinets of different dimensions.
Drawers
provide great storage because they’ll
hold so many different items while keeping them clean and accessible,
but out
of sight. Cabinets are easy to build and can be used to display your
collections if you don’t install
doors.
Designing To Fit A
Particular
Space
If
you design and build your own wine rack to
suit a particular space, you’ll want to fit the space visually. When
you work
on your wine rack plans, be careful not to span the entire space
available. Do
leave a bit of room on either side and above to create a visual frame
of sorts.
Often, you may want to match existing cabinetry, such as a wine cabinet
cabinetry, such as building a wine cabinet to serve as a dedicated base
cabinet that
matches the style of your kitchen or living room.
When
you build your own wine rack, you can
sometimes borrow design elements from a nearby piece of furniture, such
as a
particular edging profile or door frame treatment. As part of your wine
rack
plan, you can personalize your wine rack further by “signing” it with
your
own custom wood pulls or faux
finish.
Allowing For Future
Expansion Don’t forget to plan ahead,
especially if you
have more than
one wine collector in the family! You may think you’ll never buy more
than 48
bottles of wine at a single shot when you first build your own wine
rack. Uh
huh. In any case, incorporate some extra (preferably a lot more) space
from the
start. And preferably whether you choose from ready-made wine rack
plans or
come up with your own wine rack plans, choose a design that
still looks great as you add more units.
How to Dress
Up Your Wine Rack
Do
you know that when you build your own wine rack, you can make it look
really expensive and classy?
You can dress up your wine rack
relatively inexpensively by using veneer. In case you didn’t know, wood
veneer
is real
wood!
Veneer is a thin slice of wood cut from
a log with a slicing, peeling,
or sawing machine. It is used on plywood, fine furniture, and laminated
shapes
for decorative and architectural purposes. Before a log is cut
into veneer, it is often steamed or soaked in a
bath of very hot water.
This “cooking” process
softens the log so that veneers can be sliced
without tearing and splitting. After the veneer is sliced, it’s pressed
flat
between heated platens and bundled into stacks in the same order that
it was removed from the log.
Veneer opens a
whole new world of woodworking to even the most
experienced craftsperson. With an exotic veneer, simple wine rack
projects can
be turned into works of art. In fact, a highly figured veneer can often
be the
qualifying characteristic that makes one wine rack project stand well
above the rest.
Veneer gives you a unique
opportunity to work with some of the most
beautiful and exotic woods in the world without having to dip into your
retirement account. Wood veneer has several distinct advantages over
solid lumber
that can’t be overlooked. For example, veneering allows you to match an
exposed
back panel to its case wood without having to buy an entire piece of
expensive
hardwood plywood. It is these advantages that have brought the art of
veneering into most professional cabinet and
furniture shops.
The good news is that with the
right tools, veneering is relatively easy
and it’s now becoming a mainstream technique used by weekend warriors
to turn
even the most mundane wine rack projects into heirloom quality
masterpieces. Celine
Yong is a wine and DIY enthusiast living in Singapore. She can
show you how to build a wine rack in less than four hours by choosing
from
twelve wine rack plans and more than twenty wine rack designs! Visit http://www.howtomakeawinerack.com
to subscribe for free to her 4-part mini-course worth $37. In addition,
subscribers will also receive a free wine rack plan. Celine also has
her own
wine blog at http://www.howtomakeawinerack.com/blog
sharing tips on pairing food and wine, wine making and tasting.
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