As promised, here are some more pictures of my wine making area in the basement... (to see how it looked before, go back to the first post within this topic)...
This photo is after building the microwave cabinet and the under-counter cabinet for storing carboys, primary fermenters and other wine-making essentials:
This photo is after adding the cabinet doors and after the granite countertops and backsplash were installed (the countertop is one piece). The sink isblack granite and is 24" wide x 22" front to back and 10" deep. It has a pull-out faucet with a long hose and all this sure made it easy to rinse carboys, buckets and other stuff. Putting in 4 under-counter lights and 4light cans in the ceiling helped brighten up things considerably.
At this point I thought everything was completed:
As I said, I thought I was finishedat this point. After completing all this on Friday (02/15) my wife and I were sitting there looking at it and she said that it would look really good with some of the diamond/x-style wine racks above it.
We put a mirror behind the middle section and added some glass hangers/holders. NOW, it is finished (I think)...
Here's what we came up with:
This area works really well for me now. I bottled 60 bottles this weekend - Mosti Amarone Mondiale with Raisins and Swiss Chocolate Almond Port ( the Port in Bellissima bottles). I started a Mosti Pinot Noir and a Fantazia kit yesterday. It was so nice being able to do everything in one place. The old sink (a little bar sink) was so small I had to take a lot of stuff upstairs to the kitchen to clean and rinse). Then I had 2 areas to clean up. Now I just have the one and everything is pretty much together so I don't have to run up and down the stairs constantly...
Edited by: tcb54
This photo is after building the microwave cabinet and the under-counter cabinet for storing carboys, primary fermenters and other wine-making essentials:
This photo is after adding the cabinet doors and after the granite countertops and backsplash were installed (the countertop is one piece). The sink isblack granite and is 24" wide x 22" front to back and 10" deep. It has a pull-out faucet with a long hose and all this sure made it easy to rinse carboys, buckets and other stuff. Putting in 4 under-counter lights and 4light cans in the ceiling helped brighten up things considerably.
At this point I thought everything was completed:
As I said, I thought I was finishedat this point. After completing all this on Friday (02/15) my wife and I were sitting there looking at it and she said that it would look really good with some of the diamond/x-style wine racks above it.
We put a mirror behind the middle section and added some glass hangers/holders. NOW, it is finished (I think)...
Here's what we came up with:
This area works really well for me now. I bottled 60 bottles this weekend - Mosti Amarone Mondiale with Raisins and Swiss Chocolate Almond Port ( the Port in Bellissima bottles). I started a Mosti Pinot Noir and a Fantazia kit yesterday. It was so nice being able to do everything in one place. The old sink (a little bar sink) was so small I had to take a lot of stuff upstairs to the kitchen to clean and rinse). Then I had 2 areas to clean up. Now I just have the one and everything is pretty much together so I don't have to run up and down the stairs constantly...
Edited by: tcb54
