Just finished!! 126 bottle storage

[SSF_Spirit]

This was a fun project..

I found this bookshelf/cabinet in really bad shape on the street in my neighborhood with a FREE sign on it. It had a nice granite countertop but it also had no doors, no shelves (but it had shelf holes on the far left and right sides), and no backing at all. I added new panels to the sides of each section to cover the shelf holes, cut a new panel for the back, then sanded it down to the bare wood and stained/poly'd it with mohagany. Then I used three Oenophilia Alexander 60 bottle racks that I had to cut down, and grind the sides to fit in the sections. I'll be able to use the scraps from those to build a 4 1/2 case rack !! (Another project, yeah !!) I found these racks on Zappos for $47 each, regularly over $100 on other sites, but they are gone now, sorry. Then I added rope lighting to the top and 'wow' that really added to the look.

What do you all think? The entire project for under $200 !!!

 

[dave1117]

Very nice!

 

[GreginND]

Great job! That looks fantastic. Amazing what people throw away.

 

[fishonline]

Beautiful!

 

[BobF]

Nice - and you recycled!

 

[ibglowin]

Dang what hood you hangin' out in that tosses granite countertops and the base........

Nice job on the redoo!

 

[ibglowin]

Never mind, San Fran...... LOL

 

[Pumpkinman]

Very Impressive!

 

[Throwback]

Very Nice!! Excellent job on remodel

 

[Runningwolf]

First off welcome to the forum! What kind of wine are you making? Now about the rack...want your money back? I'll take it! The rack is awesome, and a granite top to boot!

 

[bakervinyard]

Great looking rack. Like the lights, nice effect. Bakervinyard

 

[SSF_Spirit]

First off welcome to the forum! What kind of wine are you making? Now about the rack...want your money back? I'll take it! The rack is awesome, and a granite top to boot!

Thanks, I'm currently just learning about it, but hope to be in production early next year. It looks like a lot of fun.

 

[SSF_Spirit]

Never mind, San Fran...... LOL

That's South City !! : )

 

[SSF_Spirit]

Great looking rack. Like the lights, nice effect. Bakervinyard

Thanks, I thought about adding the lights literally seconds before I put the back on. It just hit me out of nowhere. This project kept changing every day since I first found the starter piece. I almost put some wine glass holders in the middle, but I like the result with wine only.

 

[millwright01]

Great job. That is fantastic.

 

[Rocky]

SSF Spirit, that is outstanding work. I like re-purposing materials but when I do it, I usually end up with comething that is clearly a re-do. Yours looks like it was made that way originally.

 

[winemaker_3352]

Very nice!!!

 

[Kraffty]

If that's just part of your preparations before getting into winemaking I'm predicting great wines will follow. Go So. City, I spent my first 10 years there, Mayfair Village, if it's still called that, and still have relatives with a house directly under the Industrial City Letters. Welcome
Mike

 

[SSF_Spirit]

If that's just part of your preparations before getting into winemaking I'm predicting great wines will follow. Go So. City, I spent my first 10 years there, Mayfair Village, if it's still called that, and still have relatives with a house directly under the Industrial City Letters. Welcome
Mike

That's by Orange Park, right? I live up in Serra Highlands. I hope to be making wine by next Feb.

 

[Kraffty]

That's the place, right across the street. Enjoy this forum, ask about anything and there's a 99% chance someone has been there done that and will share their knowledge.
Mike