Build Your Own Wine Rack

How to Make Your Own Wine Rack

Sure, and it may be easy task for anyone to go and buy a wine rack, you don't even need to leave your house, but if you really want a sense of self satisfaction, then why not try your hand at making your very own wine rack? There are a lot of great design plans out there for you to follow, some are obviously easier than others, but most of them are clear enough so that even the inexperienced carpenter can produce a nice looking wine rack to store his vineyard wines.
So regardless of what type of wine rack you are looking to build, be it made of glass, wood, steel or any other material, there are a few design ideas which you should definitely consider.
Mounted Wooden Wine Rack

The mounted wooden wine rack is one of the most popular designs for wine racks, and it is also one of the easiest to build. It is a very basic, traditional design that can be altered to fit any number of wine bottles, within reason. One of the main advantages of this type of wine rack is that it is wall mounted, so you don't really have to worry about stability to the extent that you would with freestanding wine racks.

To build this type of wine rack you only require a few raw materials; wood (of your choice), mounting screws to fix the rack to the wall, and finally a finishing oil or varnish, that's all! You will also likely require a table saw, band saw, drum sander, and a few hours of your time to complete the rack.

To begin with you should prepare the wood; sanding and staining, or whatever else you may have to do to get the wood so it is ready to use. Obviously this depends on the quality of wood which you are using; if you are using finished wood then you do not need to prepare the wood in at all. Next, you need to join the wood together to form a u-shape; you don't need to worry too much about the ends of the boards because these can be trimmed at a later stage.

Now you are going to want to cut the wine rack into its final shape. Many people choose to stick with basic shapes for their wine racks, primarily for simplicity. However, some more ostentatious carpenters prefer to add an individualistic touch to their wine rack to make it more unique, often this can be as simple as just rounding the corners. At this point you should bear in mind that the size of the wine rack is going to affect your ability to personalise it, but you should also consider where you are going to put the wine rack in your home.

When the time comes to mount the wine rack on the wall, you need to ensure that you leave a bit of space to allow for awkward shaped bottles such as decanters, or ship decanters. Once you have mounted the rack you can congratulate yourself; give yourself a pat on the back, you have constructed an attractive, stylish wine rack worthy of storing even the finest chardonnay wine bottles; sauvignon blanc wine, zinfandel wine, the list goes on. What's more you should have saved yourself some money in the process. But it doesn't end there, you could give racking another go, maybe try something a bit harder, or maybe try making something slightly different such as a wine glass rack, it's all up to you!