A "wine closet" to build

[Big Mikey]

The following is what I have used for a few years now. It is about 50 years old and from southern Oregon. If you were wanting to make a road trip I may be coaxed out of it or you might just like to copy the design.

[Gryphon noir]

I have been using different permutations of Ikea's "Ivar" line of shelves. Unfortunately, that line is being phased out, but you may be able to get some on Craig's list.
I like the Ivar stuff because you can easily add cleats to the shelves to hold bottles on either the deep [about 20"] or the shallow [about 12"]versions: on the deep shelf units, doors can be added, and since Ikea has continued to make other products in the same widths, several types of doors can be fitted.
Sturdy, easily put together and taken apart, and best of all che--uh, thrifty, the Ivar shelves can be adapted to almost any use you can think of.

[Detroitpete]

I have been using different permutations of Ikea's "Ivar" line of shelves. Unfortunately, that line is being phased out, but you may be able to get some on Craig's list.
I like the Ivar stuff because you can easily add cleats to the shelves to hold bottles on either the deep [about 20"] or the shallow [about 12"]versions: on the deep shelf units, doors can be added, and since Ikea has continued to make other products in the same widths, several types of doors can be fitted.
Sturdy, easily put together and taken apart, and best of all che--uh, thrifty, the Ivar shelves can be adapted to almost any use you can think of.

I JUST saw those at a local Ikea--I thought the same thing about adding the cleats! Good to hear that it works--I may have to go that route.

[jkane]

Mine is in a 5'x7' room with a 7' ceiling. I nailed or glued 2" foam insulation all around including the ceiling. So only the concrete floor is exposed in the basement. I used an "outside" door so it would be insulated. that also gave it a good lock to keep my teen agers out of it. ;-) I added an air conditioner to make sure the temp stays low. It broke a couple of years ago. I never replaced it. Cold enough at ground temps already. It only dropped the temp a couple of degrees anyhow.

I took 12" wide pine 1" thick and made shelves. They are each a box 3' wide and 6' tall. I added a shelf to each at 2 foot increments. So there are 3 shelves about 2' tall and 3' wide on each of the "racks". Next, I took another piece of the pine and placed it vertical at the 1' point on each shelf alternating. The top and bottom shelf have a 1'x2' box on the left side and a 2'x2' box on the right side. The middle shelf is the opposite. The small shelf is on the right side. I then made an "X" out of more of the pine to fill in the 2'x2' side. That makes 4 triangles on that side and a big 1'x2' box on the other side. The triangles hold about 11 bottles of wine. I had hoped for a case each, but not quite. The bigger box will hold more than a case, but it gets to be too many stacked on each other. I would modify it next time to be 2 1'x1' boxes there by putting another horizontal shelf in the middle of each shelf as it is now. If I want to put a bottle upright, that sehlf comes in handy. I made 4 of these racks for that room. It holds about 750 wine sized bottles.

Is that confusing enough? I should have taken pictures! :-O

[Detroitpete]

Mine is in a 5'x7' room with a 7' ceiling. I nailed or glued 2" foam insulation all around including the ceiling. So only the concrete floor is exposed in the basement. I used an "outside" door so it would be insulated. that also gave it a good lock to keep my teen agers out of it. ;-) I added an air conditioner to make sure the temp stays low. It broke a couple of years ago. I never replaced it. Cold enough at ground temps already. It only dropped the temp a couple of degrees anyhow.

I took 12" wide pine 1" thick and made shelves. They are each a box 3" wide and 6' tall. I added a shelf to each at 2 foot increments. So there are 3 shelves about 2' tall and 3' wide on each of the "racks". Next, I took another piece of the pine and placed it vertical at the 1' point on each shelf alternating. The top and bottom shelf have a 1'x2' box on the left side and a 2'x2' box on the right side. The middle shelf is the opposite. The small shelf is on the right side. I then made an "X" out of more of the pine to fill in the 2'x2' side. That makes 4 triangles on that side and a big 1'x2' box on the other side. The triangles hold about 11 bottles of wine. I had hoped for a case each, but not quite. The bigger box will hold more than a case, but it gets to be too many stacked on each other. I would modify it next time to be 2 1'x1' boxes there by putting another horizontal shelf in the middle of each shelf as it is now. If I want to put a bottle upright, that sehlf comes in handy. I made 4 of these racks for that room. It holds about 750 wine sized bottles.

Is that confusing enough? I should have taken pictures! :-O

Sounds great! And it proves that I'm not crazy--at least in this endeavor.

[piperdbh]

I should have taken pictures! :-O

Well said!