How to Create Custom Wine Cellars

If you’re interested in designing your own custom cellar there are a number of options available to you. The best news is that there are cellar designs for everyone from the avid do-it-yourselfer to the complete woodworking novice.

There are modular racks that are available in different grains and finishes, with the least expensive generally being a wood such as pine. Most modular rack dealers will offer other materials such as red cedar or finished wood as well. Of course you can always save some money and finish the wood yourself if you desire a particular type of finish or color for your cellar racks.

There are many racking companies that offer crown molding and skirting pieces so that you can easily combine different styles of cellar racking materials and types. This approach can yield some very unique custom cellar designs.

There are built in glass racks that are made to fit snugly within a rack system. A good place for one of these individual units would be above the table top piece mentioned above. This would add to the ambience as well as functionality of your custom modular racking system.

If you want something a little different than the traditional wood cellar racks, there are attractive metal trellis rack pieces that are very economical, yet stylish. These tend to look classier than the wood modular racking pieces, especially for placement in bar areas that will be viewed by visitors.

If you would like to add a table area to your cellar while increasing the storage capacity of your cellar at the same time, a bin table may be the best addition to your modular racking system. There are taller, tasting tables that hold just over 100 bottles or about 180 bottles of wine, and there are shorter rack tables that hold more than 200 bottles in case bins.

There are many online dealers and manufacturers of cellar racking pieces that also offer custom computer design services to help you achieve the exact cellar layout that you have in mine. With many of these professional services you can then have the plans sent to you and decide if you will build them yourself or have someone else build them for you.

With all of the cellar design options available to you, there are many ways to accomplish the perfect cellar design for you and your situation. There are many enthusiasts online communities and the like where you can find others interested in the same things that you are and maybe gain some other ideas about cellars and the design aspect of creating your own cellar.