Wine Cellar Ideas

Designing a wine cellar can be an intimidating task. How, one wonders, do I maximize my storage space but prevent my wine cellar from looking like the inside of an industrial refrigerator? Fortunately, there are many ways a wine collector can customize her wine storage space and make her wine cellar not only the perfect place to age wine, but the ideal place to enjoy a glass as well.

Wine cellars can be outfitted with a variety of racking styles, including traditional cork-forward horizontal racking, vertical display racking, diamond-shaped racking, and even hanging ceiling wine racks.

Wine cellars can also be fitted with many customizable features that can increase their aesthetic value and make them blend perfectly into the house they are built in. Tabletops and countertops can be made from cork, wood, or granite. Doors can be elegant glass or wrought iron. Ceiling light boxes can give your wine cellar a unique look. Personalized murals can be painted on walls. Some wine cellars even use wood from old wine barrels to create flooring with a history and interesting aged look. The wood from barrels can also be used to make ceiling beams and even wine furniture.

With the customizable details available to wine cellar builders today, your wine cellar can be a place you enjoy visiting for longer than the time it takes to grab a bottle for dinner. By using unique doors, murals, or materials, you can give your wine cellar your own personal stamp.