Adrienne and I have long pondered what to do with the funky little 8ft x 8ft room we have in our basement. Painting studio? Guest room? Man Cave?
Behold, The 20th Avenue Cellar. We now have a 150 bottle wine rack - enough for my homemade vino and our small collection of good stuff - shelves to house AJ's canning bounty, plenty of space for her homemade varieties of beer, and lots of storage for bottles, corks, jars, fermenters, siphons, etc. Temperature fluctuates between 60 and 65 degrees, so its pretty good to store wine and beer long term. Doubles as a nice work space to do your racking, bottling, and aging too.
You should stop by and enjoy a beverage with us!
How the room looked when I began
I got everything out of there, then discovered that every bit of wallspace was covered with multiple layers of paper and cardboard
Ripped out the paper/cardboard, then added some insulation - gotta keep those wines/beers from getting too hot/cold!
A little more insulation for good measure....
Covered up the insulation with some random boards, built a workbench and shelving, painted the floor and concrete walls
Covered up insulation with old boards from the shelves that were in this room
Cut and stained one-billion pegs for the wine rack
Stained the workbench, finished the floor, built the wine rack, and added some finishing touches
Built shelving for AJ's canned goods and beer and my wine
Beautiful! This looks really great. You could refer to the workbench as a "tasting bar!"
ReplyDeleteI'm in awe. What a privilege it is to know you two crafty fools. Looks like I'm gonna have to find a way to see all this progress myself.
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