Ikea Hacks | DIY Wine Racks — The Confidential Collective

DIY might not be for everyone, but for anyone who is looking for a kitchen makeover on a budget, or ambitious enough to flex their carpentry skills, then your dream kitchen might just be an IKEA hack away.

Let’s take a look at our favorite hacks for building your own unique wine “showroom”.

Hack 1: Use Towel Racks to Stash Your Wine Collection

Try This Hack:

What You’ll Need:

HUTTEN 9-bottle wine rack

How To Build It:

1) Unpack Hutten wine rack, and (using a chop-saw) cut off all three shelves at the point just beyond the first cross-bar on each side.

2) Screw the top and bottom shelf to the side-brace (which now becomes the wall-bracket), and glue the middle shelf in using PVA (they’re pleasingly accurately machined, so you won’t even need to clamp it).

3) Drill 4mm holes through each of the corner points of the wall brackets, then sink wall plugs into the walls directly behind the holes.

4) Screw the racks to the walls and fill with lovely wine.

5) Delight in the saving of about £50 per 3-bottle rack over getting something identical that’s been custom-made.

6) Discover that the offcuts from the middle of each shelf make amazing building blocks for your 1-year old, be, if anything, even more delighted.

Hack 2: Use the Besta frame & Inreda shelves

Use a Besta frame, a Besta glass door, the Inreda mirrored glass shelf insert, 4 Inreda shelves and some lumber to make this piece for your home. It’s perfect for keeping your wine collection organized and all the glasses and accessories in the same place.

Credit: IkeaHackers

Hack 3: Expedite Shelving

Once you’ve assembled the Expedit, add a wood top which you can find locally. Stain it the desired shade and use glue and clamps to attach it to the shelving unit. Then, if you want, you can also use some pieces of wood to divide the cubbies into four triangular spaces to make them look more like a wine rack.{found on foxandhammer}.

If you want a tall, vertical wine rack, the Expedit single shelving unit should be just what you need. Assemble it leave out the topmost shelf to make room for tall bottles. You can later add two stemware holders to use the remaining vertical space.

Hack 4: Try the Akurum Wall Cabinet & Perfekt Wine Shelf and Lidi Glass Doors

Here are the steps you need to follow in this case. Assemble the Akurum wall cabinet frame and then the Perfekt wine shelf. Use the bolts and clamps to put together the two pieces. Attach the 6 legs to the corners of the cabinets and then attach the doors and the door pulls. Then add the wine glasses rack and the butcher block top.{found on site}.

Hack 5: Try Out the Besta Shelf Unit, Inreda Shelves and Observator bottle racks

You need 8 Observator bottle racks for this project. Also, you’ll need wood trim, wood stain, a drill and a rotary tool. Cut the brackets and the bottle racks so they can fit in the shelf unit. Drill the receiving holes in the brackets and insert the bottle racks into them. Put the rack inside the shelf unit. Do this for each shelf.{found on ikeahackers}.

Ikea Hacks | DIY Wine Racks