2-Drawer File Cabinet

Kitchen "Spacer" Wine Rack

When this kitchen installation required a 3" spacer it seemed a waste of space to place it at the face frame. Always looking for a new tunnel for the wine cellar, it occurred to me that the width was perfect for a bottle of wine though insufficient for a wine rack with sides and shelves.

The idea of supporting wine bottles with just a bored hole was provided by my cooperative shop partner Tony Furhrman (Summit Woodworking).  Thus the spacer was moved back, thickened, set slightly away from the back wall, screwed to the side of the adjacent cabinet and now provides storage for 8 bottles of wine.  The lip of each bottle locks it in place so it can't slip out.  Tony points out that though the bottles slant down from the neck, corks are still fully submerged.  A similar "spacer wine rack" provides storage for 8 more bottles at the base cabinet level.  A little clever rotation of the bottles  allows the labels to be read without removal.  I like the fact the bottles share the same cantilever support mechanics as Hungarian shelves, less the wedges.  Though very secure they are easily inserted or removed.

Yet More Hungarian Shelves

Finally realized upon installing this set of shelves that knocking in the wedges with an oversized block that extends beyond the front edge of the shelf not only allows placement of the wedge perfectly square to the shelf but also prevents marring of the bottom of the shelf with the hammer.