Quit your wining...

My husband and I have been known to raise a glass now and then.  And if you are going to raise a glass, you will need a place to store your supply of wine. So I started hunting on Craigslist for a wine rack to stash below a side table, one that would hold more than the 6 bottles allowed in a lot of the ones I was finding. Right away I was lucky enough to find a pine and galvanized steel rack on CL that would hold 24 bottles for only $10.

It was simple, clean  and sturdy without "scroll-y" grapevines or any other goofy looking wine motifs. AND it fit under the table with about 1" to spare. Close!

Here's the same rack (but for 28 bottles) that's sold at World Market for $99.

I may stain the wood black at some point to make it blend in better with the table, but for now it works just fine.

 







What I learned from this project:
1. Measure! Like I said, I had about 1" to spare.
2. Some wine racks won't allow wider champagne bottles, but luckily this one did.
3. I need to buy more wine to fill it up.