Wine cellar in a private house

The current trends in the arrangement of living spaces are such that the wine cellar in the interior of the house has already ceased to be a sky-high dream.

It is quite possible to equip it, and for this it is not at all necessary to dig the ground, in the literal sense of the word. Under it, you can allocate any free area or corner. In the modern vision, the wine cellar is not just a place to store bottles with a precious drink, the room has a more enviable role. With the original design, it, in combination, becomes: both the center of attraction, and the interior highlight, and the place for receiving guests. If you are ready to join the sommelier community and organize something similar to famous wine storages in your home, then you should get acquainted with the arrangement of such interiors in detail.

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Wine cellar in a private house

Cellars have traditionally served as a storage place for wines. Why? Because it is easiest to equip them in this part of the house. There will be no costs for specific equipment and the creation of a microclimate. Here initially there is an optimal temperature and humidity for wine maturation, and these parameters are maintained stably. It remains only to appropriately decorate the basement space and install a built-in wine cabinet made of wood or stone in the interior.

If the house has at least a small basement, then there will be no problems finding a place for an unusual room. It can be converted into a great compact built-in wine cellar resembling a well. Such solutions are also in favor today. The entrance to it is provided by a hatch located in the floor of the room. Below it opens a row of spirally arranged shelves with bottles that go deep into the depths, which can be reached by going down a similarly designed staircase. Whether to allocate part of the basement or all of its space for the wine “house” is up to you.

It will be much more difficult to organize something similar in the above-ground part of the house or in the apartment. Here, one cannot do without specific equipment capable of maintaining a temperature within +10 - +14 ° C and a humidity of 70%. Under storage, you will have to give one of the rooms or look for an alternative solution to the issue, which can be a wine cabinet.

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Where to place a wine cellar in the interior of a private house

The process of creating a wine cellar begins with finding a suitable place for this. Associatively, rooms or corners are searched for, deprived of access to daylight, sharp temperature changes. But today you don’t have to worry about this problem, because with modern lighting, cooling, and humidification systems, creating the required microclimate will not be difficult even in the center of the hall.So, in the interior of a private house, a wine cellar may appear:

1. On the pantry area.

2. In a niche.

3. In the space under the stairs.

4. In the closet.

You can store bottles of wine and simply on grates with brackets, floor wooden racks and hanging structures of various designs.

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Wine cellar interior design

“The wine cellar looks great, in the interior of which the wall decor was made with cedar panels”

The specifics of the microclimate of the room leaves its mark on the choice of finishing materials. All surfaces in the room are decorated:

• stone;
• brick;
• glass;
• ceramics;
• wrought iron;
• stainless steel;
• noble tree.

The interiors of the cellars in the spirit of medieval halls are very impressive. The wine cellar looks great, in the interior of which the decor of the walls was made with cedar panels.

Vault floors can also have a variety of finishes. Someone prefers to see them lined with porcelain tiles or stone, someone prefers warm wood, and some even cover them with gravel. You can find your original solution for finishing this surface, most importantly, use only natural material in your work. Do not try to reduce the cost of the process by replacing the latter with artificially created analogues. Synthetic imitators have no place in the decor of a wine cellar in a private house.

Particular attention is paid to the design of the ceiling. This surface can be shaped into a vault and decorated with appropriate elements.

Since wine bottles must be stored exclusively in a horizontal position, then your cellar should have a wine cabinet, racks, shelves and other accessories for their proper placement. For the manufacture of such furnishings, stone or durable wood is mainly used. Not uncommon in the interior of the room are wine cabinets made of ordinary cement mortar. Sometimes you can see exclusive storage systems made of baked clay. And yet, a wine cabinet, assembled from wood with your own hands, is preferable in this case, because bottles break against its surface much less often than in a stone-trimmed one.

Another important element of the wine cellar is the door. It should not be too large and have good insulating qualities. Its task is not only to block access to wine supplies to uninvited guests, but also to prevent intensive air exchange.

Drafts adversely affect the quality of wine. The best solution is to install an all-wood structure with high-quality sealant around the perimeter of the jamb and doors at the entrance of the wine cellar in a private house.

If you yourself are engaged in winemaking and there are containers with a prepared drink in your cellar, then they should be hidden in wooden barrels. This will have a beneficial effect on the general environment. The invariable attributes of the wine storage are a thermometer and a hygrometer. They also need to be purchased in an appropriate design setting. We will talk about other decorative techniques below.

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The nuances of zoning the cellar space

The wine cellar has two mandatory functional areas:

1. Tasting room.

2. Storage area.

Traditionally, the elements of the latter are a wine cabinet, racks and shelves. All this is located along the room walls. Wall surfaces perform the mission of an additional support or load-bearing structure.

The tasting area is moved to the center of the hall. Here is placed furniture that allows you to comfortably receive guests. There are no special requirements for it.Items are selected in accordance with the overall design concept and the wishes of the owners. You can use a stationary table with the usual tabletop geometry or replace it with a console panel. There is also a wide range of seating options. Both high bar models and deep armchairs can claim their role. If there is free space, you can additionally create a relaxation area in the wine cellar by equipping it with a coffee table and a seating area. This will add coziness to the room.

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Lighting

“The best option for lighting a wine cellar in a private house is spotlights placed along the wine racks”

You have to be very careful when organizing it. Let's start with the fact that daylight in general and the sun's rays in particular in a room of this kind have nothing to do. That wine cellar is bad, in the interior of which there are windows. It will not be enough to curtain them with thick curtains or close the blinds. It is necessary to get rid of the openings radically, laying them with a stone or using other technologies.

Now let's talk about artificial lighting. Pouring light streams should not be too bright. This requirement is due not only to the specificity of the atmosphere of the room, but also to the microclimatic regime in it. Do not forget that lamps are a source of heat, so they can contribute to temperature rises. The best option for lighting a wine cellar in a private house is spotlights placed along the wine racks. Their presence will preserve the mystery of the atmosphere, without disturbing its twilight, and at the same time make it easier to find the right brand of wine in the wine cabinet. The appearance of a sconce or table lamp with lampshades that diffuse and dim the light is acceptable.

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What's in the decor?

The undoubted decoration of a wine cellar in a private house is its contents, that is, a collection of wine, bottles of which are sorted by brands, years of production, and producing countries. The specifics of the room is such that it is not worth overloading it with decorative elements. Decoration should be obligatory furnishings. An unusual shelving configuration or non-standardly located shelves will cope well with this task. They will add uniqueness to the interior of a home wine storage.

As elements of the decor of a wine cellar, wine glasses hung on rails or placed on special shelves may appear in the interior. In the tasting area, it is worth laying out corkscrews of an interesting design, putting bottle holders of the original shape and other tasting attributes. It should be noted that such trifles can cost a lot, but without them the situation will remain incomplete.

A good solution would be to arrange wicker baskets, drawers, small barrels in the spirit of pirates, benches and rough tables, old winemaking equipment in the room.

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Stylistic motifs in the interior of the wine cellar

The wine storage space has the right to stylize the interior solution. Finishing materials and type of furniture are selected in accordance with the effect that you want to get in the end. You can focus on vintage or focus on more modern motifs. In this case, a light wooden wine cabinet for the home and cellar will be a great find. Glass racks are also suitable, in which an individual cell is provided for each bottle, lying in which it looks like it is suspended in the air.

Medieval motifs

To implement them, you will need to decorate the room with rough stone, gnarled wood with a clearly traced texture. In the wine cellar, high vaulted ceilings are brought out and arched openings are added to the interior.The final point in the castle wine cellar will be large wooden barrels. They can be active and contain wine, play the role of a dummy or serve as a tasting table.

Gothic motifs

This is a wine cellar in the interior, which can be seen a noticeable sophistication. The arches here are lancet in shape. They are paired with graceful columns. The non-triviality of the situation is emphasized by stained-glass windows, as well as ornaments, traditional for the style and place, in the form of a weaving vine. The walls are in smooth concrete, without pretentious finishes, but with stucco elements. Decorative ornaments are made of forged metal. Furnishings specific to that time. All furnishings, including the wine cabinet, are made of dark wood.

Antique motifs

colorful solutions. On the wall surfaces finished with ocher sandstone, mosaic panels and thematic frescoes. Bottles are stored on tufa or ceramic racks. Greek amphorae and figurines serve as decor, which are the final stylistic touch.

Village motifs

Provence and country for a wine cellar in a private house is always a win-win option. The design decision can be varied. In the decoration of the walls, both stone and paint are appropriate. There are no strict restrictions in the color palette. Here, both a game of contrasts and tint overflows can appear. Pieces of furniture, in the setting of a cellar of this type, made of patinated wood. The appearance of forged and ceramic elements is allowed.

Minimalist motifs

This is, first of all, the straightforwardness of forms, the conciseness of furnishings and the absence of any decor. The interior impresses with the smoothness of the surfaces, the unexpectedness of the design of the shelving, assembled from glass and metal, the splendor of the furniture made of perfectly polished wood.

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Rules for placing a wine collection

The maturation process of the drink should not be disturbed. Ripening wine does not tolerate mechanical stimuli, so picking up and even turning over bottles with it is strongly discouraged. Proper organization of storage will help you quickly find the right product. The procedure for resolving bottles is as follows. Directly at the entrance to the wine cellar, young wine and those brands that are used for everyday consumption are placed. Closer to the floor is the zone of white wines, the upper part of the rack is the patrimony of reds. In the depths of the cellar is stored exclusive.

Wine cabinet

The issue of storing wine in a private house, where there is a basement floor, can in principle be considered resolved, but what should the owners of city apartments and cottages do, where there is no such thing in the project? Instead of a cellar, they may have a wine cabinet in the interior. It is no less practical and aesthetically pleasing. Modern manufacturers and designers offer a lot of variations on this theme. The storage place for wine bottles, with a skillful approach to its organization, can become not just a piece of furniture, but also a full-fledged part of its design.

Types of wine cabinets

Wine storage systems are divided according to the type of construction. They are:

• open;
• closed;
• mobile;
• stationary.

In an open wine cabinet, bottles can be stored for a short time. Basically, those drinks that will be consumed in the coming days are laid out there.

A completely different matter is the design, the contents of which are hidden behind the doors. In fact, such a cabinet is a miniature wine cellar. A similar specific microclimate is maintained in its bowels. The wine stored there feels great and can lie for years.

Small models of cabinets are designed to store 2 - 6 bottles. They are convenient because they are ergonomic and do not require a lot of space for their arrangement. If necessary, they can be moved to any part of the house. A built-in wine cabinet is a more voluminous item, sometimes occupying the entire wall. It is designed to hold a solid range of wines.

Cases for long-term storage of wine are mono- and multi-temperature. The first are intended for the maturation of wine, the second - for its high-quality storage.

The products in question may differ in the material of manufacture. A wooden wine cabinet for the home is considered a classic of the genre. Although, in principle, this interior element can be made in a more modern design, for example, from a combination of metal and glass.

Wooden wine cabinet

It cannot be called an ordinary refrigerator. Wooden models of wine cabinets are almost always a work of art, bringing respectability to the environment. For their manufacture goes:

• cedar;
• Red tree;
• larch;
• angora pine;
• beech;
• oak;
• nut.

The bestsellers are oak cabinets. They are durable, hardy to negative influences, aesthetic.

A wooden wine cabinet in retail is usually found in three colors:

- swallowtail;

- light oak;

- Cherry.

Perhaps, the choice will seem scarce to someone, but even in such a limited color variety, it is not difficult to fit a wooden wine cabinet into the interior. So, light oak will be in demand in a setting with a pastel or white background. Mahogany is suitable for interior solutions of dark tones. Cherry will perfectly complement purple, red and other bright interiors.

Where to put a wine rack

It all depends on the availability of free space. For a built-in wine cabinet, you can allocate space in the wall, for example, between the living room and study or living room and dining room. This way you will ensure that you have access to the bar from both rooms at the same time. In a private house, you can give a corner in the attic for storing wine, and make a wine cabinet for it with your own hands. The design can be adapted to the shape of the roof, and made completely adjacent to the wall.

Lightweight glazed cabinet models will be appropriate in modern interiors. Their location may be the entrance to the kitchen or corridor. The brilliance of glass will be very useful in the gloomy atmosphere of the latter.

A glass wine cabinet in the interior of the living room will also become a luxurious element of its decor and at the same time help to zone the space. The tasting corner, in addition to the glass panel, can be distinguished by a difference in floor level.

If there are no free areas for installing free-standing wine storage structures, try to equip niches, spaces under stairs, arched openings for these needs. The last option is the easiest to implement, because it is easy to make such a wine cabinet with your own hands. To do this, you only need to make rounded holes in the walls of the opening, corresponding to the diameter and shape of the bottles. To give an unusual look and high decorativeness to a home-made design, it should be provided with LED backlighting.

An effective solution for placing a wine composition will be wall grates equipped with brackets for holding bottles.

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DIY wine cabinet

“When creating a wooden wine cabinet for the home, you can reorganize the space of an old wardrobe, chest of drawers or a modern kitchen cabinet for it”

A self-made wine cabinet is a 100% exclusive. With its help, you will be able to place accents in the interior of the room of any functionality. Do not be afraid to get down to business, even if you are not strong in the design and construction field. One desire is enough - no special skills are required from you. The simplest wine cabinet for a wine cellar can be laid out of brick. Here the main thing will be to arrange the elements well. Gaps should be left in the masonry and holes should be made, and all this in any form, of any kind and at any level. Such an unfinished wine cabinet looks good in loft-style interiors, Mediterranean and rustic styles.

When creating a wooden wine cabinet for the home, you can reorganize the space of an old wardrobe, a chest of drawers or a modern kitchen cabinet for it. The bottle storage system in them can be arranged in different ways. First, install horizontal shelves. Second, make diagonal cells. Thirdly, use round plastic clips to hold the bottles. Fourth, fill the metal pins. The second option is the most ergonomic and allows you to comfortably place even very large wine stocks.

If the impromptu wine cabinet in the interior will have a closed structure, then a number of ventilation holes should be made in it.

Very quickly, you can equip a shelf for storing wine from a massive board and cast-iron railway crutches used to fasten the rails. We fill the latter in pairs along the entire length of the base and get an excellent storage system for country-style rooms or a wine cellar.

In addition to standard designs, you can make a wine cabinet in the form of a honeycomb. This will require sewer plastic pipes or a cylindrical building block. The latter is more relevant, since a terracotta clay pipe will create a more suitable microclimate for wine.

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Conclusion

If you are passionate about winemaking or are a fan of a great drink, do not deny yourself the pleasure of equipping a wine cellar in the interior of your home. Just imagine what a sensation among the guests an invitation to taste a glass of wine in a specially designed room will make. You yourself will not notice how quickly your wine cellar will become a favorite place for friendly gatherings, so do not waste time and organize it!

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