Recycling: Rustic Beer Crates (with pics)

[AdrianTrace]

Demolished a built in wardrobe that turned out to be an ex-airing cupboard, leaving me a stack of wood. Not being one to let this go to waste, I worked out I could make 6 16-bottle crates from them, to try to tidy up my current beer "storage" area. The plastic bags are causing a bit of damp... or at least holding it there:

Wood:

Cut to size:

The first crate:

The bottles fit in like this (13" x 11" area):

Next crate (part built to show interlocking):

Second crate complete (the top one is taller in case I get oversize bottles):

I managed 4 and a bit today, so another evening this week and this should be even tidier :) Sort out the damp a bit :-?:

 

[MyQul]

Does the missus know you've demolished her clothes wardrobe and turned it into a beer storage facility

 

[AdrianTrace]

I'm hoping she won't notice :lol:

She's been waiting to get rid of it since we moved in; the beer storage is a bonus

 

[Dutto]

They're definitely built to last! Well done. :thumb: :thumb:

As a matter of interest, have you been married long enough to understand that sometime in the next month or so there may well be a conversation that starts "I don't have enough room for my clothes!"?? :whistle:

 

[brumbrew]

Nice!

I'm a fan of finding a new purpose for what some deem as scrap.

My wine bottle store is some Ikea furniture that someone was chucking out. I asked, they said take what you like.

Sorted!

Good work. Sand it down, stain it, and etch a MK1 on it ;-)

 

[AdrianTrace]

Cheers Dutto - We have her family's antique mahogany wardrobe to go in the alcove next to the chimney breast where this built in thing was. since we moved in the wardrobe has been in front of the chimney breast taking up half the room (the chest of drawers takes up the other alcove) so she wanted this gone... it had no decent hanging space anyway :)

brumbrew - sand down? stain? etch? those things are Done, man. Finished :lol:

 

[brumbrew]

Well you know. Those nights with not much to do. A little finesse ;-)

 

[Mrcwcb89]

Love it [emoji106] I'm all for reusing what some see as sh**e

 

[Leon103]

Looks good but how do you get the bottom bottles out?

 

[AdrianTrace]

Good idea with the blackboard paint, cheers :thumb: As for getting the lower down bottles out, it's a case of restacking :)

Anyway, the final two are done, all bags away and cornies moved in. I just need another 3 (or 10) for all the empty bottles spread around out of shot :whistle:

 

[AdrianTrace]

From the wide shot you can see there is a long way to go in sorting out the mancave/children's art studio/in-law's temporary storage area:

 

[SANGER_A2]

sand down? stain? etch? those things are Done, man. Finished [emoji38]

Arghh! No! It's activating my OCD! You gotta paint or sand them dude. Or at least paint the woody bits white so it all matches!

You managed to sort your bottle storage for much less than I paid! I have a load of these stacked up in the garage. My brew is in clear 2l fizzy bottles and I can fit 12 bottles in each box. They were all I could find that would be strong enough to stack and still block out the light from the clear plastic.

 

[AdrianTrace]

Arghh! No! It's activating my OCD! You gotta paint or sand them dude. Or at least paint the woody bits white so it all matches!

:lol::twisted: No :twisted::lol:

With 4 kids I've learned to live with my OCD... maybe I'll let them paint the crates. Outside, of course

 

[Dutto]

Remember the "Matt Black Paint" suggestion?

It works as per below ...

... and the glass is full of Harvest Lager from the keg.

Thanks for the tip! :thumb: :thumb:

 

[AdrianTrace]

That's the kind of storage I dream of. Good work!

Beer shelves vetoed by Sammy, so far.