DIY Wine Rack II: Taller, Thinner, Less Cardboard

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Wine Rack I

My second blog, way back, was about our custom-built combo bar, cookbook shelf, and wine rack. (Cocktail Hour, January 15, 2009) The wine rack itself was made of stacked cardboard tubing; it worked well, but didn’t fit bigger Pinot Noir and champagne bottles. An unpredicted drawback was that the space for it was . . . → Read More: DIY Wine Rack II: Taller, Thinner, Less Cardboard

Cocktail hour!

Full Bar Unit

Although I’m not drinking as much as I used to, RocketMan still enjoys a cocktail, and our friends certainly enjoy when he shakes up a Manhattan or a Negroni at our home bar. For a long time I’d wanted a supercool art deco bar, or a 70s-style bar like my grandparents had (of which I cannot . . . → Read More: Cocktail hour!