Adding a small wine cellar to your home can be quite an undertaking, and it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the things that you might need to buy. In this article, we’ll take a look at some small wine cellar ideas so that you can pick which is the best fit for your home.
Picking the right flooring for your wine cellar might be the difference between a cozy space and an ugly mess. If you plan on changing the flooring of your wine cellar area, which flooring option is right for you?
It goes without saying that unfinished concrete is an unacceptable floor for a wine cellar.
A beautiful Persian rug could add a homey bit of spice to a wine cellar, but if you’re going for an austere look, carpeting might fit better. Keep in mind that carpeting will make your wine cellar a bit warmer, and might prevent its use as a wine tasting area out of fear that it’ll get stained.
In my opinion, dark wood flooring is the best bet for small wine cellars, but your idea might need something different to tie everything together.
How will your small wine cellar be lit? If you’ve already got overhead lighting installed, is it enough, or is it too much? What kind of brightness do you want in your wine cellar when it’s in use, and when it’s not in use?
Picking an ornate light fixture can make the cellar have a completely different attitude and vastly change the aesthetic, so treat lightly. Lamps probably won’t be appropriate because of how much space they take up, but if you have extra surfaces, they can provide a romantic soft light that will complement a sip of wine.
You’ll only need a temperature and moisture control system in your small wine cellar if you’re enthusiastic about optimally preserving and aging your bottles of wine. An atmospheric control system will be costly and may be unsightly as well, but if you’re a wine enthusiast, it might be worthwhile.
Deciding whether you need an atmospheric control system also depends on the default atmosphere of your wine cellar. Is your wine cellar going to be extremely damp if left to its own devices, or will it be too hot and dry? You’ll have to be the ultimate judge of whether the default atmosphere in your wine cellar is unworkable for your needs.
What would a wine cellar be without plenty of shelving for bottles of wine? You can play with a ton of different wine shelving options, ranging from wooden honeycomb style shelving to ornate metal tree housing bottles of wine as their putative fruits.
Shelving is the single most important aesthetic choice that you’ll make in your small wine cellar, and it’s also one of the largest factors in function. Do you want a wine cellar that has an extremely high bottle capacity, or a hangout area that you can show off to your guests?
The shelving unit you pick makes all the difference between these disparate purposes, so choose your shelves extremely carefully. I find that it’s hard to go wrong with the standard wooden stacked box pattern wine shelf, but your sense of style may call for something more understated or more eye-catching.
If you plan on making your small wine cellar into a tiny tasting area, you’ll need a few stools and a high table to gather around once you’ve cracked open the bottle. Your stools and table will also need to match the shelving units if you want to have a single unified aesthetic, and it wouldn’t hurt if the stools were comfortable to sit on.
You’ll probably want to pick a table that won’t be stained by the darkest of red wines if you choose to include a tasting area in your wine cellar; there are a million varieties of simple high top tables that will fit the bill just fine.
The core of making a tasting area work is to have enough space. If your wine cellar is simply too small to comfortably fit a few stools and a table with some space to spare, it probably isn’t the best idea to follow up. Wine cellars can be a bit cramped under the best of conditions, and you want to avoid any mishaps with knocked over bottles as much as you can.
Now that you’ve got some good ideas on what to include in your small wine cellar, why not contact us and see what you can do to make your ideas into reality? We’ll help you hone your vision and build your small wine cellar into a space that you and your family will enjoy for years to come.
