Let's talk about liquor storage

[mrs.jacinthe]

We've outgrown every form of liquor/wine storage we have. Our liquor cabinet is bursting at the seams and we have more wine than will fit in our current configuration. What do you use for wine/liquor storage? Bonus points if it's cheap and/or moderately attractive.

[auntie]

What a charming problem.

I keep hard liquor on the top shelf of my pantry. Wine is kept in the basement in an IKEA Ivar rack.

[TBM]

We have three cabinets from ikea (I forget which ones) that serve as our bar. One cabinet has the stacked pvc drainage pipe wine rack thing going on, one holds glasses, and the other has all of the liquor....all behind closed doors.

I saw the pvc wine rack thing done using a deep bookcase as a frame. It looked pretty nice and held quite bit, but we didn't want open storage.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Sept 25, 2017 6:53:39 GMT -5 auntie said:

What a charming problem.

I keep hard liquor on the top shelf of my pantry. Wine is kept in the basement in an IKEA Ivar rack.

Lol at the bolded!

Our actual, seriously-first-world-problem is that we don't drink *enough*. We buy liquor for certain cocktails if we're hosting someone, or go to a winery, or get a wine club shipment and somehow don't manage to drink it fast enough to draw down the collection, so it just multiplies. We literally have 20+ bottles of wine and at least a couple bottles of liquor on our kitchen counter right now because I am out of places to store them.

[InBetweenDays]

Not sure ours will be helpful because it isn't a ton of storage. For wine, on our main floor we have this wine rack that I made about 15 years ago.



Downstairs we have a "bar" area we made with liquor on the shelves and then a wine fridge below. Excuse the mess - we're replacing the carpet so everything is piled everywhere. And yes, that box does hold 8-track cassette tapes  

[mrsukyankee]

This is ours from IKEA

There's a ton more alcohol in there now.


 

[devonpow]

We have this bar cabinet in our dining room: m.crateandbarrel.com/marin-natural-bar-cabinet/s580531

For wine, we have a large/deep built in bookshelf in our basement hallway. We took out the bottom shelves and put a bunch of these wine racks in: m.bedbathandbeyond.com/m/product/wine-enthusiast-modular-12-bottle-wine-rack/1041218433?skuId=41218433&mcid=PS_googlepla_nonbrand_winebar_online&product_id=41218433&adtype=pla&product_channel=online&adpos=1o17&creative=43742615749&device=m&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9afOBRDWARIsAJW4nvyW8cg5bx3NWHb7W0kcTH_KKAdjCvD259m-DSiKNeoSPcKtjI9SEAgaAh5uEALw_wcB

[sotally tober]

We had 5 of these from amazon, before we moved (we're currently between houses). They hung on our dining room wall and we always got tons of compliments. The other alcohol we have just stayed in a small cupboard. 

In our new house, I'm leaning towards doing 4 of the wine racks - but they will be two on each side of the dining room window. 

[treedimensional]

Hard liquor goes in the cabinet above the fridge. Ironically, next to dry cereal and Trisquits.

[LanaLang]

Our friends have these above all of their kitchen cabinets and it looks decent. It's not cheap, although could be inspiration for something that is.

[Crystal]

Sept 25, 2017 13:43:54 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

This is ours from IKEA

There's a ton more alcohol in there now.


 

I have eyeballed this.  I didn't realize that top shelf was that tall.  I didn't think I could get bottles of liquor in there! 

As for the bottom shelves, are they adjustable/removable? 

[mrsukyankee]

Sept 27, 2017 7:18:24 GMT -5 Crystal said:

Sept 25, 2017 13:43:54 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

This is ours from IKEA

There's a ton more alcohol in there now.


 

I have eyeballed this.  I didn't realize that top shelf was that tall.  I didn't think I could get bottles of liquor in there! 

As for the bottom shelves, are they adjustable/removable? 

I don't think so but I check later.

[mrsukyankee]

Crystal, officially the bottom shelves are not adjustable, but you can remove the actual shelves, so I bet you could rig them differently if you wanted.

[Crystal]

Sept 27, 2017 12:44:47 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

Crystal , officially the bottom shelves are not adjustable, but you can remove the actual shelves, so I bet you could rig them differently if you wanted.

Awesome. Thanks! I may have to take a trip down the road this weekend!

[mrspez07]

We use this for wine on shelves in our basement that were likely canning storage in a former life. These could easily be used in a hall closet or cabinet because you can customize the rows and width of the rack. Sturdy too.

www.containerstore.com/s/j.k.-adams-hardwood-12-bottle-wine-rack/d?productId=10000801&q=wine

[definitelyO]

like treedimensional, hard liquor is in the cabinet over the fridge with cookbooks.
there is a built in wine rack in the lower cupboards (about 6 spots), I have a wine rack on the counter that holds 10 and then in a lower cabinet have another wine rack that holds ~14 bottles (this is where I hide the expensive wine I don't want people just grabbing).

[bullygirl979]

Well, currently all of our stuff is in a pile in the basement. Ha.

When we do the kitchen renovation, we will have a built in wine fridge in the kitchen for wine (duh) and then will have a large buffet in our adjoining hearth room for booze.

[simpsongal]

We have an old piece from the 1950s or so that was meant for liquor storage. It has lots of little pull out shelves and a place for mixing drinks. I mean, who knew booze better than Don Draper's generation?

[Deleted]

DH and I are mostly beer and wine drinkers so we don't have a lot of hard liquor around. Beer goes in the fridge along with whatever bottle of wine is open. Unopened bottles of wine go in my wine rack that sits on top of the fridge. Vodka lives in the freezer and things like tequila, whiskey and mixers go on the top shelf of the pantry. I'd love a beer and wine fridge.

[tres3]

We have a wine cellar

[finally]

My dad bought an old library card catalog at a flea market, refinished it and uses it for his wine. Most of the bottles fit perfectly and he use the little slot in the front that used to have A-C etc to put card that identify what is in the drawer.