Copper Wine Rack
Follow along with a step by step tutorial to build your own Copper Wine Rack. The perfect addition to an industrial designed kitchen.
The day is here at last!! I have been SO eager to share this DIY project with you for two reasons... One, I made this MYSELF! And two, I am joining an AMAZING group of bloggers to bring you the first ever Home Depot Gift Challenge. Each month, we will chose one home depot product and create a unique gift. We are not associated with Home Depot, we just really like their products :) This month, our choices led me to creating this DIY industrial Copper Wine Rack for my husband.
It all started with this little copper tee. We were all challenged to make something for our significant other that had to incorporate these copper tees. My mind was spinning immediately, and although I definitely drink more wine in this home than my husband, I knew he would appreciate an industrial piece like a copper wine rack in our kitchen!
Here's what you need:
(everything ½ inch diameter)
4 Copper Tees
12 Copper Elbows (90 degree)
3 Copper pipes
4 Copper Clamps
4 Short Screws
Tube Cutter
Measuring Tape
Marker/Pen
90 Degree Ruler
Epoxy
Something to spread/mix Epoxy
(I used tiny wooden sticks)
To start you have to measure everything to make sure that this piece can hang properly from your cupboards. Cupboard depth and length, wine bottle length and diameter.
One I had all my measurements, I made this sketch [below] by hand and calculated everything I needed.
Based on my measurements (for a standard cupboard), I needed to cut the copper into:
2 x 14"
4 x 3.5"
4 x 2"
4 x 4"4 x 5.5"
I cut each piece for the wine rack by measuring it with the tape measure, marking my cut with a marker, and cutting with the tube cutter [thanks to the handy hubby for the tutorial on that!].
Once each piece was cut, I gently sanded the edges, so that they would slide into the joints nicely.
Next I did a dry fit to check that all my measurements were right. I'm SO glad I did this! If you saw in my photo above, I had originally planned to cut the width pieces at 7" instead of 5.5". When I did the dry fit, I realized that the wine bottles would have slid right out of the copper wine rack! Luckily I hadn't glued anything yet!!
Now you can glue! Mix your epoxy (as per instructions) - only a small amount at a time - and spread inside your joints. Join the pieces together, and push them against a flat surface to make sure that both joints off each pipe are at the same angle.
Finally, use your 90 degree ruler to make sure that everything is level and square.
Add your clamps to the top bars, and bask in your beautiful masterpiece of a copper wine rack before you hang it up!
Since this is a GIFT challenge, I couldn't show of my gift without showing off my wrapping job!
I used approx. 1" washers and stamped "FOR", "MY", and "MAN". into the washers in lieu of a tag. See the post on How to Stamp on Metal to learn more :)
Not gonna lie, my husband had to hang his own gift after he opened it, lol. He measured a short distance from the back of the wall, and used eight small screws to hang the copper wine rack from the cupboard above. Ensure that the screws are shorter than the thickness of the board you are attaching it to. That way the screws won't pierce the board on the inside.
The copper wine rack easily holds six bottles of wine :) Or whatever else you choose to put it in!
The photo below shows how the bottles sit against the wall at the back, about half an inch of space between the wall and the wine rack :)
And it all started with this simple copper tee!
Now it's time for me to grab a glass and enjoy our new wine rack!
As I mentioned before, there was an AMAZING group of bloggers that joined me in finding creative uses for those Home Depot copper tees.
Click the pictures below to discover more outstanding projects :)
Love, love, love this wine rack! And those washers add a nice touch to the gift wrapping!
Thanks Emily! I loved the final product too :)
Wow! I love this! I bet your hubby loved it, too! The metal washers were a creative and fun addition to the wrapping, too!
Yes, he did! He was happy to hang it up right away!
This is an excellent idea! And I love the gift wrapping idea too!
Thank you Roxanne!! So many great projects in this group!
Oh my husband would LOVE this! Thanks so much for the awesome tutorial and inspiration!
I would love for you to share this on my Show Me Saturday linky party. My readers would love it!
Thank you Ashley!! Hopefully I can stop by and share it :)
YES. I love this so much. My bottles take up a lot of counter space so this is perfect.
Same here! Those bottles were taking up prime counter real estate! This is much better!!
Lindi, such a great idea and such a good space saving idea.:) I'm totally smitten with it! Nice job!
Thank you!! I'm loving how it's looking in our kitchen! And my hubby is too :)
Genius idea Lindi! I especially love the stamped washers for your wrapping. Great job!
Thank you!!! I'm thrilled everyone likes it! Such a creative group of bloggers participating!
This is so stinkin' cool Lindi!! And those washers are the shiznit! Way to go!!!
Haha, thanks Emily!! SO glad we organized this!!! I'm loving the projects! Every. Single. One.
Such a smart use of the copper tee!!! Love Love Love this! Cheers.
Thank you Carmody! I had a few ideas, but this is the only one I could pull off on my own! Lol
Ooo, always looking for new wine rack ideas and I love the packaging!
Thank you Kat!!
Ahhh Lindi I LOVE this!!! It turned out amazing! I'm totally scoping out our cupboards as we speak to see if we have room for this. ;) Ha. Such a space saver, too!
Thanks Amanda! It was the perfect addition to our kitchen I think :)
I just love it so much I'm commenting twice. ;) Thank you for sharing this at Motivational Monday! We'd love to have you back on Sunday at 6pm. Hope your weekend is going great! :)
Hahah. Thank you! I must've linked up an extra time! Still glad you like it though! Lol
so stinking smart!!
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Thank you!! A great space saver, eh?!
I love this! This challenge is really awesome. Also I seriously want to make that rack like right now. Thanks for linking up to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Party. I have pinned to the Bloggers Brags Broad and my DIY broad and I'll be sharing on my FB page tomorrow. I will also be featuring this project on the next Bloggers Brags Post.
Thank you Brandi! I'm glad you liked the challenge - hope you got to hop around and see some of the other great projects too!
I love, love, LOVE this! I'd definitely need to buy some more wine to fill it, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. ;)
haha... you can see I didn't really have enough red on hand to fill it up! But I made my selection of booze work :)
Its awesome! Thanks babe, great place to store the booze :)
Your Hubby
You're welcome!!! xo
This rack is perfect! I love how it looks. Maybe I can put this on my Honey-Do List :)
Yes you can!! It's SO easy to make! Hope you get one too :)
Super Duper cool that you and the ladies get together and create your own projects using the same item! I’m jealous. All are very nice, very nice indeed. http://www.thatblackchic.com
Thank you! Glad you liked our idea! I hope you got a chance to hop around and check out some other great projects too!
This is so creative and I just love it... I am a total wine lover and would LOVE to receive this as a gift!
Thanks Carrie! It was partially a gift for me too... Lol.