Wine Cabinet

This DIY Wine Cabinet, is made out of Ply and Pallet Wood, that was just lying around in my garage.

Tools Used:

-Power Drill and Screws

-Sandpaper

-Scrap Wood

-Jigsaw

-Bondo (Putty; Wood Filler)

-Wood Stain

I found all my scrap wood from projects that were unfinished, and just wood that was sitting in my garage. I also had a leftover stick piece of wood, for the fence part of the cabinet, for extra support so the wine bottles were secure.

I took out most of the nails from the pallet wood, so I could see which pieces I wanted to use, or which pieces fit on the plywood. Then I measured the plywood, which was a 24 X 24, and it was going to become the backboard of the cabinet.

I ended up using the two pieces with the handles, for the side piece. I put them side by side, and marked them with a marker to make sure they were even, so that the little slopes and length matched. Then I used my jigsaw, to cut them, and then sanded them down with sandpaper and a chiseler.

For the bottom pieces and fence pieces, I just placed them on top of the ply wood, and then marked where i needed to cut, so that they all fit nicely together. I didn't really have to measure, I just placed them on top of each other to see if all the pieces fit on the backboard. It ended up looking like the picture above, after being marked and cut. I sanded all the edges I cut and chiseled the little hand pieces on the side. Then, I even placed a wine bottle, to make sure it fit nicely, just to be sure.

After making sure all the pieces were cut and fit nicely together, I stained each piece of wood, one by one.

In the picture above, you can see that the wood stain I used was a bit like a reddish brownish color, but at the end when I drilled the pieces all together, I ended up staining it again, but with a bit darker color.

After the wood dried, I marked holes on the wood and drilled with a tiny drill bit, so that the screw would go through. Then with a bigger drill bit, I screwed in the screws to put it all together.

For a cleaner look, this is optional, but I used Bondo, an all-purpose putty, to cover the screws at the front. Then, I sanded them down. That's when I realized I wanted a darker color, so i sanded the whole cabinet, and then stained it again with a much darker wood stain. I did about 3 coats.

After staining it with a darker color, you can still see a bit of the orangish tone popping through the wood. It ended up coming out a cool color.