How To Convert A Basement Wall Into a Wine Wall
Over the past few years, we've had many customers ask us what's the best way to create a long term wine storage area within their homes. Since establishing a proper wine cellar or wine room in a home can be quite the costly home renovation project, this next solution is one that will meet anyone's wine decorating budget and still achieve similar results.
The products on this module are available at www.Wine-Wall.com . The specific product used here was the Exibit-6 wine rack. However, depending on your budget and style, many other wine racks can be used for this purpose.
Step 1 - Choose Your Wall
Choose a wall in your basement. Preferably one that isn't high traffic, doesn't get much lightand isn't close to any heat source (for example: furnace, washer/dryer). In most parts of the world, a south facing wall is usually the best choice as the sun never directly hits that wall and is usually the coldest wall in the home.
Step 2 - Smooth Out Any Imperfections
Most concrete walls have imperfections, dents and holes. A good hammer and some poly fillshould smooth out the wall and get it ready for the next step. You're not really looking for perfection here (unless you are a perfectionist!!) simply some cosmetic changes to get rid of the cold looking basement wall.
Step 3 - Paint It
Once the wall is smooth, choose a paint, design pattern or any other decorating style you might like to have on your wine wall. I simply chose to paint the wall white. Step 4 - Mount Your Wine Racks
I used a cement bit on a hammer drill, pre-drilled the holes and inserted a plug. Then, lining up the wine rack, I mounted them with 2" drywall screws that fit into the plug. Ideally you want to make sure the wine rack is well secured since it will be holding full wine bottles. (on average, a wine bottle weighs 3-4 pounds!) 
