Wine bottle walls add rustic country style to modern homes. A house in Arrington, Tennessee serves as an example--its wine wall features both label-forward and cork-out storage to achieve an appealing visual.
Installing a wine rack should be fairly straightforward if you possess both DIY experience and the appropriate tools. To begin, identify both your space requirements as well as how many bottles will need storage.
Wine Bottles
If you are an avid collector, a wine bottle wall can be an attractive way to display your collection and attract guests into your home. Plus, there are various methods available to you for creating one! When choosing which design best fits with the space in which your wall resides.
Wine bottle walls can be as straightforward or detailed as desired, using wine bottles of any color to craft beautiful works of art. Or you could bury the bottles upside down to form an eye-catching privacy screen in your backyard.
If you don't want to spend hours working on DIY projects, purchasing a wine bottle wall from a retailer or using old bottles as vase or candle holders might be best. Just remember to remove labels with either a chisel or putty knife before displaying them and using elegant craft stickers like maps or book pages on them can add visual interest as well.
Glass
Wine bottle walls can be constructed out of any number of materials, from mortar and sand mixture to cob, clay rebar or even concrete. Wine bottle walls offer an effective alternative to traditional block construction in terms of both climate resistance and cost efficiency.
Glass bottle walls are versatile structures that can frame a swimming pool, patio, porch, or serve as accent walls in homes or restaurants. Bottles can be arranged into any design of choice before being securely attached with cement to the wall - making this piece of art an eye-catcher perfect for patios, gardens and gazebos alike!
This bottle-shaped wall in Taos, New Mexico is handcrafted from recycled glass and makes a striking accent to any outdoor space. The bottles are lined up side by side to form an aesthetically pleasing wall while still allowing light through. Adding another touch, their bottoms have been cut off and arranged into patterns for an eye-catching stained-glass effect.
Metal Pipe
Metal pipes can be an inexpensive and elegant way to create a wine bottle wall, with minimal effort required. Their round tubes can easily be bent into any desired shape and bound securely together using mortar. What's more, metal pipes can easily be cut to size to match any interior decor of any room in which they're used.
Wine bottle walls can be transformed into decorative clocks by arranging their bottles into circles or squares to form clock faces, while leather sheets arranged around the frame can serve as cradles for the bottles and be secured using line snaps in colors matching those found in their frame.
Bottle walls may provide an alternative to conventional windows when filled with dark liquid that enhances their thermal properties and can help moderate daily temperature swings within buildings. They also bring in natural light while adding rustic charm.
Bury Bottles Upside Down
Wine bottle walls can create an eye-catching border in any garden, as well as line a pathway. They can either be buried with their widest parts just above the soil to mark out an edge, or placed upright for an elongated appearance. Mixing colors, types, sizes, and types creates more visual interest than sticking with one design style alone.
Walls can also be lined with lights for an eye-catching, playful sculptural effect suitable for cottage and beach homes. Fuel-based or LEDs may be placed inside each bottle to create a kaleidoscope effect that changes as the sun moves throughout the day.
As you design a bottle wall, keep in mind that bottles aren't an architectural-grade material and could break under certain stresses like earthquakes. When placing these walls it would also be wise to avoid areas with lawnmowers or other equipment which might cause possible breaks; placing near walkways also increases risk of people tripping over or kicking at them.
Recycled Bottles
Local recycling services no longer accept glass, including wine bottles, as it can easily shatter and cause havoc with machinery, as well as contaminate other recyclable materials. Instead of sending your empty bottles straight to landfill, why not repurpose them around your home with creative projects that reduce carbon emissions? This way they remain out there as creative projects!
Create an eye-catching light fixture by grouping together colorful and shaped bottles. Remove their labels, and use a pendant light kit to transform them into stunning fixtures that cast soft shadows across your walls.
Etching kits provide another method of personalizing bottles with designs and messages, such as table numbers or guests for an event. Or simply use the bottles as centerpieces by filling them with greenery like eucalyptus or baby's breath to create beautiful centerpieces.
Bottle walls make an attractive feature in any garden or backyard. Brie the Plant Lady has created an easy step-by-step tutorial showing how to build one using bottles walls as walls to construct a small gazebo using them - just be sure to dig a trench that slopes downward so water won't collect in them and freeze, potentially shattering them!