Fancy a stylish drinks cabinet? A bespoke wine rack cleverly incorporated into your cabinetry? How about a secret coffee station, or a showstopping home bar? Whatever your tipple, here are six brilliant ideas from the kitchen experts for wine and drinks storage…
1) Store – and show off – your wine with timber storage tailored just for you
Forget those mass-produced wine racks – the most stylish and practical way to store wine is with bespoke shelving in timber, custom-made just for your space.
With good design you can store your wine bottles virtually anywhere – whether discreetly built into a wall cabinet, tucked neatly into the space between units, or integrated into a kitchen island as a central feature of the room.
The Elmham kitchen, above, features a contemporary reeded oak wall cabinet complete with a built-in timber wine rack. With the bottles situated at eye-level, the storage is useful and accessible – but it also helps add personality and visual interest to the room.
Bespoke timber wine racks can be built to any specification: in the kitchen above, the full height wine rack makes an eye-catching feature in its own right, even amidst all the glorious colours.
Wine shelves are also a great way to maximise the space in your kitchen, as you can fit them into narrow, awkward spaces. The Oyster Catcher kitchen below features an integral timber wine rack nestled in the space next to the refrigerator...
2) Go for subtle style with a dedicated drinks cabinet
If you prefer discretion to display when it comes to your favourite tipples, consider a dedicated drinks cabinet concealed by doors. The textured glass of the drinks cabinet in the Wolferton kitchen, above, gives just a hint of what lies within, while ensuring that the kitchen retains its sleek, contemporary lines.
Or how about a surprise factor? In the Houghton kitchen, below, elegant Shaker doors open to reveal everything you need to prepare your poison – complete with glass hangers, an X bottle rack, plenty of shelving and storage, and topped off by an interior wrapped in beautiful warm aged brass... It's a thing of beauty.
3) Create a customised coffee station
It’s not all about alcohol, of course… More and more people are creating spaces for coffee or even smoothie stations. With a custom-made cabinet you can store your coffee machine, cups and other bits and pieces together, ensuring they’re fully accessible while being kept neatly out of sight when not in use.
The Westward Ho kitchen, above, features a double larder kitted out as a coffee station, complete with a marble shelf, wooden drawers and its own dedicated power supply.
Meanwhile, the Houghton kitchen, above, features a beautiful walnut double larder which incorporates a hidden coffee station, complete with plenty of shelving, drawers and door storage racks – perfect for storing mugs, jugs, coffee pods, syrups and so on.
4) Make your kitchen island work for you
A kitchen island nearly always becomes a social hub – the natural place to gather together over a drink, so why not embrace that and incorporate wine racks or coolers into a custom-built island?
In the Cley kitchen, above, the traditional style kitchen island is a real focal point of the room. It comes complete with an integral wine fridge.
5) Create an indulgent little cocktail corner
Enjoy a bit of home mixology? Why not really indulge yourself with a dedicated cocktail corner? They can be slotted neatly into small spaces and customised just for you and the drinks you love to make.
The Norfolk vicarage kitchen, above, includes eye-level glass cabinets for storing glasses, and a dedicated sink with a beautiful oak splashback. The adjacent cabinet has plenty of shelves for storing bottles, integral door storage and engraved oak box drawers perfect for storing mixers.
The Ryburgh kitchen’s cocktail corner (below) has a more glitzy feel, with a black granite worktop, a stunning splashback, an undercounter fridge, and gorgeous glazed cabinets with Armac Martin handles and grills and painted interiors, which offer plenty of space for storing bottles and glasses.
6) Go all out with a show-stopping home bar
Finally – how about a truly sensational piece of statement furniture? Something that puts a big smile on your face every day (and possibly makes your guests a little bit green with envy…).
At Naked Kitchens we love making ‘wow’ features – real showstoppers that are completely unique to your kitchen. Take for example this ultimate drinks station, with a built-in coffee machine, bar, glasses storage and more, all together in a truly eye-popping centrepiece cabinet. If you’ve got the space for it, why not? You only live once, after all…
From beautiful bespoke timber wine racks to perfectly curated cocktail corners, we can create the perfect wine and drinks storage that’s tailored to your space and your lifestyle. See more of our bespoke kitchen features here.
And take the first step on the journey to your dream kitchen here.
See also:
Kitchen islands - a guide to different styles and ways to use them
Unusual kitchen colours – tips, ideas and inspiration
Choosing colours for your kitchen – an expert guide
