Small Country Wine Cellar Ideas and Designs

Renovating a historic home comes with a little extra responsibility. We custom matched the stained cherry racking, door hardware, and all the details to blend this under the stairs wine cellar seamlessly into its circa-1900 farmhouse surrounds.

St. Jude 2016

Dona Designs

Photo credit: Laura Alleman
This is an example of a small country wine cellar in New Orleans with carpet and cube storage.

Farm House

Carey's Custom Woodworking, Inc

wine storage cabinet
Inspiration for a small rural wine cellar in Portland with storage racks, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.

4800 Sq. Ft. Northwest Farmhouse Showcase Home

Wendy O'Brien Interior Planning & Design

The butler’s pantry not only provides storage for dishes and glassware, but also includes a full wine fridge for your collection. Soft gray quartz countertops contrast white Shaker cabinets, and a playful mirrored backsplash adds depth and interest.

For more photos of this project visit our website: https://wendyobrienid.com.

Photography by Valve Interactive: https://valveinteractive.com/

Wine Storage

Mark Lewis Interior Design

Rory Gardiner
Photo of a small country wine cellar in London with dark hardwood flooring, cube storage and brown floors.

Farmhouse_EASTERN SHORE

GMF+ASSOCIATES architects

This house design was inspired by the 19th century style farm houses that are scattered about the flat open farmland of Eastern Shore, Virginia. The building site for this project was on a waterfront peninsula that made it picturesque as well as historical version of a bygone era. Versions of this house and others like it can be found on downhomeplans.com

Strawberry Hollow Farm Wine Cellar

MK Designs LLC

Rustic basement wine cellar with reclaimed oak diamond bins & mushroom board ceilings. Brick walls & wood look tile floor
Photo of a small country wine cellar in Philadelphia with porcelain flooring and cube storage.

Encendido II

Tracy Lynn Studio

Ryan Garvin Photography
Small rural wine cellar in San Diego with ceramic flooring, storage racks and multi-coloured floors.

Mineral Springs Farm | Newtown Square, PA

Period Architecture Ltd.

Angle Eye Photography
Small country wine cellar in Philadelphia with brick flooring, storage racks and red floors.

Modern Farmhouse

Infinite Home

This is an example of a small rural wine cellar in Atlanta with concrete flooring, storage racks and grey floors.

Napa Valley Cheesebarn

Elsie Green House & Home

The shelves in the adjacent wine cellar were designed specifically to showcase the beautiful Caldwell Vineyard labels of the wine stored there. Photo by Suzanne Becker Bronk

Pfeifer Farmhouse Wine Cellar

Sommi Wine Cellars

Modern Farmhouse

Edgewood Builders, Inc

This is an example of a small country wine cellar in San Francisco with brick flooring, cube storage and red floors.

French Country Kitchen

Inspired Designs

Velina Edwards
Photo of a small country wine cellar in Dallas with dark hardwood flooring and display racks.

Franklin, TN Estate

Noble Johnson Architects

Photography: Garett + Carrie Buell of Studiobuell/ studiobuell.com
Design ideas for a small rural wine cellar in Nashville with dark hardwood flooring and storage racks.

Barbaro | Bellevue

JayMarc Homes

The Barbaro's Wine Room is a luxurious space designed to showcase and preserve your exquisite collection of wines. The room features meticulously crafted dark wood shelves that elegantly display your bottles, creating a captivating visual focal point. The beige tile floors add a touch of sophistication and complement the warm tones of the wooden shelves. Crisp white walls create a clean and timeless backdrop, allowing the wines to take center stage. A stunning glass wall adds a touch of modernity and allows natural light to filter into the room, creating a sense of openness and inviting ambiance. Whether you're a wine connoisseur or simply appreciate the art of wine tasting, the Barbaro's Wine Room offers a refined and stylish setting to indulge in the pleasures of fine wines.

Cape Girardeau

Tim Hollerbach Designs, LLC

This is an example of a small country wine cellar in St Louis with light hardwood flooring and display racks.

White House Plantation Barn

Cook Design Studio, Inc.

Lowcountry Residential Designs, Inc.
Inspiration for a small farmhouse wine cellar in Atlanta with concrete flooring.

Restauro Casale Falecine

Arch. Alessandra Cipriani

Cantina - Post Opera
Inspiration for a small farmhouse wine cellar in Florence with brick flooring, display racks and orange floors.

Custom Wine Cellars

IWA Wine Accessories

VintageView wine racks provide a clean, sleek look and space-saving efficiency. Offered in a choice of rust-resistant finishes, VintageView wine racks come with a limited lifetime warranty and are available for immediate delivery.

Small Country Wine Cellar Ideas and Designs

There may come a time when the humble wine rack isn’t enough, and your wine and champagne collection merits a more sizeable part of your home. Don’t be misled by the term wine cellar – spaces that can be converted into custom-made country wine storage areas can range from an entire room to a larder, basement or even a trapdoor in your kitchen floor. Consult a wine cellar specialist when putting together your country wine cellar design for expert advice on the right conditions comprising proper insulation, lighting and temperature which are imperative for wine storage and preserving your fragile wines. Some designers will offer end-to-end product management, whereas others will simply offer advice and plans, requiring separate builders. Consider the professional help you’ll require based on the scale of your wine cellar design or conversion.

When should I upgrade from a wine rack to a country wine cellar?

If you take wine seriously, a purpose-built cellar is a worthwhile investment. Your own wine cellar affords you the opportunity to age young vintage wines at home, as well as exponentially increasing capacity for wine storage. As well as storing and protecting it, a great wine cellar design will also showcase your wines and make your collection organised and easily accessible. Even a wine cooler is a serious upgrade from a regular fridge, built to cancel vibrations which are detrimental to wine.

How do I create the right environment to store red wine?

There are many factors involved in creating the optimum conditions for wine storage, so fine-tuning your country wine cellar design is a delicate exercise best left to the pros. A custom-built wine cellar will have temperature and humidity controls to maintain a constantly perfect atmosphere, and be insulated with shock absorbing materials throughout. To mitigate the stuffy conditions of a cellar, it is also important to have a source of ventilation which circulates air to keep the room fresh. Your wine cellar design specialist or architect can help you create the ideal conditions for your home collection.

How should I decorate my wine cellar?

Although mediterranean wine cellars are common, changing up the decor is an easy way to create your country wine cellar design. Ornate wood and stone are common traditional materials, while metal and glass finishes are more trendy. You can immerse yourself in Italian culture with mosaic tile murals, barrel ceilings and archways, or you can go modern with sleek lines and minimal decorative displays. Regardless of your style, be sure all your wine storage materials, furniture and decorative accessories support each other; a mismatched space can lead to decor confusion and an incoherent, incomplete wine cellar. Take a look through the wine cellar photos and wine storage ideas on Houzz to give you inspiration for your own wine cellar design.

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