An
expanding wine collection drove this connoisseur’s conversion of a
laundry room into a wine cellar. A new custom glass door into the dining
room created a visual connection, enhancing the dining room and inviting
one into the wine cave. The storage casework was all hand-hewn of
recycled antique oak, as was the entry. The honed Cabernet Antico
tasting top was perfect in color (and name) for this application. The
rustic stone wainscot and floor are multicolored African slate. Although
modest in floor size, the space was sculpted into three grottoes with a
groin-vaulted centerpiece, as if carved from a cave. When you walk into
this climate-controlled room, your tactile senses come alive and beg to
touch the many facets of this incredible transformation. The finished
product is breathtaking—it fulfills this client’s dream and exceeds
their expectation of creating a “showpiece of a wine cellar” for their
home.
