Lattice Wine Rack Directions

Measure the area where you want to install your wine rack. The wine rack will be a square or rectangular box, so you need a length and height measurement.

Saw two pieces of 1-by-12-inch wooden boards to the length measurement. Cut two more to the height measurement. Place a length-sized board on the edge on your workbench. Stand a height-sized board on edge at one end of the first board, squaring the ends together. Drill four evenly spaced pilot holes through the length-sized board into the other board. Separate the boards and apply a bead of wood glue on the end of the height-sized board. Put the boards together again. Place a screw in each pilot hole and screw the boards together.

Repeat Step 2 for the other three corners of the wine rack box. Now you have the outer frame of the wine rack. Now measure the inside dimensions of the frame. Saw four pieces of 1-by-2-inch boards to the inside length of the wine rack frame. Saw four more pieces of 1-by-2-inch boards to the inside height of the frame. These will be used for the inner front and back frames.

Cut two pieces of 1-by-6-inch boards to the inside length measurement and two more pieces of 1-by-6-inch boards to the inside height measurement. These are for the inner middle frame.

Cut two panels of pre-constructed wooden lattice to the inside dimensions of the wine rack frame that you just built. The lattice panels should be identical and the strips of the panels should span the frame diagonally. It is easiest to lay the wine rack frame you built on top of the lattice panel, mark the lattice with a pencil and cut along the lines. Lattice panels are not built to precision measurements, so this method ensures the panels will fit perfectly inside the wine rack frame.

Lay the wine rack box on its side with the back of the frame on the workbench. Place a 1-by-2-inch wooden strip along each side of the box on the inside next to the workbench. This forms the rear inner frame. Keeping the edges of the strips flush with the edges of the outer box, drill pilot holes from the outside through the box sides into the inner frame strips at even intervals about 6 inches apart. Screw the inner frame strips to the outer box using the pilot holes.

Place one of the lattice panels inside the box against the inner frame you just installed. Slide the four pieces of 1-by-6-inch boards inside the wine box frame to hold the lattice in place. This is the inner middle frame. Drill two pilot holes at the ends of each of these inner frame pieces and screw them in place.

Sand the assembly and the other pieces yet to be assembled. Remove the dust with tack cloth. Prime, paint, stain or varnish the assembly and the loose pieces to the color or finish you like. Let the finish dry thoroughly.

Lay the assembled wine rack box on its side again with the rear inner frame strips on the bottom. Place the second lattice panel inside the box against the inner middle frame strips. The lattice strips must line up with the other lattice panel exactly. Place the remaining four front inner frame strips along the inside of the wine rack box to hold the second lattice panel in place. Drill pilot holes and screw these strips in place in the same way you screwed the rear inner frame strips in Step 6. Now you can place your finished lattice wine rack where you want it and begin to stock it with wine bottles.