Materials: Any expedit, spare expedit shelves (or just any other wooden shelves), saw, paint
Description: As I wanted a wine rack, but had no place left to put one, my eye turned to the Expedit I had in use as a room divider. Noticing how it might accommodate four bottles in a # design, I set out to make an Expedit style wine rack.
Really all you need is four shelves, a saw, and some patience. Spare Expedit shelves will do great, since they're already in a matching color and of the right
size*, but any shelves will do.
Saw two slots into each shelf at exactly 1/3 and 2/3 of the width (see schematic). Paint the shelves as required, then slide them together and insert into Expedit. That's all!
* actually, if you go with Expedit shelves, have a mind to take out the saw and make them square, instead of rectangular. I didn't realize at the time that the Expedit "squares" are not cubes - their depth is greater than height and width. Using square shelves will leave you with about 3 inches of extra storage space behind the bottles, and the shelves will still be longer than any wine bottle you'll put in.
~ Joost, The Netherlands
I can't believe Ikea itself hasn't cashed in on a wine-rack insert for Expedit yet. I feel like that would sell really well!
ReplyDeleteWatch out for the weight of bottles. I looked at doing a similar thing (with higher numbers of bottles) but the shelves are too flimsy to be serious wine racks. Shame! but the Gorm shelves are much tougher.
ReplyDeleteIkea give a weight rating for the shelves.
When seeing your DIY insert for wine bottles, I remembered the Site that offers Ikea "Tuning" parts: http://www.partsofsweden.se/website1/ikea-/-/expedit-50.1.137.1.php
ReplyDeleteThey offer inserts for the expedit as well. Nevertheless I have the feeling, that the shop is no more active, as the design of the site has not changes for ages. Anybody already ordered there?
Sleek, stylish...GREAT idea!
ReplyDeleteParts of Sweden is still alive and active and their wine rack for Expedit is great!
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic. Too bad I can't just go into Ikea and pick up an Expedit Wine Rack insert.
ReplyDeleteThis insert would probably work for a wine rack if you didn't want to attempt the hack: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50170085 It's a 4x4 $20 insert - Article Number: 501.700.85
ReplyDeleteI think turning the win rack 90 degrees would make it look better, since the horizontal lines will be the unbroken ones. Just a thought.
ReplyDeleteMan, I had been contemplating how to solve my Expedit/wine storage-issues for weeks now. So simple, so obvious. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteFor those of you in Australia:
ReplyDeletehttp://danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_905999/monterey-12-bottle-wine-rack-flat-pack
I simply used EKBY LAIVA shelves, cut them to 18" lengths, and slid them into the EXPEDIT to made stackable wedge spaces. It works great!
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