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пятница, 9 февраля 2018 г.

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Traditional carport can house 2 cars, and has an 8' clearance to the bottom of the beam.

Original article and pictures take http://associateddesigns.com/garage-plans/plan/20062 site

воскресенье, 28 января 2018 г.

Technical Tuesday Episode #226: Vintner Makes For Neat And Clean Wine Cellars

Clean lines, flowing arrangements, seamless corners – all these features are definitely must-haves in a dream wine cellar project. The question is: are these features achievable? Well, when you’re utilizing the racking products here at WCI as well as our professional design services, the answer is a resounding YES! We’ve managed to provide our clients with satisfying storage solutions to all kinds of bottle storage needs. Plus, we’ve also provided excellent customer service that our clients have attested to in more than just a few occasions. Today’s Tech Tuesday showcase will help us go over these plus points and perhaps even more:

Project # 258494
Wood: Vintner/Premium Redwood
Bottle Capacity: 408
Where: Bergen, NJ

So here we have a purely Vintner project designed to house a smallish collection of up to a little over 400 bottles. The aim was to really maximize the compact space designated for the wine cellar, down to the quite tight corners. As we can glean from the photo above, Vintner has accomplished the task quite nicely. Remember that the series has now upgraded to include 3- and 4-feet individual bottle columns for extended flexibility. The 3-feet stackable columns with displays are exactly what our design team used to fill in those awkward corners and make them fully functional.

Now the focal point of this project is this customized tasting center fashioned out of the Vintner Series Individual with display and opening for archway or glass rack insert with Open Diamond Bins below. It’s simple, beautifully proportioned, and exudes understated elegance thanks to the lightly stained Premium Redwood. What’s more, since it’s part of our wine rack “kits” collection, it’s so easy on the budget!

In fact, for even smaller spaces, a tasting center is one of the most viable options. Check out our wine rack kit bundles for various styles you can work on. There’s also the recently launched Urban Living Series which is targeted towards outfitting compact living spaces like condos and apartments.

Now let’s go back to this Vintner classic. Because of the flexible configurations of the racks and the extensive styles available in both individual and bulk bottle storage, getting everything to literally “fit” was a no-brainer. The client gets the needed bottle storage space plus a little bit of room to grow the racking assembly along with his collection as well. So if creating a neat and clean wine cellar is your goal, WCI is the way to go! Get in touch with us today and let’s get your wine cellar goals started, too. ^_^

Original article and pictures take http://www.winecellarinnovations.com/blog/2015/02/17/258494/ site

четверг, 25 января 2018 г.

Baby Changing Tables Galore: Ideas & Inspiration

Are you busy planning the design and decor of your baby-to-be’s nursery? One major element of baby’s bedroom is the changing station, where all the grooming, changing and rearranging of the diapers will be done. It has to be big enough to hold your little one but also hold and organize all of the necessities too, while keeping within the style and vision of the room. That’s where we come in handy, providing you with 20 great ideas and inspiration to choose from and ignite your creativity. Let’s take a peek at baby changing tables from traditional designs to more alternative features.

1. Traditional Baskets.

This piece is a most classic changing table, with it’s top and shelving unit below for organizing. What we like about this corner is its coziness and baskets for keeping tidy!{found on urbangrace}.

2. Simple Whites.

This simple and small white dresser is the perfect piece for multi-tasking. Add a plush changing pad atop and set out a caddy for keeping changing necessities – Voila! – chic and quaint.{found on fortheloveof}.

3. Elegant Dressings.

A bulky dresser can be used for a variety of things in the nursery. Sorting pajamas, creating a changing station and displaying nick-knacks and books on the shelves!

4. Modern Lines.

Modern and chic with elegant lines and strong, clean edges, this modern piece is such a great addition to a contemporary nursery! And we love the new, hard-sided changing pad that’s right on top.

5. Vintage Masculines

Are you not swooning over this vintage-inspired dresser? It’s got a bold, masculine feel without taking away from the rustic charm – and what’s great is the functional use it holds besides just holding the clothes!{found on projectnursery}

6. Side Table Turns.

At first glance you may think this is such a small, classic white changing table but in fact you can get this kind of piece throughout a variety of different sites and stores. Take a side table or sofa set with shelves and you’ve got yourself an easy changing spot.{found on littlebabygarvin}.

7. Alternative Features.

A changing pad on top of a traditional dresser, peg boards behind to help with organizing and keeping diapers at a hand’s reach, this is such a fantastic and alternative set-up!

8. Minty Magics.

Take an old dresser with great bones, repaint it, add some snazzy new hardware and you’ll have a unique furniture piece for your baby’s bedroom that serves as both necessity and style.{found on suddenlyinspired}.

9. Potters Benches.

Made to be a potters bench but turned into an adorable and space-friendly changing table, this piece is incredibly charming. Just add an extra shelf or two for your storage needs!{found on oursweetabode}.

10. Contemporary Buckets.

The floating shelves, the buckets and the black dresser that fills a room with so much sophistication and powerful, modern energy. We are loving this entire changing space.

11. Closet Hideaways.

Take the closet and create a changing “nook.” It will leave space in the actual nursery for more playtime and style, but also give you ample amount of space for storing and organizing.

12.Vertical Ideas.

A changing table that allows you to change your baby in a vertical format – it’s genius! And it’s so much easier and unique than the classic, traditional ideas.

13. Inside Secrets.

Inside an armoire you could create a whole new world for you and your little one. Lock away the changing station at night and bring it out for the work in the morning in the most stylish and subtle of ways.

14. Cubby Times.

It may not be a dresser or a table that helps you to create your own style of changing table. Instead, it may be a set of organizational cubbies that make it happen!{found on younghouselove}.

15. Flip Downs.

If you’re really pushing for space in the nursery, look for a similar piece to this flip-down system from Ikea. It’s a smart and innovative way to save room in the bedroom without nixing on any style.{found on houzz}.

16. Mirror Mirrors.

This gorgeous mirrored dresser makes the most perfect changing station – because it distracts from the necessity! Elegance and sophisticated aren’t ways to describe a messy diaper, so we love the contrast.

18. Roll Aways.

Sometimes you don’t need a specific spot for your baby’s changing station. Instead, you can create a cart that will do the trick in any room of the house!

19. Corner Styles.

Use every inch of your nursery is a functional and design-worthy way. We’ve in love with this corner changing table for obvious reasons, aren’t you?!

20. Idea Antiques.

This is a fabulous DIY! An antique table turned into a wall-mounted changing station is such a great way to get creative and utilize the space and room that you’ve got for baby!{found on lovethomas}.

Original article and pictures take http://www.homedit.com/baby-changing-tables/ site

четверг, 4 января 2018 г.

How to Build an Underground Root Cellar

Your garden has come in and the bounty of it has been dispersed to family and friends. However, you still have more produce than you can consume. What to do? You can process some of it in a pressure canner or freeze it. Some vegetables, though, and a few fruits do not do well canned or frozen. Perhaps it is time to build an underground root cellar.

1 Understand that the key elements of a root cellar have to do with temperature, humidity and ventilation. Keep these three details in mind and the cellar can be built using just about any method.
- Building material options include native stone, concrete cinder blocks, earth-packed tires or cedar logs for walk-in root cellars. The most common of these is to use concrete cinder blocks. This material is readily available from a DIY store.
2 Think out of the box for your underground root cellar.
- Use a fiberglass water tank. These will be easy to modify and bury.
- Bury a 50 gallon (189.3 L) plastic drum in the ground.
3 Cover either of the above choices with 1 foot (30.48) of dirt or other coverage for temporary fall storage.
4 Locate your root cellar in an area that has good drainage away from it. Ideally, this would be on a hill side facing north and limiting exposure to the opening of the cellar.
5 Excavate for the root cellar so that, when the walls are buried, you have at least 4 feet (1.22 meters) of coverage. Ten feet (3.05 meters) is even better.
6 Vent the cellar by installing two PVC pipes. One pipe must enter the root cellar low to the floor to let cool air in, and the other one needs to be near the ceiling to vent out hot air.
- The vent pipes will need to be screened to keep out pests and to protect the produce from weather that is too cool or too warm. Remember, cool air settles and warm air rises.
- Ventilation is also important to remove ethylene gases that fruit and vegetables produce as they ripen. Venting ethylene gases slows down the ripening process.
7 Create an entry to the root cellar.
- The door to the root cellar plays a double roll -- to keep the varmints and unwanted visitors out and to keep the cool air in.
- Most root cellars have 1 door at the surface and a second at the wall that opens to the root cellar (if this exists). This entry way acts as a little extra insulation in the form of dead space to keep the cool air in.
8 Cover the floor of your root cellar with gravel or even a concrete floor. Either one can be wet down to help raise the humidity when you need it.
9 Choose wooden shelves over metal. Metal transmits heat, warming up faster that wood. Wood helps you keep the temperature more in control as a result.
10 Place a temperature and humidity gauge in the cellar and keep a record of the readings. This will help you to track how effective these numbers are and reflect the best way to maintain your root cellar.

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Original article and pictures take https://www.wikihow.com/Build-an-Underground-Root-Cellar site

суббота, 16 декабря 2017 г.

“Home Wine Cellar” – One Room Challenge – Final Reveal

After 6 short weeks, the time has come for the final reveal of our Wine Cellar! Wow, the time passed quickly. I am thrilled to show you our new space and hope we can inspire you to build your own cellar, wine room, or wine closet.

MY PARTICIPATION IN THE ONE ROOM CHALLENGE

This wine cellar design will complete my fourth season of the “One Room Challenge”. So many other talented people are participating as guests, please check out their spaces HERE.

You can also check out my prior guest participation reveals in the links below.

WHAT IS THE ONE ROOM CHALLENGE

The One Room Challenge™ is a biannual event every April and October and is currently in its fourteenth season. Each round, twenty design bloggers take the challenge and transform a space. Every Wednesday, the designers document their process while sharing their sources and professional advice over six weekly posts.

The ORC has teamed up with Better Homes and Garden HERE to bring you this highly anticipated event.

PROGRESS FROM PRIOR WEEKS

We have come a long way in 6 weeks and completed a space that has been sitting empty in our home for years. We always dreamed one day that we would build a wine cellar as a place to relax and hang out with friends, as we do tastings of wine and bourbons while nibbling on cheese and crackers.

Our dream could not have been realized without the help of Wine Cellar Innovation. We selected Wine Cellar Innovations to design our space and build our racks after a lot of research into wine cellar companies. Wine Cellar Innovations has the expertise to design a space that fit our vision, lifestyle, and most importantly – our budget!

Our design expert, Luis Rodriguez, worked with us each step of the way to custom build a cellar that incorporated our room specifications and our budget (did I already mention that)? Building a wine cellar can get very expensive very quickly, but the racks at Wine Cellar Innovations are VERY affordable and easy to assemble (which is HUGE)! To make the assembly process even easier, Wine Cellar Innovations included a nail gun free of charge and offer free shipping on most items!

You can check out before pictures and see all the work that went into completing this space in the links below.

Home “Wine Cellar Design” ORC – Building the Entryway (Week 3)

Home “Wine Cellar Design” ORC – Assembling the Racks (Week 4)

Before Pictures of the Wine Cellar

Let’s take a look at the before picture of the room, and see how it was used before it became a wine cellar. The prior owner built the room as a place to smoke. We started our conversion by removing all the exhaust equipment and ventilation system.

This is the entrance to the room. The black cabinets which housed the exhaust equipment on the left and right sides near the entrance were ripped out and converted into shelves. Notice the bottom panel on the tile floor, the room really is air tight and was sealed to be a smoking room.

Prior to us owning the home, it was being used as a place to gather, smoke and chill. It seems to us, the intent of the room when it was built by the original owner was to house a future wine cellar, and we are so happy to see that vision come to life.

Wine Cellar Reveal

Come inside my friends and take a tour.

We painted the door to the cellar, the same color we painted the bar cabinets in our “Basement Bar Remodel” ORC “Final Reveal”. The area is now cohesive and the colors flow together.

Zy+ouuA8SEueE3o+AmJclQ — The door has a little peek thru with a view into the cellar.

We utilized the bumped out spaces, which held the ventilation equipment, to house wine refrigerators and shelving.

We customized the space to fit wine crates and half sized beverage centers similar HERE.

The focal wall is the wall you see as you walk into the cellar. The racks are 8 ft high.

This diamond shape custom bin is double deep and adds the perfect amount of dimension to the focal wall.

Wanting to retain views of the stone, the side racks are counter height. We wanted a variety of racks in our design and Wine Cellar Innovations delivered!

The wall junction boxes were already in the room, we added long rustic iron sconces with fabric shades from Restoration Hardware.

3p35F%oaQ3usuMMY4UWT3A — The Orb chandelier is also from Restoration Hardware, you can find a similar one

HERE.

The adjustable bar height table and stools are from Arhaus. They are super sturdy, heavy and made from reclaimed elm. You can find a similar table HERE and stools HERE.

fullsizeoutput_9019 — I love the rustic iron on this beauty.

We added a center junction box in the middle of the room, to hang the chandelier.

The wooden WINE sign comes from Home Goods .

This fun candelabra insert is from Frontgate HERE and fits into any standard wine bottle.

f4etf7eBSKqgpPp%YCsm5A — The back wall has two sections of racks, one on each side of the door.

As you can see, we haven’t filled all the space on the racks with wine and probably won’t come close. Our plan is to add a flat board to the bottom of these back racks and use them to display our many bourbons. I will update you when we get this done, we ran out of time and weren’t able to do it for the reveal.

We added strips of LED lighting HERE under the display racks to highlight special bottles. We purchased our lights from Home Depot but you can find them way cheaper on Amazon. They are dimmable, have a remote and have multiple color options. They attach very easily to the wood with a tape backing.

sm6EJ+kQRsiPNm4b+34fVw — The LED tape lighting can be cut into specific lengths to fit any design.

RDDIMr7FQqi6YzOamKYNhA — Did I mention my hubby likes bourbon?

It was important for us to have display racks to do bourbon tastings, this corner rack works perfectly.

hYVpNq+fSCSgHjcCWSlkAg — We, (my husband) built the small cubby spaces on the corners of each wall to hold small wine crates. They can be used for storage and slide in and out.

We got most of our wine crates from Total Wine HERE. They sell them for $5 a box, way cheaper than anywhere else…which sell one crate for $30 and up.

fullsizeoutput_9037 — Flickering candles are a perfect accent to the cellar.

fullsizeoutput_9035 — The “tasting center” holds 30 oversized wine glasses.

fullsizeoutput_9036 — And provides additional space for bottles, candles, or a cheese board. My niece bought me this candle a while back and I always loved it.

Our good friend Justin, brings over his signature wine when he comes to visit. It deserves a distinguished space on the center display rack.

Another reason we chose Wine Cellar Innovations was the option to order 8ft high racks. Many other companies we looked at did not offer this option. WCI offers racks in 6 ft, 7ft, and 8ft. We built our system with 8ft racks and my husband added additional boards to fill in the space to the ceiling. We have 8.5 ft ceilings in the cellar.

B%fMhLiwRsqb9DfUa+ByOw — All trim and crown molding was included in the price of the racks.

zKMCTzEoRCuw6+jJyl7xVQ — The counters come with a rounded edge to finish off the space…also included.

3cePSRH%R1GOfB10ef2Trw — We chose to order our racks in a natural pine finish.

fullsizeoutput_9039 — The corner rack is perfect for additional display of bottles.

fullsizeoutput_903c — Anyone care for a tasting?

Lastly, we purchased a signature wine opener from Frontgate HERE. It has a heavy granite base, comes in a couple different finishes and fits our decor perfectly.

I hope you enjoyed the tour of our cellar. We are thrilled with our new space, and look forward to spending time in the room. In case you are wondering, the cellar was built to hold 2000 bottles of wine. Yes, way more than we will ever own, but we will have fun trying to fill the room

This season of the One Room Challenge is coming to an end, but I will be back next Spring with another fun project!

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Original article and pictures take https://happyhautehome.com/2018/11/08/home-wine-cellar-one-room-challenge-final-reveal/ site

пятница, 9 февраля 2018 г.