How to Build a Box Wine Rack

Wine racks need to store wine bottles horizontally without allowing the bottles to touch each other. A box wine rack is a design that consists of a box that is open on one side. You can make a simple box wine rack from plywood and PVC pipe.

Items Needed:

• Tape measure


• PVC pipe


• Saw


• Drill


• Wood screws

1. Obtain PVC pipe that is large enough to hold your wine bottles. The diameter of a standard wine bottle is 3 1/2 inches.


2. Cut a length of pipe that is slightly longer than the height of a wine bottle, which is about 10 inches. Repeat this step for each wine bottle you wish to store.


3. Arrange the sections of PVC pipe into a rectangle of the desired size. You may need to cut additional lengths of pipe to make the rectangle.


4. Measure the height and width of the rectangle of PVC pipes. This will be the interior height and width of your box wine rack. The depth of the wine rack will be the length of the PVC pipes.


5. Cut with a saw two sections of plywood with dimensions equal to the height and depth of the wine rack. Cut the top and bottom of the wine rack with dimensions equal to length and depth of the wine rack. The back of the wine rack will have dimensions equal to the height and width of the wine rack.


6. Assemble the sections of plywood into a box with an open front. Fasten the plywood together with a drill and wood screws.


7. Place the PVC pipes in the wine rack. Each section of pipe will hold a wine bottle.