The 56th China International Furniture Fair (Shanghai)
September 9-12, 2025

Shanghai Home Expo | Wine cabinet design guide——the balance between wine and life aesthetics

2025-05-14 15:13:57

For people who love wine, if you don't have a few bottles of your favorite wine at home, you will always feel less relaxed when entertaining guests. However, in the just demanded house type, how to make the wine cabinet is not crowded living space, but also both practical and beautiful? In this article, we will address the pain points, customization points to multiple functions, presenting you with a professional and aesthetic wine cabinet design guide. If you want to learn more about the tips,the best way is to visit Shanghai Home Expo.

 

1. The way to break the layout of wine cabinets in small homes - the art of spatial integration

 

The traditional independent wine cabinet in a small home is easy to show bloated, the smart approach is “functional grafting”: the integrated design of the wine cabinet and sideboard, so that the wine collection area is naturally integrated into the dining scene. When friends and family sit around the table, you can turn around to get wine to drink together, “to the wine when the song” sense of ceremony does not need to deliberately create. This embedded design not only releases space, but also allows the wine cabinet to become the visual focus of the dining area, a perfect balance of practicality and spatial tension.

 

2. The three core elements of customized wine cabinets - quality control from a professional point of view

 

(1) Style fit: The material and design of the wine cabinet should be symbiotic with the home style. Modern style can choose glass + metal frame, to create a sense of translucent luxury; new Chinese style is suitable for solid wood grille, with warm laminate lamps, showing the oriental flavor. Avoid the blind pursuit of complex modeling, clean lines but easier to harmonize with the overall environment.

 

(2) Environmental adaptation: to create the “ideal residence” for wine. Specifically, the following points: avoid light and shock: the cabinet should be away from the balcony, radiators and other areas, solid wood wine racks can effectively absorb the vibration, to protect the wine precipitation; balance of temperature and humidity: humidity is maintained at 60% -70% is appropriate to avoid moisture leading to moldy wine labels; the depth of the cabinet is recommended to be 35-45cm, taking into account the convenience of access to the bottle and wine bottle storage (the length of conventional red wine bottles is about 30cm); structural adaptability: customized based on the beams and wall thickness, using concave and concave design, to create an ideal residence for wine. The wall thickness is customized according to the beam position and wall thickness of the house type, using the concave position to create embedded cabinets, and the convex position can be designed as a display wine rack, so that the architectural defects can be transformed into design highlights.

 

(3) Detailed design: the first is layer height planning: ordinary wine compartment height of 30-35cm, champagne / spirits area can be set 40cm layer height; tilt 15 ° of the wine rack design, so that the wine plugs to remain wet, to extend the preservation of time; the second is the choice of cabinet doors: open wine racks are suitable for frequent drinkers, easy to pick up; glass cabinet door with a light strip, both dust and highlight the texture of the collection; small households are careful to use the fully closed cabinet, to avoid compression of the sense of space. Avoid compression of the sense of space. Finally introduced a size of the golden rule: cabinet width is recommended ≥ 80cm, to avoid fragmentation; depth does not exceed the thickness of the wall 10cm, to ensure maximum utilization of space.

 

3. Multi-functionality of wine cabinet -- redefine home life scene

 

(1) Social core: dining wine cabinet = storage cabinet + display stand + social hub

In the open kitchen scene, the wine cabinet is linked with the center island: the left side stores tableware and wine utensils, the center glass cabinet displays the collection, and the right side extends the bar as a bartending area. When friends get together, this is not only a table for preparing meals, but also a social center for drinking and chatting, so that every square meter carries the temperature of life.

 

(2) Space magician: the “double-sided aesthetics” of the partition wine cooler

A double-sided wine cabinet is set up between the living room and the dining room: the side facing the living room displays decorative ornaments and creates a visual end view; the dining room side organizes drinks and tableware, and serves as both a partition and a light source. Hollow design with artistic lighting, so that the space level is richer, small house can also have a “sense of breath”.

 

(3) The king of storage: the “full-dimensional storage” of the whole wall wine cabinet

Adopting the combination of “display + closed” design: the central glass cabinet with rotating wine rack focuses on displaying fine wines; the two sides of the closed cabinet store sundries, leaving a 30cm space at the bottom to place commonly-used wine utensils. With the same color plate and invisible handles, the whole cabinet becomes an extension of the wall, which not only shows the atmosphere but also eliminates the hygiene dead ends.

 

4. From wine storage to life - the emotional added value of a wine cabinet

 

A well-designed wine cabinet is not only a container for wine bottles, but also a carrier of lifestyle: it collects the special wines brought back when traveling, records the gifts from friends, and carries the time of drinking alone. When the warm light reflects on the bottle, the fragrance of wine diffuses into the daily life, and the fireworks of firewood, rice, oil and salt are added to the sense of ceremony worth savoring.

 


Conclusion: True quality of life lies in the obsession with details. Even for small homes, you can make hobbies and life a perfect symbiosis through the clever design of wine cabinets. From today onwards, so that the home of the wine cabinet is no longer just a storage tool, but to become the master of the story of the “Museum of Life Art” - after all, there are wine and story of the day, is the best gift of time.

 

Source: BoLin Space

 

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