Dave Marrs Has A Stunning Solution For Wine Storage On HGTV's Fixer To Fabulous

Storage space for our favorite pastimes and hobbies is important in any home. This includes things we love to eat, drink, and make merry with. Wine racks and wine cellars are key additions to any vino enthusiast's home, but can often be expensive to purchase or build, particularly when custom-made. In a recent episode of HGTV's "Fixer to Fabulous," host Dave Marrs created the perfect wine storage solution for a pair of homeowners who happened to be his in-laws — the parents of wife and cohost Jenny Marrs. By creating a stylish diamond-arranged wall of wine shelves, Marrs gave them ample space for their collection of bottles to grow and expand. 

In the dining room, Dave Marrs frames out the diamond shelves with a natural wood frame, including molding at the top, wood planks along the sides, and a kickplate at the bottom, giving the entire unit a custom built-in look that seems like it was always part of the home. The storage capacity for the wall is impressively large and deep. Marrs says in the episode of "Fixer to Fabulous," "When I built it, I didn't realize that it holds, like, 600 bottles." 

Adding some diamond-shaped wine racks is a great way to provide a truly incredible amount of storage if you are a wine lover, but it's also a great idea even for small collections that can be scaled accordingly in the space you have.

This style of rack, often used in gorgeous home wine cellars, eateries, and vineyards, is an easy way to maximize storage for bottles without having to waste the space of individual cubbies. This approach allows each bottle to be supported from rolling by other bottles. With bottles on their side, this tighter, darker storage can also help wine retain its flavor. Storing bottles sideways helps keep the cork moist.

A large wine storage wall is a great trick for occupying an otherwise boring and blank space. It can be a great way to add the rustic feel of a winery aesthetic or — like Dave and Jenny Marrs achieve in the episode — a chic French bistro feel. While Dave Marrs' sizeable approach is for heavyweight wine collectors and drinkers, you can make a similar format work in smaller spaces, too. Two to three similarly sized diamond compartments will still store a large number of bottles and fit compactly in a small footprint. Wine suppliers and home-improvement retailers often sell freestanding or stackable units. You can also create your DIY own set of wine storage diamond bins using budget-friendly or repurposed lumber. With wooden inserts, you can even use one shelf of a bookshelf as wine storage.

Optimal wine storage requires a few ideal conditions you may want to keep in mind when choosing a spot for your wine storage wall or units. Direct sunlight and even too much ambient light can impact the flavor and condition of wine the longer you store it, making it a poor fit for rooms that get a lot of light. Wine specialists often advise that cooler temps are also ideal, so places like basements and exterior walls can be perfect spots, but you will also want to think about humidity or temperature fluctuations in those locales that can impact flavor. 

For smaller homes, an alcove, pantry wall, repurposed closet, or area beneath the stairs is a perfect spot to build out some stylish dark and cool wine storage, but you will also want to consider weight loads depending on how many bottles you intend to store. While small racks can be attached to studs or freestanding, Dave Marrs' mammoth wall of 600 bottles may need some additional support.