Pottery Barn Wine Wraps

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So I'm flipping through the PB catalog
because, as we've now established
this is what I do.
for fun.

I come across a wine cubby, with wrapped wine.

Now get real.

The piece is GORGEOUS

And no, I'm not going to hack that for you

because really, if you want PB furniture

you should buy PB furniture.

At an outlet if you can

of course.

But you know the drill by now.

Look close.

Closer.

Yes, at the tasty adult beverages shelved in this piece.

Specifically, you see how many of them are wrapped up?

I imagine, they are wrapped something like this

Wrapped Wine Bottles with a purpose

Photo (c) b3 home designs

Let me tell you why this is one of the few "non-sale" items

at Pottery Barn

That I adore

See.  most of the time

PB's designers do the most impractical things

But this here, is genuis

Before we moved, we owned a lot of wine. 

Probably too much.

Not a cellar full or anything

but enough that even after we "whittled" our stash

(aka, drunk it up)

we still had to store wine during our move

You know

the move this time last year

when it was a bajillion degrees in Seattle?

And we didn't have a temp controlled storage facility

And so while we got to go and jump in a lake

(literally, we jumped in Lake Washington)

our wine, not so much.

So what we had

for the longest

was a really ghetto fabulous way 

of noting

"this wine is probably not suitable for human consumption"

And we only started labeling that "stored wine" that way

after we drank about 10 bottles and just couldn't stomach anymore of it.

so it looked like this

wine tucked away in a cupboard so people can't see

the ghetto fabulous duct tape

and the puppy can't get to it

supposedly

photo (c) b3 home designs

So I broke out my supplies

Which I had on hand from the JLS Auction last year

Yeah.

That auction, where I rocked the wall of wine

and even finagled a Provisional of the Year award for my wine wrapping prowess

and I only mention this, so that you know I'm an expert

at wrapping wine

and that is probably why I think this project

is a practical way to prettily display wine that I hope none of my guests

ever drink

Consider yourself warned.
Supplies

Tissue paper, tape, hemp cord.  I really didn't use the scissors

Photo (c) b3 home designs

And then the method to the madness

is pretty simple, therapeutic and, well, fun.

Lay the bottle on the paper

 Fold down the first flap over the top half of the bottle

 Fold up the bottom half of the paper.  

Tape halves together.

Roll bottle across tissue tucking the bottom edge in

and the top edge as well.

Wring the neck of the papered bottle

Scrunch it all together right there.

Tie hemp cord around the scrunched neck. 

Double tie it in a knot

Voila!
No, I didn't label my bottles
I like surprises that way.

Wrapped wine and cheese

Photo (c) b3 home designs

I love how these turned out.

Stored wine intermixed with house warming wine

Photo (c) b3 home designs

Almost as much as I love that ladder.
Almost.

This is one of the most practical PB ideas I've come across in a while.
It is easy to point out which bottles should be a last resort
and only consumed when the earth stands still
but still provides an elegant way to fill up my small wine rack
and get my bottles out of the cupboard.

 Photos added back to wine cupboard

Photo (c) b3 home designs

only problem with that scheme?
I do still have a puppy.
So the wine bottles DO still reside 95% of the time in the cabinet
And the ladder resides in the garage
She does love to gnaw on wood after all.

Practical Pottery Barn.  Link me up to your fave practical PB find/project.

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