It’s a trap door for your wine!

Amy and I are in the (lengthy and frustrating) process of moving into a new house just before Christmas. Although we’ve had amazing help from several friends (shout-outs here to Kent, Shane and Noto) there are still dozens of things to do.

One of the issues we’ve tackled has been rebuilding the trap door that’s in the kitchen, which leads to the basement. It still needs to be shaved down a little bit and I’m trying to figure out how to mortise the hinges and the ring pull without effing up the floor.

In Googling about those problems, though, I came across the wonderful idea above — a spiral wine cellar, which can be dug underneath your floor and hidden with a trap door. Essentially it’s a spiral staircase with shelves, and it’s all cement-lined, so it’s both very sturdy and nicely cooled for your wine.

Of course, it’s tens of thousands of dollars.

And Amy I and pretty much drink our wine as we buy it. Hmmm, that sounds bad. We buy our wine as we drink it. There.

However, if there are any bored millionaire oenophiles reading this blog, you could do worse than a spiral wine cellar. Check them out at Spiral Cellars. There are also other blog posts at TheKitchn.com and at HomeTone.org.