Apart from being creative and resourceful, this lockdown period also taught us how to be “fully observant” of our surroundings. Since most of us have been staying at home for a month now, we are starting to take notice of the things that can still be utilized or revamped—like the staircase.
For the love of wine, Australian builder Murray Berrill (owner of building company Murray Berrill Constructions) decided to transform his staircase into a 156-bottle wine cellar. In an article published by Mail Online, Berill spent a week and a half building this $5,000-worth of an ingenious contraption.
Speaking to Mail Online, the 58-year-old man said: “I hate dead space when renovating a house, as you’re essentially paying for nothing. So we thought of putting the wine in drawers in the staircase rather than behind it. The drawers are a wide width and are very strong – we spent around $500 (£250) at Bunnings just on the drawers alone. We had to work out how all the bottles were going to fit and make sure the entire design was strong enough.”
He also added that the staircase is well insulated with a built-in thermometer so he can always keep them at the desired temperature.
Wine lovers are surely going to start renovating their staircases after seeing this!
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