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When we first opened the restaurant we had nothing to put glasses on for storage (you'll see exactly how crucial that was when you get to the last picture). I found 2 bookshelves in a matter of days opening weekend, but couldn't find something I really liked. About a month into opening 2 of the 2-cube storage units were bought from the local hardware store. I HATED them. Thought they looked like 2-cube storage units from a local hardware store! Then one day while perusing Pinterest I saw "homemade wine glass storage" options. And then the wheels started turning. I would literally stand in the raw wood aisles at Lowes and Home Depot and try to build a wine glass rack in my mind. I even bought a premade one and while I was checking out the cashier told me he thought I could build that (what else was I buying that made him think that?!). But that's all the encouragement I needed. I took that box back to work and studied the picture for over an hour and then came up with a plan to make those 2-cube storage units look like a custom piece! (totally in my head, I'm really bad about drawing plans....that will come into play later)

First I had to gather my supplies.  Don't judge - Diet Coke IS a building supply!

Then I made the actual glass holder. If I made this again, the short part of the T would be thinner wood, but at this point I had tried some things and didn't want to go back and buy more wood! (this picture will also show how I like to freehand as opposed to measuring....also something that will come into play later)

I had to test it out WITH glasses before I permanently attached it! (at this point my kitchen staff was coming up with lists of things I could do to fix up their houses - ha!) Ignore all the crazy screws - I used what I had because I knew they would be hidden in the finished product...which I still hadn't formulated completely in my mind.

Fast forward one paint job and a week later:

I then had to figure out how to attach it and bring the 2-cube storage units together. And this is where it would have been good to draw/write things out. You can see here that I take the "sides" off the glass rack because I realize that I can use the side of the storage units instead. (and yes, orange cones, a broken mop handle, a piece of slate, 2 vents and a pickle bucket ARE necessary in the work space....hey, you work with what you have!)

Which then left a void when I attached it to the connecting piece of wood! Also I attached the side pieces by measuring once (always measure twice!). When I took them off and reattached them they started to crack. Fixed with a bit of gorilla glue, but as my staff will tell you - they're still a bit off.

I covered that front void with a bit of molding. Painted the molding and visible parts of the connecting piece of wood and installed it!

This is what it looks like with all it's glasses on it...and all the other glass things that are on that long counter!  The tall white piece on the right has been moved to a different place and I'm trying to find something to put in that space.  One of my staff asked if I was going to make something to connect it to the wine glass piece....nah
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