A few months ago we got some of those ClosetMaid Cubeicals to store stuff in our kitchen.  One of the items we like to store in our kitchen is wine.  But typical wine racks take up space, and space is something our kitchen conveniently lacks.  So we took to storing our wine upright, in direct sunlight, on top of the Cubeical, which violates several rules of wine-drinking.  So naturally I figured, "Surely someone on the internet has made a wine rack that fits in this widely available cubical storage system."  Naturally, I was wrong.  Consequently, I became that person. 

[gallery /img/2012/01/wine-rack-1.png:::/img/2012/01/wine-rack-1-150x150.png:::I'm an engineer, so it all started with scribbles in a notebook during boring meetings.  Of course I used graph paper.:::/img/2012/01/wine-rack-2.png:::/img/2012/01/wine-rack-2-150x150.png:::From there it went into a variety of 3D computer models.  How else was I supposed to visualize things and make sure everything fit perfectly?:::/img/2012/01/wine-rack-3.png:::/img/2012/01/wine-rack-3-150x150.png:::Then it came down to selecting a design that could actually be manufactured using lumber bought at a real lumber store.:::/img/2012/01/wine-rack-4.jpg:::/img/2012/01/wine-rack-4-150x150.jpg:::Building it was fairly easy from that point due to all the thinking and drawing done up front.:::/img/2012/01/wine-rack-5.jpg:::/img/2012/01/wine-rack-5-150x150.jpg:::The final assembled product fit perfectly and performed admirably.  But some might say it was a little ugly.:::/img/2012/01/wine-rack-6.jpg:::/img/2012/01/wine-rack-6-150x150.jpg:::Some black paint (and some missing bottles) later, and we have a wine rack.:::]#products