This was a huge hit during Christmas. We made this for a lot of our friends and family. Its a cute, functional, rustic wine rack that sits on a counter, the floor or where ever you want to put it. I have included optional modifications if you feel like you don't have the counter space and would prefer to hang it on the wall.
Supplies
Bed springs
Wood (my choice was older weathered wood)
Light weight chain (see below picture)
Screws (four different sizes- 4 short ones to attach the stabilizing board, small ones to hold the hinge and the clips that attach the springs, and then two with larger heads to hold the chain) length of screws depends on the thickness of the wood you use
plastic cable clips (see below picture)
hinge
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| the plastic cable clips |
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| the light weight chain and larger headed screw |
What to do:
First task is to find the bed springs and the wood you want to use. I personally prefer the older looking weathered boards (the bed springs are not found in all mattresses they must be the coiled springs).
- Cut the front and back board to 24" long by 7" wide (this is for a four spring holder) the base stabilizing piece (which was a modification so it didn't tip over when bottles were added) is 5.5" wide by 10" long.
- Attach the stabilizing board onto the back of the front board using 4 short screws.
- Attach the hinge to the front and back pieces (make sure you have it so the stops for the hinge allow maximum spread of the two boards).
- Attach the chain that will hold the two boards together. Cut the chain to the desired length based on how much of an angle you want the holder to sit at. Attach to the front and back boards by using short screws with a wide head that won't fit through the chain loop.
- Now you can attach the springs using the plastic cable clips. space out the springs mine are about 6" apart at the narrow end of the spring.
Optional Modifications:
- You could make it into a wall wine holder by only making the front piece and attaching a sawtooth picture hanger to the back to hang it from the wall instead of making it a standing piece that takes up counter space.
- To change the look you could alternate the way the springs lay. For mine the springs all point the same direction, but for a friend I alternated the springs.
I first saw this idea on pinterest from http://judypimperl.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-chicken-pen-for-rusty-bed-spring.html, it had a lot of good ideas for use of old springs, but there was no link for the wine rack on how to make it.
