One person's junk, another person's wine rack.

Between visits to wineries, Christmas gifts, and inspiration from the wine class I was taking, I've accumulated a wee collection of vino. About 15 bottles. (Sixteen after today - I was randomly at this Safeway in Berkeley/Oakland and found a bottle of this pinot noir we tried in the class, 2005 DeLoach, that's sold out like everywhere. So random. If you're in the neighborhood, grab one. The Safeway on College Blvd.) So I decided I need a new wine rack. (I'd been keeping my bottles in a box in my closet. My apartment gets down to like 45 during the week when I'm not there running the heater, so it's like a 600-square-foot wine fridge.) And I didn't really want to go to Target or Ikea like I did for all the other furnishings in my apartment. I have the luxury of time now, so I figured a little legwork would be worth it if I found something unique.


I'd heard about this furniture salvage yard in Berkeley that has decent stuff, so I went to check it out. It was a total crapshoot, because this place has stuff like doors, mirrors, light fixtures, all sorts of home decor. There are actually two stores, Ohmega Salvage and Ohmega Too. Ohmega Too is across the street and has more knick knacky stuff. They had the neatest metal fixtures there - a wire sculpture of a peeing dog and this fire truck without wheels for kids to sit in and pretend they're driving. How fun would that have been? And they also had ... a wine rack!



Isn't it neat? And it totally goes with my apartment, which has these dramatic wrought iron windox boxes. I'm not sure if I should repaint it shiny black. It's iron and it was sitting out in the rain, so I might have to sand it down. It was $20, which was probably how much one from Ikea would've cost, but the fact that this was a discovery makes it so much more fun.