Mediterranean Style Decorating: Creative Ideas for Displaying Wall Wine Racks

Wall wine racks are the ideal addition to a room decorated with Mediterranean style, especially a dining room, kitchen, or a bar area. Stylish racks complete with sculptured vines, leaves, and grapes gently hold bottles at the perfect angle to maintain contact between the wine and the cork, and they are as decorative as they are practical. Consider the following creative ideas for displaying wine racks in any appropriate room or area of the home. Metal works of art complete with meticulously crafted grapevines and clusters of plump grapes can add drama and style to the home while displaying favorite bottles for all to see, either unopened, empty, or filled with colored water to replicate the contents they once held.

Ideas for Displaying Bottles

Fine wine should be properly stored in a controlled environment, and decorative wall racks are the ideal locations for displaying favorite bottles. Store the best wine in an electric cooler with humidity and temperature control, and display the bottles filled with colored water in a decorative rack on a kitchen wall. This is a great way to display a favorite bottle that once held wine without compromising the quality, and it is an even greater way to add to the design of a kitchen, dining room, or bar area with Mediterranean style.

Wall wine racks are not only for displaying bottles of wine for sipping. Those who cook with wine in a Mediterranean style kitchen should consider mounting a decorative wall rack near the stove. A wall wine rack is perfect for storing bottles of the cooking variety within easy reach, and it will greatly add to the style of the kitchen.

Create a Focal Point on a Bar Area Wall

Do you want to create an impressive bar area? Instead of decorating walls with beer signs and other bar paraphernalia that is anything but stylish, create a dramatic and highly impressive focal point with at least one wall mounted rack to hold bottles. Paint a single wall next to the bar in an eye-catching color that coordinates with other area hues. Center a series of racks just above eye level approximately six inches apart. Display your favorite unopened bottles of wine or colored water to look just like your finest selections. Complete the display by mounting stylish metal wall sculptures that match the theme and style of the bar area. This creative display will be far more stylish and impressive than flashy bar signs and cheaper looking decor typically found on the walls of a neighborhood bar.

Embellish a Kitchen or Dining Room with Tuscan Style

One of the most popular decorating styles is Tuscan style. It combines natural stone, tile, and glass, and it is designed to feel comfortable and inviting with the addition of beautiful lace and hand-embroidered linens. Tuscan style provides the look and feel of an Italian country cottage, and it is very welcoming in every way. Add to the design of a kitchen or dining room decorated with Tuscan style with a beautiful wall wine rack. Mount a well-chosen stylish rack on the side of an upper kitchen cabinet, or on the back of an upper cabinet that faces a dining room. The options for decorating a dining room or kitchen with wall mounted wine racks are endless.

Alternate Bottle Ideas

Those who do not drink wine can also enjoy decorating a vertical space in their home with stylish racks. Bottles that are approximately the same size as wine bottles can be used to create an eye-catching display. For example, a kitchen or dining room decorated with cobalt blue glass can be decorated with a wall wine rack that holds beautiful cobalt blue glass bottles. Wall wine racks can be used to hold vases, vintage milk bottles, or any other glassware of appropriate size.

Consider the many ways you can incorporate wall wine racks into the decorating scheme of your home. Search for stylish wall racks online to easily locate exactly what you are looking for. Wall wine racks are available in many different sizes and styles, and you are sure to find just the right one to compliment your personal style as well as the style of existing home decor.

All text copyright Shanel. Photo from Flickr - "Kitchen Wine Tree" courtesy of champagne.chic.