Let's Talk Wood: A Private Label Project

It's true - I get some of the coolest requests - and I love the opportunity to design one of a kind pieces. They're challenging and (sometimes) frustrating all at the same time. Maybe it's more about keeping me on my (building) toes than anything else.

I just like the challenge.

So when I was asked to build a box for this box,

I knew I had to come up with something interesting. The fellow who requested it said his parents drink wine in a box, and that he'd like to make it look less ...( what's the word I want?) ... less like this parents were drinking wine from a box. He envisioned some sort of a cask or "crate" to hold the wine.

Since I'd just finished building this small prototype for another customer,

I showed it to him, and suggested we tweak it to work for the wine box. Of course, we had to so some research, so he brought a box of wine for me to ~~drink~~ play around with.

Taking the bladder out was easy, but working with it was like trying to work with a waterbed - hard to handle!

The bladder had a spigot on it, and I needed to figure out a way to fit the spigot through the hole.

The easiest solution was to split the hole, and slid the front door around it.

I love simple solutions!

Really, this was a fun way to spend an afternoon, and the best news - I got to take the box of wine home, after doing my research!

I didn't get a photo of the final piece, but I trimmed the front piece to length and added a small handle on top of it, to make it easier to pull up. Ta da!