Custom Modern Wine Room with Spectacular RGB Lights at The Peaks
Typical wine rooms commonly reflect an atmosphere that promotes calmness and relaxation. Even within the spectrum of custom modern wine rooms, most design elements are professionally curated to stimulate a still and restful environment.
Not totally for this modern wine cellar, though.
CWC.com recently finished a project at The Peaks, Las Vegas, featuring a modern wine cellar with glass panels, glossy shelves, and an RGB lighting feature that allows you to switch from one color to another remotely!
Learn more about this fantastic wine room in this article.
The Setting for This Custom Modern Wine Room
Set in the beautiful landscape of Lake Las Vegas, a luxury home featuring a contemporary exterior hosts this custom-designed wine room perfect for parties and gatherings. The home had a large spare room with an empty wall, which was very practical for quickly installing a new wine cellar.
The room initially had black tiles and what seemed to be laminated red-brown walls. With the ample space available, the clients could even add two single-seater leather sofas directly outside the glass wine cellar.
Modern Glass French Doors
Clean, minimalist lines, glass, and metal characterize modern wine cellars. It was easy to decide that his home’s wine cellar must have glass doors, so dual-paned glass panels were brought in to enclose the front part of the cellar.
Dual-paned glass is engineered glass that involves two single glass panels sandwiching a “spacer,” most often argon gas. Dual-paned glass has better insulation capabilities than single-paned glass, but the latter can also be enough in some cases.
According to Steve, our senior designer and consultant, “With single-paned, you kind of have to manage temperatures – temperatures inside the house and temperatures outside the house. With framed, dual-paned framed, thermally broken glass, it could be a hundred degrees outside the cellar, and it would remain 55 degrees inside the space”.
One pair of French doors welcomes guests into the cellar. Compared to double doors, French doors open outward and require people to pull the handles if they are entering the wine room.
Our team also installed magnets between the doors so the doors can easily lock into place when closed. This is a very practical feature, as Steve stated, “There are nights when you leave the slightly open, and that can’t happen as it will definitely shut the door for you.”
Advanced Insulation and Cooling Combo
To cool this custom modern wine room, we chose the HS 8600 cooling system from US Cellar Systems. The HS 8600 is a high static, fully ducted cooling system that does not produce any significant noise and vibrations inside the cellar. This is because the set is designed in a way where the “noisy” components are installed outside the cellar.
Since its motor is thermally protected, the HS 8600 can perform well even in high-temperature areas like Nevada while maintaining static pressure.
We ran the copper tubing through the walls and into the condenser behind the wine cellar before working on the wine room’s insulation.
Speaking of insulation, since this is new construction, the team was able to work on the walls from scratch. We added 3-4 inches of closed-cell spray foam on the backwood, then installed plywood, greenboard, and mudsand, added some texture, and then finally painted. We chose an almost brick red color for the paint to complement the walls outside the cellar.
Glossy Contemporary Wine Racks for Standards and Magnums
Modern wine cellar displays offer a sophisticated feel to the entire room. Metal wine racks are often brought in as primary racks. However, for this contemporary wine room, we custom-built an entire wine rack with a white, glossy finish.
The lower section of this wine rack is composed of 20 drawers, 4 open bins, and 12 triangular bins. Each drawer has 6 black metal racks inside to hold standard bottles horizontally, while the triangular bins store inventory in a cork-forward manner.
Just above the drawer section is a spacious countertop area used to safely and conveniently decant wines and handle bottles.
The remaining upper section of the rack is filled with double-deep black metal rods to cradle both standard-sized 750ml bottles and magnum-sized bottles.
A large, empty wall space is at the center of the custom wine rack, which we also painted. This is a great spot to display unique artwork or a glass mirror.
920 bottles can be stored in this custom wine rack, and there’s still enough space to expand if the owners plan on growing their collection!
Modern RGB Lighting for Different Moods
One of the highlights of this Las Vegas custom home wine room is its lights. White and warm LED lights are popularly used in wine cellars because they help create a dramatic scene. They are often installed as puck lights and channel lights.
However, the client went for a different lighting plan for this sophisticated contemporary wine room. They were excited about putting up RGB lights inside the wine cellar so the colors could shine through the glass enclosure, slipping into the adjacent room.
The RGB lights we installed are remote-controlled and can be set to different colors according to your desired mood. There’s an option to have the lights flicker, and an option to keep it fixed.
With many settings, this wine cellar can visually transform just by playing around with the lights!
Create Your Custom Wine Room with Modern Design Techniques
Wine cellar design and construction have immensely evolved in recent years. When you work with licensed professionals specializing in wine cellars, like CWC.com, design possibilitiecss become infinite.
For your wine cellar design and construction needs, CWC.com offers unparalleled expertise and a deep dedication to bringing bespoke solutions that cater to your specific residential wine cellar requirements. We ensure only the highest standards of craftsmanship and functionality in both traditional and custom modern wine rooms, and we work hard to provide you with only the best.
We invite you to contact us for a comprehensive consultation and discover how we can transform your vision into a sophisticated and elegant wine storage space. Trust CWC.com to deliver a superior wine cellar experience, meticulously crafted to enhance your collection and elevate your lifestyle. Contact us at +1 (949) 771 – 2712 to start!
