Wine-cellar encapsulated in a staircase
I don't drink wine, I don't have a cellar -- or even dirt under my flat to install a cellar in -- but man, this is one freakishly desirable batcave/staircase thinggum.
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Ever want a wine cellar but don’t have the space or money to build one? The Spiral Cellars design/build firm will dig a hole right in whatever room you want your cellar in and haul the dirt right out the front door. In the remaining void they infill a highly functionally and visually dazzling spiral-staircase wine cellar to fit all your favorite vintages and go with your favorite funky furniture designs.
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Doesn't work very well on a second story TIC flat. But yeah, awesome. And my thoughts exactly, secret batcave storage, not wine!
As long as it has good climate control. If you're storing that many bottles you'd better have damn good temp regulation.
Also, you don't drink wine, Cory? You're missing out. :)
Better make sure you can control the temp. and humidity in that staircase or you'll risk ruining a whole lot of wine.
"Cool air comes into the cellar through a pipe at ceiling level, pushing warm air downwards and out through another pipe situated at the bottom of the spine"
Oh dear, that's not going to work too well is it? Better keep it for a batcave...
My first thought was "ooh, bookshelves", but a hole in the ground is generally not the best environment for paper.
Just tell the people in the flat below it's a homeland defense missile silo and it's their patriotic duty to mention it to noone.
it looks great, but it's design is geared towards looks not function. To move the wine must be a pain because the circular stair case blocks easy reach
looks great but I would hate to have to use it
I'm extremely clumsy, so every time I see a staircase (especially spiral ones) I imagine how bad a fall down them would be. This one seems pretty disastrous.
I don't drink wine, but I have lots of enemies. Do they make a model that can contain my enemies?
It's the Guggenwine.
I don't drink wine (much), but I have lots of Corys. Do they make a model that can contain my Corys?
If you don't have the money to build a wine cellar, certainly paying a company to dig a huge hole and furnish it with a custom spiral staircase can't be much cheaper.
Chixon - just bring a corkscrew down the stairs with you. That way if you fall, you will have something to do while you wait to be rescued.
Drink two bottles of wine, then try going down the spiral staircase to get a third.
Excellent ergonomics for people with prehensile toes and eyeballs on their shins.
WANT!!!!!
-abs is pretty convinced that the usage of multiple words and good syntax can not possibly convey the depths of his feelings on this topic as well as . . . well .. . . lol-speak does
Oh, I bet it's climate controlled, so storing your books in it would probably be just fine. Same goes if you wanted it to be a giant subterranean humidor.
Or, hell, you could just use it to store your rutabagas and stuff. That's what I thought of when I first saw it- Mark has been on and on recently about hoarding figs and persimmons and his other illicit vegetation. He'd probably love one of these.
could git a lot o' Thunderbird in there... how's wine feel about vibration? If the risers were open, could you jam a few more bottles under each tread?
I first read the headline as, "Wine-cellar encapsulated in a SUITCASE".
I saw the photo and was wondering how they folded up space-time like that. :)
This would never pass building code in any civilized country. There's no hand rail, and if you fell, you fall on the necks of glass bottles, mixing all your lovely wine with your torn and bloody flesh.
Plus that ugly PCV pipe should be run under the first step to hide it from view. How do the designers miss something as simple as that?
Is this system waterproofed as well? You are going to have ground water seeping into it, so you'll need a sump pump at the bottom.
In fact, I could see this thing wanting to pop up from the ground. When I put my sump container in the hole in my basement, I had to fill it with rocks to keep it in place before the slab got poured over it (even with weeper holes). Imagine putting an empty 2l bottle in a bathtub. That is what it's like when you get below grade. It's why houses have weepers and sump pits, to remove the water that builds up around the foundation walls.
This wine cellar might look cool, but it's a disaster waiting to happen...
Do they have a "It puts the lotion on it's skin.." model?
#7, Just tell them that you have a vintage Amontillado that's to die for.
Drink two bottles of wine, then try going down the spiral staircase to get a third.
If you didn't already have the spins...
I wouldn't really be sure about having a spiral staircase in my house. Sure it's a wonderful structural feature but it's not so good in the mornings before you've had your first cup of coffee.
That's obviously safe if you don't need to start the day with a glass of wine but still, I'd like to have it going somewhere and you can see what you've got stored as you travel. Otherwise you've paid someone to dig a hole in your floor.
That, obviously, don't mean that I think it's not in it's own world of purdy.
Forget the wine - I want one of these for my books.
I feel like I'd be constantly bumping into the bottles. Nice to have something to drink on the way down to breakfast though I'm not sure alcohol and spiral stairs are a good mix. My entire "wine" collection is stored in a toilet tank in the men's room at work.
how about re-vamping that Japanese underground bicycle park for wine?
A much better solution would have the spiral RISE FROM THE GROUND in a smooth circular motion, with a hissing noise and smoke pouring from the hole, just for effect.
We make the staircase much bigger. Then we put small beds in those slots in the wall. Put a small gap in the stairs around the central pole, so that people can slide down, fire station style.
Next we turn the whole thing upside down. Instead of digging a whole in the ground, it's a cylinder sticking out the ground, so the exit is at the bottom. When the whole thing is not in use, the beds rotate and collapses, "transformer" style.
High occupancy temporary housing for emergencies. You could rent this for when there are too many guests in your house. Or when there's an event/gathering and hotels are too expensive.
I wouldn't want to be going down those stairs for a third bottle.
I could grow my weed down there!
For those talking about bookshelf stairs, see here:
http://www.stairporn.org/2008/08/the-amazing-sta.html
Also stair porn is just a great name for a web site. It's work taking a look around.
I mean it's worth taking a look around. It's hardly work!