How To Build Bottle Display

[surfaceone]

Hey Madpaddla,

How does old barn siding as an ingredient strike you?

 

[twowheelfan]

i like that siding. you selling it? how many feet ya got?

 

[JOETHECROW]

Barn wood looks really good with old bottles...Just have to stain your saw cuts...

 

[TwistedTea12]

Looks good matt I actually am working on mine as well using these same Glass/Metal etc.. Shelves
They are good but I honestly think that the metal hook/holders are WAY too Flimsy its kinda scetchy haha.. I will post a picture tommorrow when I finish the display with what I have to use currently anyways!

ORIGINAL: GuntherHess

a cheap and easy display..

 

[buzzkutt033]

i am looking for a glass display design that gets the
light behind the bottles....

snowy saturday here in eastern pennsylvania....


jim

 

[tigue710]

if you can find an old florescent sign you can build it into a shelving unit, the expensive part is the sheet of opaque plexiglass to diffuse the light... I like under lighted cabinets myself if not going with back lighting... I'm planing on building a back lighted hutch myself soon, when the cash flow permits. I figure I'll put around 500 bucks into it staying pretty basic...

A buddy of mine has some 4x8 florescent sign panels were going to build into displays... eventually... When we do I'll post some pics of them although I think its going to be a while

 

[madpaddla]

All your comments got me thinking. I went to Matts house a few times and was amazed at the cabinets he made. And going along with his idea of under lighting I started looking for some images of what might be nice for a bottle display. And then I found this website and it mentioned that the display shelving was removable so I am thinking....since the wife approves....lets build something I will want to keep for a while.

So here is a massive example of lighting from the top. Which looks excellent. I am wondering if the light source was coming from the base if it would make the bottles "glow" any more?

 

[baltbottles]

The more directions you can get the light coming from the more evenly the bottles will be lit and less shadows will be cast. Making the bottles appear more bright.

Ambers, Puces, Yellows, Greens, Blues seems to look best when lit from the back, Aqua looks best when lit from the top or bottom, and blackglass and milk glass look best when lit from the front.

So if you are building a display for many different types and colors of bottles you might want to consider varying the direction of the light sources depending on the colors of the bottles in each section of the display.

Chris

 

[JGUIS]

Mine is all .375 acrylic, cut and glued to fit in the space I had. They are under lit by true white LEDs, but I no longer have a full sized tripod, so I couldn't get a clear pic without the flash.

 

[Stardust]

Nice displays everyone ; ) I love a nice display!