Kitchen drinks storage – practical, stylish ideas for wine racks, home bars, coffee stations and more

Written by Andrew Nixon

An olive green drinks cabinet featuring folding doors that open to reveal a built-in coffee machine, wine racks, stemware, and brass accents over parquet wood flooring.

Fancy a stylish drinks cabinet? A bespoke wine rack cleverly incorporated into your cabinetry? How about a secret coffee station, or a showstopping home bar?

Whatever your tipple, here are six brilliant ideas from the kitchen experts for wine and drinks storage…

1) Store – and show off – your wine with timber storage tailored just for you

A cozy kitchen alcove with light blue lower cabinets, dramatic marble backsplashes and countertops, ribbed wood wall cabinets, and an adjacent built-in entryway bench with beige paneling.

A wall cabinet with built-in wine rack in the Elmham kitchen

Forget those mass-produced wine racks – the most stylish and practical way to store wine is with bespoke shelving in timber, custom-made just for your space.

With good design you can store your wine bottles virtually anywhere – whether discreetly built into a wall cabinet, tucked neatly into the space between units, or integrated into a kitchen island as a central feature of the room.

The Elmham kitchen, above, features a contemporary reeded oak wall cabinet complete with a built-in timber wine rack. With the bottles situated at eye-level, the storage is useful and accessible – but it also helps add personality and visual interest to the room.

Colorful kitchen featuring soft blush pink floor-to-ceiling cabinets with long wooden handles, a wooden fluted peninsular counter, olive green cabinetry, and parquet flooring.

A tall slim wine rack in the Wolferton kitchen

Bespoke timber wine racks can be built to any specification: in the kitchen above, the full height wine rack makes an eye-catching feature in its own right, even amidst all the glorious colours.

Wine shelves are also a great way to maximise the space in your kitchen, as you can fit them into narrow, awkward spaces. The Oyster Catcher kitchen below features an integral timber wine rack nestled in the space next to the refrigerator...

Black kitchen cabinets featuring brass shell handles, a wooden countertop, an undermount sink with a brass gooseneck faucet, and a built-in vertical wine rack next to a stainless steel refrigerator.

An integral timber wine rack in the Oyster Catcher kitchen

2) Go for subtle style with a dedicated drinks cabinet

A wooden wall-mounted display cabinet with reeded glass doors resting above a pink base cabinet with round recessed handles and a marble countertop.

A textured glass drinks cabinet in the Wolferton kitchen

If you prefer discretion to display when it comes to your favourite tipples, consider a dedicated drinks cabinet concealed by doors. The textured glass of the drinks cabinet in the Wolferton kitchen, above, gives just a hint of what lies within, while ensuring that the kitchen retains its sleek, contemporary lines.

Or how about a surprise factor? In the Houghton kitchen, below, elegant Shaker doors open to reveal everything you need to prepare your poison – complete with glass hangers, an X bottle rack, plenty of shelving and storage, and topped off by an interior wrapped in beautiful warm aged brass... It's a thing of beauty.

An open dusty-rose drinks cabinet with a dark wood interior, featuring upper diagonal wine racks, hanging stemware, a antiqued metallic backsplash, and brass hardware.

A beautiful walnut and brass drinks cabinet in the Houghton kitchen.

3) Create a customised coffee station

An organized wooden larder counter featuring stacked coffee mugs on a white riser, an espresso machine, electrical outlets, and upper shelving with yellow ceramic teapots and kitchen tools.

A dedicated coffee station in the contemporary Westward Ho kitchen

It’s not all about alcohol, of course… More and more people are creating spaces for coffee or even smoothie stations. With a custom-made cabinet you can store your coffee machine, cups and other bits and pieces together, ensuring they’re fully accessible while being kept neatly out of sight when not in use.

The Westward Ho kitchen, above, features a double larder kitted out as a coffee station, complete with a marble shelf, wooden drawers and its own dedicated power supply.

An open pink freestanding larder cabinet with dark wood interior shelving, integrated door spice racks, pull-out drawers, and an espresso machine set within a stylishly decorated kitchen.

A double larder serves as a bespoke coffee station in the Houghton kitchen

Meanwhile, the Houghton kitchen, above, features a beautiful walnut double larder which incorporates a hidden coffee station, complete with plenty of shelving, drawers and door storage racks – perfect for storing mugs, jugs, coffee pods, syrups and so on.

4) Make your kitchen island work for you

A kitchen island nearly always becomes a social hub – the natural place to gather together over a drink, so why not embrace that and incorporate wine racks or coolers into a custom-built island?

A spacious, sunlit kitchen and dining area featuring a butcher-block island with integrated wine cooler, light oak dining set beneath a glass roof, and navy accent shelving.

A traditional style kitchen island with integral wine fridge in the Cley kitchen

In the Cley kitchen, above, the traditional style kitchen island is a real focal point of the room. It comes complete with an integral wine fridge.

5) Create an indulgent little cocktail corner

White kitchen cabinetry with glass display shelves for glassware, an open pantry showing wooden drawers and door storage, and a small bar sink area with warm wood paneling.

A bespoke cocktail corner in the Norfolk vicarage kitchen

Enjoy a bit of home mixology? Why not really indulge yourself with a dedicated cocktail corner? They can be slotted neatly into small spaces and customised just for you and the drinks you love to make.

The Norfolk vicarage kitchen, above, includes eye-level glass cabinets for storing glasses, and a dedicated sink with a beautiful oak splashback. The adjacent cabinet has plenty of shelves for storing bottles, integral door storage and engraved oak box drawers perfect for storing mixers.

The Ryburgh kitchen’s cocktail corner (below) has a more glitzy feel, with a black granite worktop, a stunning splashback, an undercounter fridge, and gorgeous glazed cabinets with Armac Martin handles and grills and painted interiors, which offer plenty of space for storing bottles and glasses.

A custom wooden drinks cabinet featuring mesh-front glass storage, a patinated metal splashback, a black marble counter with prep sink, and vertical wood wall paneling.

The Ryburgh kitchen features a sophisticated home bar

6) Go all out with a show-stopping home bar

Finally – how about a truly sensational piece of statement furniture? Something that puts a big smile on your face every day (and possibly makes your guests a little bit green with envy…).

At Naked Kitchens we love making ‘wow’ features – real showstoppers that are completely unique to your kitchen. Take for example this ultimate drinks station, with a built-in coffee machine, bar, glasses storage and more, all together in a truly eye-popping centrepiece cabinet. If you’ve got the space for it, why not? You only live once, after all…

An open sage green drinks unit with brass mesh cabinet doors, integrated wine racks, a built-in coffee machine, antique copper backsplash, and an under-counter beverage fridge.

From beautiful bespoke timber wine racks to perfectly curated cocktail corners, we can create the perfect wine and drinks storage that’s tailored to your space and your lifestyle. See more of our bespoke kitchen features here.

And take the first step on the journey to your dream kitchen here.

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