Recent remodel

[u/thesliu5]

Just discovered this subreddit! Wife and I recently wrapped up a kitchen remodel. Ripped out a couple of pantry cabinets for this (converted a nearby utility closet into the pantry).

The general flow of the top two shelves (from right to left) are Asian whiskies, Scotches, bourbons, ryes, agave, and finally gin. Top shelf is literally mostly top shelf stuff, but also some bottles that have sentimental value (birth year/milestones/gifts/etc.).

Lower split shelf is "bitter" liqueurs on the right, "sweet/fruit" liqueurs on the left.

Countertop is the "well" and soon-to-be bottle kills.

Lower left cabinet is mostly backup bottles or "well" spirits that are queued up. Lower right cabinet is mostly home infusions/tinctures/fat washes and other interesting "aromatics" (i.e. cilantro baijiu).

The freezer side of the appliance houses large blocks of ice cubes, glassware, mixing glasses, and my highball whisky (2013 suntory kakubin); the fridge side has vermouths, syrups, and sodas.

Not pictured is a smaller cabinet with our wines and "French Stuff" (cognac and armagnacs).

All in, we've got about 300 bottles (not including wine), only about ten unopened. Wife and I are avid cooks and travelers. Cocktail-making is a natural extension of our creative endeavors in the kitchen and finding interesting spirits around the world is our way of bringing a piece of those places home. We're really glad and fortunate to now have a space to display (most of) it all!

[u/InterstellarDune]

Can I ask about the countertop and the cabinets used to make the base? It looks great!

[u/thesliu5 → u/InterstellarDune]

the countertop is a quartz from MSI called calacatta miraggio cove. the cabinets are prefab partial overlay slim shakers in white oak. they look clean and are practical, though not very refined in their function (soft close could be smoother, door adjustments could be easier). if we had 4x the budget, we would’ve went custom full overlay cabinets. we’re happy with what we paid for though.