Does crafting a wine cabinet mean you have a wine problem?

So it started out with sticking the wine bottles in that little storage cupboard under our bar height table. It's kind of fun to stash wine there and forget about it and then be thrilled when there is a bottle there you didn't remember buying.  However, our stash soon began to exceed the small square footage that cupboard afforded. There's no more wall space in our kitchen for a wall hung wine rack, so I began pinterest searching DIY wine cabinets and thought "Ah ha! I shall craft one out of an old, smallish bookshelf." It won't take up much space....
The next ... couple months?.. were spent searching second hand stores, nothing quite right jumped out at me (thought I did score some other deals in the meantime!)  Then finally - I found it!  And it was not small, it was this beast (it did have both upper doors - I had already taken one off before realizing I definitely needed a before picture!):

Ewwww right!?  This old microwave stand was 15 dollars at the Salvation Army - Score!  And then I had to call hubbers to bring the big vehicle to come and pick it up. I expected much reluctance and resistance on his part to have this monstrosity sit in our 'basement' for the next couple weeks. To my astonishment he was totally onboard and all in! 
We spent the next few days dreaming up ways to incorporate a wine rack into the bottom (Hubbers constructed one from wood bought at Home Depot) and glass storage in the upper cabinet (a wine glass hanger from Bed, Bath, & Beyond).  As well the decision of how to decorate it came up (I mostly directed this because... I wanted to make those decisions!) We decided to paint it matte black (bad idea - definitely go with a semi-gloss on furniture for easier cleaning and less scuffing) as well, we should have primed the laminate first but we were too cheap/lazy (bad idea- the paint peels off easily in some places). For the back of the upper cabinet I used multiple paint chips to create a blue ombre 'fade' of colour (good idea - I love it!)

For the countertop we started with paint but that chipped off too easily so I used some vinyl plank flooring and glued and friction fit it to the top (good idea - water resistant and it looks fab!).  We switched out the hardware for some pretty cheap Home Depot handles and added some vinyl for the lower back portion and the front of the counter to hide all the seams and glue! Another nice thing - it fit right into this little cubby between the living room and the kitchen - perfect location.

End Result - I love it!  It is totally ours and a work of collaboration.  It took a long time to complete, but Thursday night resulted in us just deciding to get 'er done - and we did!  We flew by the seat of our pants for the most part and I am so happy with the results.  The only thing I would change is properly priming the laminate first so we don't have future issues and using semi-gloss paint. As well I would like some upper cabinet lighting (we got some LED's from IKEA for the lower cabinet - but there isn't much room in the upper cabinet.)

All in all - so fantastically happy - and the best part is we got to go wine shopping after to stock 'er up!