DIY Rustic Pulley Light with Wine Rack

It is coming up on two years since we purchased our new house and the dining room had a large empty wall so I made a 3' pallet clock to fill the space.  Once I had made my pallet clock and hung it up on the long dining room wall it seemed lost...inspiration moment! I had some pulleys and rope I had purchased over a year ago that I was saving for just the right project.

I knew I wanted a rustic look with lights and after seeing a wood & rope wine rack I decided to incorporate the idea into this DIY project.

I purchased the 15’ rope (swag) light cord from World Market. We only needed 9’ so we chose to modify the length, which my experienced husband did. The wire light cages came from Lowe’s.

We used 2x10” boards for the vertical uprights that run from the floor to the ceiling, and 2x6 boards for the wine bottles. We grooved the uprights with the saw doing several cuts in the area that was to be removed, then used a chisel. It gives the horizontal boards more support to hold the wine bottles. We spaced them 8" apart from the top of one shelf to the top of the one below.

I distressed and stained the boards after they were cut. The rope holes were drilled before we screwed them in from the back. For the front section we used old rope that we had purchased with the pulleys at an estate sale. I washed the rope in a bucket and have used it on many other projects, including the pallet clock.

We had electrical plugs right behind the boards so we drilled a hole for the plug and rope cord to go through. The switch on the cord is just above the plug so it worked well. On the backside of the board my husband chiseled around where the electrical plate and baseboard goes. He notched the bottom with a jigsaw so it would fit over our baseboards.

I am loving these lights and wine racks! They really finish off the large wall and complete my vision for the room. My husband was very cooperative on helping with this project especially when I showed him the pulley lights would also incorporate a wine rack...and of course they had to be filled up! 

Cost each is approx $80 (we used stain we already had on hand)

Materials we used for 2 Lights & Racks:

• Two 2x10x10'  

• Two 2x6x8'

• Cage for light  (Lowe’s)

• Hooks for pulleys  (Hobby Lobby)

• Jute rope swag electrical cord  (World Market) 

• Stain  (Home Depot)

• Rope 

TOOLS & OTHER SUPPLIES NEEDED

• I purchased the 15’ rope (swag) light cord from World Market. We only needed 9’ so we chose to modify the length, which my experienced husband did. The wire light cages came from Lowe’s.
• Tape measure & pencil
• Saw (miter, chop saw or table saw)
• Jigsaw
• Chisel
• Hammer
• Screws for hooks
• Screws to go into the back of the wine shelves & into wall. We used deck screws 2 - 2 1/2" (drilled pilot holes first).
• Drill bits and screwdriver bit
• Wire brush, awl, chain or anything that will distress the wood
• Wood Glue for shelves where they are screwed on. We also used it to glue the rope into the top holes of the wine rack.
• Glue Gun - we used a hot glue gun to glue the cord to the board at the top

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