My Crazy Wife's Crazy Ideas

[dananne]

The Anne part of "Dananne" is fed up with our humble and failing stand-alone wine cellar. It's an inexpensive temp-controlled wine cellar that holds about 220 bottles. You know the type. The condensation has collected within the walls, and they are bowing. The warping has affected the seams, so now we have condensation dripping onto the floor. We thought we had fixed the problem a year ago, but now after a hot Summer, it has returned.<P>Here's the "crazy wife" part. Rather than spending the money to replace the wine unit with something likely to be equally lousy and unattractive or spend an exhorbitant amount, thereby forgoing vacations and other desired major purchases, she has now decided that she and I (likely serving as her step-and-fetch-it, since she enjoys power tools) can build one out of an antique wardrobe or similar cabinet.<P>So here are the specifics of her grandiose scheme:<P>Purchase a suitably large wardrobe from a very reasonably-priced antique dealer (probably about $250). Pilfer from the old unit the cooling unit, mouting hardware, and light. Line the inside with polystyrene, and then a thin layer of wood over that. Then cut a hole in the wardrobe, polystyrene and extra wood layer to fit the cooling unit. ($100.) Next, send the unit off to a spray-on truck bed-liner place to have the inside of the unit sprayed with the water and air-tight truck bed-liner. ($250-500.) Then re-mount the door(s) with a rubber door seal for a refridgerator. ($?.) Then install a wooden racking unit inside to hold no less than 200 bottles. <P>So here are my questions:<BR>1. Is this possible?<BR>2. If it is possible, will it work?<BR>3. Is my wife crazy? (She insists it's mere genius.)<BR>4. Would it be even worth it to try? Or at least make inquiries into the truck liner cost?<BR>5. Any ideas or suggestions on how to change these plans to make it doable?<P>Thanks in advance for any and all comments.