Traditional Sandstone · Eamonn Egan

Bellview Hill Cellar

Sydney · Traditional / Sandstone

The finished cellar

Timber racking wrapping the cellar, with wrought-iron single-bottle storage above black display shelves.
Black suede-lined display shelf set beneath wrought-iron single-bottle storage.
Cellar door set in the timber-lined entry, with a keypad beside it.
Wrought-iron bottle storage bays and a bottle-end rack.
Corner bench over open bin storage.
Bench, bins and racking along the cellar walls.
Timber lattice detail above the racking.
Lattice bottle storage and open shelving.

Design and installation

These frames show the work as it was built and fitted. The client’s own trades did that work. Eamonn designed the cellar. He did not build, supply or install it.

Dark studded panelled entry door, finished in bronze patina Axolotl paint, with a custom design of historical motifs.
Before: original sandstone pier beneath the house.
Before: exposed sandstone walls during excavation.
Opening cut through the sandstone wall.
Sandstone doorway with new step.
Before: new concrete footing under the original brickwork.

Bowral Cellar

Southern Highlands, NSW · Traditional / Sandstone

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The finished cellar

Tasmanian oak racking with featured columns, leading to the solid oak entry doors.
Diamond bin bulk storage for dozens, framed by columns with single-bottle storage.
Featured bottles on a suede-lined display shelf above single-bottle racking.
Tasmanian oak cellar with diamond bins and featured columns.
Diamond bin bulk storage beside columns with single-bottle storage.
Diamond bins framed by single-bottle racking.
Corner display unit with curved glass shelves.
View along the racking from the doorway.

Darling Point Sandstone Cellar

Darling Point · Traditional / Sandstone

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The finished cellar

Timber racking against raw sandstone walls with a barrel.
Timber racking along a sandstone wall.
Wall-mounted bottle display on raw sandstone.
Sandstone cellar with library ladder, timber racking and a central barrel.
Library ladder, racking and sink bench against the sandstone.
Sink bench with a model ship display above.
Timber benchtop over bottle racking.
Case storage and racking below a ventilation grille.

Gordon Sandstone Cellar

Upper North Shore, Sydney · Traditional / Sandstone

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The finished cellar

Warm-lit Tasmanian oak racking framed by sandstone, with uplighting behind the racking.
Wrought-iron gates securing the premium wine section, beside lit sandstone niches.
Axolotl-painted door set into the sandstone, for a historical heritage feel.
Tasmanian oak racking between sandstone pillars.
Sandstone-lined entry to the cellar door.
Wrought-iron gate installed at the premium section.
Spotted gum floor panels with travertine tiles.
Racking and bins wrapping the cellar.
The finished cellar in daylight.
Sandstone cut-out niche with LED uplighting.
Feature bottle in an uplit sandstone niche.
Sandstone niches for feature bottles.
Stacked feature-bottle niches in a sandstone column.
Timber bench below the racking.
Through the wrought-iron gate.

Design and installation

These frames show the work as it was built and fitted. The client’s own trades did that work. Eamonn designed the cellar. He did not build, supply or install it.

Before: the entry opening cut through the sandstone.
During works: sandstone feature wall before racking.
Before: the sub-floor space under the house.
The wrought-iron gate before installation.
Floor panels being laid.
Tasmanian oak racking modules before installation.

Killara Cellar

Sydney, Upper North Shore · Traditional / Sandstone

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The finished cellar

Tasting and servery bench with glazed display beneath a coffered, corniced ceiling.
Single-bottle columns, diamond bins and sloped display shelves.
Timber racking wall with diamond bin and display shelves.
Racking corner beneath the coffered ceiling and recessed downlights.
Detail of single-bottle columns and diamond bin.
Curved glass corner tower.
Sandstone cladding with bronze-framed display niches.
Pull-out cigar humidor drawer.
Biometric fingerprint reader at the entry.
Biometric fingerprint-keyed sliding doors finished in Axolotl bronze-patina metallised paint.

Design and installation

These frames show the work as it was built and fitted. The client’s own trades did that work. Eamonn designed the cellar. He did not build, supply or install it.

Before: the bare basement room.
Construction: forming the cellar entry.
Construction: climate ductwork going in.
Construction: climate duct run.
Construction: climate plant lines entering the cellar.

Lindfield Bar & Sandstone Cellar

Lindfield · Modern

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The finished cellar

Single-bottle racking with metal rods and display ledges (Jarrah melamine on HMR boards).
Rod-fronted Jarrah melamine on HMR boards racking backed by lit sandstone.
Backlit sandstone behind rod-fronted racking (Jarrah melamine on HMR boards).
Sandstone wall with a display ledge beside the cellar doorway (Jarrah melamine on HMR boards).
View through the cellar door to backlit racking (Jarrah melamine on HMR boards).
Frameless glass cellar door in a sandstone opening (Jarrah melamine on HMR boards).
Glazed cellar door framed in sandstone, beside Jarrah melamine on HMR boards racking.
Sandstone bar with backlit spirits shelving.
Backlit spirits display.
Backlit sandstone glowing through rod-fronted racking.
Cellar bench and racking below a sandstone wall.
Racking runs between sandstone walls.
Rod-fronted racking full of bottles.
Tall backlit racking column.
Frameless glass cellar door in a sandstone opening.
Curved stainless door handle.
Sandstone-clad bar with a marble top.
Marble bar top with timber inlay.
Timber-inlaid marble bar top.
Bar with lit display niche behind.
Marble edge on rough-cut sandstone.
Crystal decanter on the marble bar.
Glassware on lit glass shelves.
Timber benchtop and under-bench fridge.
Bar seen from the stairs.
Sandstone and timber bar end.

Design and installation

These frames show the work as it was built and fitted. The client’s own trades did that work. Eamonn designed the cellar. He did not build, supply or install it.

Empty rod-fronted racking against backlit sandstone, before the wine went in (Jarrah melamine on HMR boards).
Backlit sandstone wall behind empty rod-fronted racking (Jarrah melamine on HMR boards).
Open Jarrah melamine on HMR boards bins below a band of natural sandstone.

Neutral Bay – Cavern Cellar

Neutral Bay, Sydney · Traditional / Sandstone

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The finished cellar

Dark timber and sandstone cellar under low lighting.
Natural rock face with wall-mounted bottle display.
Lit sandstone niche between bottle racks.
Tasting bench with decanters against sandstone.
Lit glass display niche with crystal decanter.
Racking runs meeting a natural rock wall.
Cherry-toned racking and a long bench run beside the natural rock face.
The finished cellar, racked on every wall.
Racking and display shelves around the room.
Back wall of racking with a lit sandstone band.
Timber bench running alongside the rock.
Full racking wall with a lit sandstone strip.
Display shelves with downlights above the bench.
Sandstone column beside the racking.
Racking around the rock, with steps to the house.
Single-bottle racking beneath the rock face.
Timber bench meeting the natural sandstone.
Tasting corner with glasses and bins.

Design and installation

These frames show the work as it was built and fitted. The client’s own trades did that work. Eamonn designed the cellar. He did not build, supply or install it.

Before: the excavated space with new block walls.
Before: sandstone back wall above the blockwork.
Before: excavation with ladder against the sandstone.
Before: sandstone column at the corner.
Racking modules going in.
Before: excavated sandstone wall.

Northbridge Collector's Cellar

Northbridge · Traditional / Sandstone

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The finished cellar

Dark timber racking with a barrel and sandstone pilasters.
Sandstone pillars with arched display niches.
Library ladder on dark timber racking.
Wenge racking, library ladder and a barrel, under a ceiling of downlights.
Curved ceiling over sandstone-lined aisles of racking.
Entry corridor leading to the cellar.
Sandstone pilasters set between wenge racking runs.
Floor-to-ceiling individual bottle racking.
Arched sandstone niches flanking the racking.
A magnum displayed in a lit sandstone niche.
Timber case bulk storage within sandstone.
Diamond bins beneath the climate grille.
Library ladder across stainless-railed racking.
Pull-out decanting shelf.
Sandstone flooring.
Bottle presented on an anodised aluminium cradle.
Display cradle detail in the wenge racking.
Library ladder on its rail.
Diamond bin column lit from above.
Case storage beside diamond bins.
Sandstone-lined aisle between racking.
Racking runs between sandstone columns.
Racking wall with barrel and ladder.
Racking with library ladder and barrel.
Panorama of the finished cellar.

Design and installation

These frames show the work as it was built and fitted. The client’s own trades did that work. Eamonn designed the cellar. He did not build, supply or install it.

Climate control ducting before fit-out.

Pymble Sandstone Cellar

Pymble, Sydney · Traditional / Sandstone

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Design and installation

These frames show the work as it was built and fitted. The client’s own trades did that work. Eamonn designed the cellar. He did not build, supply or install it.

Rod-fronted racking with display shelves, just installed.
The cellar against exposed sandstone walls.
Racking wall with rod fronts and display shelves.
Corner of racking meeting the sandstone wall.
Bench and bins below the sandstone, by the stairs.
Benchtop run along the sandstone.

Red Hill Cellar

Red Hill, ACT · Traditional / Sandstone

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The finished cellar

Back-lit armour and crossed-sabres display wall.
Sandstone gallery with chains and torch sconces.
Central aisle between the glass-lidded island racks.
The armour display wall, front on.
Display wall with glass-topped lit drawers.
Back-lit niche for a 6-litre Methuselah.
Presentation bins showing bottles label-up.
Island racking runs across the cellar.
Wrought-iron gate into the cellar.
Riveted vault-style door.
Spy-hatch grille on the vault door.
Biometric entry controls set into sandstone.
Barrel seating in the tasting nook.
Case compactus storage.
Glass-lidded display bins.
Diamond-bin joinery.
Corkscrew and wine-antiques cabinet.
Presentation bin with its glass lid open.
Original-case display shelving and diamond bins.
Diamond-bin corridor.

Rose Bay Cellar

Rose Bay, Sydney · Traditional / Sandstone

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The finished cellar

Solid Jarrah racking with a library ladder.
Library ladder against Jarrah racking.
Diamond bins and display shelf in solid Jarrah.
Display niche set into the diamond bins.
Individual bottle storage on the end panel.
Single-bottle display racking.

Design and installation

These frames show the work as it was built and fitted. The client’s own trades did that work. Eamonn designed the cellar. He did not build, supply or install it.

Before the wine: ladder and racking.
Before the wine: display niche.
Library ladder and lit display shelf.
Glass rack beneath the shelf.
Recessed ladder rail.

Toorak Cellar

Toorak, Melbourne · Traditional / Sandstone

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The finished cellar

Stained mahogany racking with antique columns and wall sconces, an arched window to the next room.
Tiled aisle between single-bottle racking to an arched window.
Six-metre run of single-bottle racking with carved column capitals.