New Orleans Elite Cabinets provides professional wine & bar cabinets in New Orleans, LA for residential and commercial properties across Greater New Orleans. Wine and bar cabinets are the smallest thing we build that collects the most compliments, and in this climate the wine half of that comes with a technical warning most shops will not give you. We build wine storage, wet bars, dry bars, beverage centers, and coffee stations, and we will tell you plainly what a cabinet can and cannot do for a bottle.
Here is the honest part. A decorative wine rack in a kitchen is furniture, not storage. Wine wants roughly 55 degrees, stable temperature, some humidity, darkness, and no vibration, and an open rack in a Louisiana kitchen delivers exactly one of those. If you are keeping bottles you care about, you want a temperature-controlled wine refrigerator or a conditioned cabinet, and we design the surround, the ventilation, and the trim so it reads as built-in rather than appliance-shaped. If the bottles will be gone by Mardi Gras, an attractive rack is completely fine and we will build you a beautiful one.
Wet bars get treated as the wet cabinetry they are: a sealed sink base like a vanity, a top that shrugs off spills and citrus, and a finish that wipes clean at one in the morning. Under-counter appliances need planning, because an ice maker wants a water line and a drain, a beverage fridge needs front ventilation with real clearance, and both want a dedicated circuit. Sorting that before the cabinets are built is the difference between a clean install and a compromise with a cord running across the toe kick.
The details are the fun part. Glass-front uppers with LED strips and glass shelves so the light carries down. Stemware racks with a slot width that fits your actual glasses rather than a catalogue's. Bottle cradles angled so corks stay wet. A speed rail or a bottle step for spirits. A small prep sink and a board for garnish, which in a city that takes its cocktails seriously gets used more than you would think. Locking storage if you would rather the teenagers did not conduct independent research.
Coffee bars have quietly overtaken alcohol bars as the most requested version, and they are a genuinely good use of a butler pantry or a dead corner: an appliance garage with an outlet inside, a pull-out for beans and pods, mug storage on pegs or open shelving, and a small heat-tolerant counter.
One local note on materials. Bar cabinetry in a room that is not air conditioned year-round — a back gallery, a converted porch, a pool house — wants moisture-resistant plywood and a catalyzed finish rather than the same spec as an interior kitchen. We would rather build it right the first time than come back and explain why the doors moved.
With 15+ years of experience, our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — moisture-resistant plywood boxes, solid maple dovetail drawers, Blum and Grass soft-close hardware, full-overlay and inset doors, framed and frameless European construction, catalyzed conversion varnish — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve New Orleans and nearby communities including Metairie, Kenner, Marrero, Terrytown.
What We Handle
Everything our wine & bar cabinets in New Orleans covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of wine & bar cabinets work in New Orleans, LA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- wine racks and cabinetry
- home bar cabinets
- wet bar cabinetry
- beverage center cabinets
- wine refrigerator surrounds
- glass-front bar cabinets
- stemware racks
- bottle storage
- bar countertops
- coffee bar cabinetry
- butler pantry bars
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our New Orleans services.
Materials, equipment and how we do wine & bar cabinets
The difference between wine & bar cabinets that lasts and wine & bar cabinets that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with moisture-resistant plywood boxes, solid maple dovetail drawers, Blum and Grass soft-close hardware, full-overlay and inset doors, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every New Orleans job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. 15+ years of cabinet work in Greater New Orleans means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do wine & bar cabinets outside New Orleans
New Orleans Elite Cabinets covers New Orleans and the surrounding communities of Greater New Orleans. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Wine & Bar Cabinets in Metairie, LA — Jefferson Parish, population 143,507
- Wine & Bar Cabinets in Kenner, LA — Jefferson Parish, population 66,448
- Wine & Bar Cabinets in Marrero, LA — Jefferson Parish, population 32,382
- Wine & Bar Cabinets in Terrytown, LA — Jefferson Parish, population 25,278
- Wine & Bar Cabinets in Harvey, LA — Jefferson Parish, population 22,236
- Wine & Bar Cabinets in Estelle, LA — Jefferson Parish, population 17,952
Start on the New Orleans Elite Cabinets homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why New Orleans Chooses New Orleans Elite Cabinets
- ✓Over 15 years building custom cabinetry across Greater New Orleans
- ✓3/4-inch moisture-resistant furniture-grade plywood boxes, never particleboard
- ✓Solid maple dovetail drawers on full-extension Blum undermount slides
- ✓Catalyzed conversion varnish sprayed in our own booth, not brushed on site
Every wine & bar cabinets project in New Orleans gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free wine & bar cabinets free estimate in New Orleans, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.