Wine bottle holder built into an OSB wall, showing round storage slots arranged vertically.

According to the picture, I am supposed to build a wine rack into the wall and surround it with faux brick. I've bought Golvabia tile, which is a rather dark cement-based tile. It's visible in the picture. I plan to use mortar as grout, and my question is whether I can apply mortar on the brick edge of the wine rack to avoid seeing the large color difference. I intend to set the wine racks about 1cm deeper into the wall and apply 1cm of mortar on the brick edges. Do you think this will work, or is there a significant risk that the mortar won't adhere?
 
It will hold, but what will you attach the tiles to? OSB is not suitable.
 
OSB, chipboard, and other materials that move cannot be tiled; it will fall down, maybe not the first year, but it will come down.

Then, as an electrician, I see the switches; they are already set too deep and then with tiles on top of that, it will look like a pizzeria with fake brick and fake tiles.

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Thank you for the response! There will be double drywall where the tiles will be placed. It's behind a stove. The boxes are VP-2 so they can be screwed out to the level of the drywall. The tiles should not extend all the way to the switches.
 
Now I know nothing about wine, should you store it near a fireplace?
Won't it get warm then?
I've read about wine coolers on the forum, but heating the wine?

Oh well, not my problem.

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Guess I'll have some glögg then...
 
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Haha have thought the same thing but guess I'll have cheap wine in it and soda :P
 
Warm soda?
 
Good thing the fridge has an ice maker ;) But you can move the chosen beverage to the fridge before it is used if you don't like warm drinks :)
 
Make sure to water the edge thoroughly before applying the mortar. Brick absorbs quite a lot, and if all moisture is drawn out of the mortar, it won't set properly.
 
Good point! I probably would have missed doing it if you hadn't mentioned it.
 
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