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Country Home Bar with Dark Hardwood Flooring Ideas and Designs

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Sunrise Point
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Wright DesignWright Design
This transitional timber frame home features a wrap-around porch designed to take advantage of its lakeside setting and mountain views. Natural stone, including river rock, granite and Tennessee field stone, is combined with wavy edge siding and a cedar shingle roof to marry the exterior of the home with it surroundings. Casually elegant interiors flow into generous outdoor living spaces that highlight natural materials and create a connection between the indoors and outdoors. Photography Credit: Rebecca Lehde, Inspiro 8 Studios
Modern Farmhouse Kitchen
Modern Farmhouse Kitchen
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Bar Nook
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Modern Farmhouse
Hoogstraten Builders, Inc.Hoogstraten Builders, Inc.
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A bar provides seating as well as a division between the game room and kitchen area. Photo by: Daniel Contelmo Jr.
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Nestledown Farm
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Lauren Rubenstein Photography
Modern Farm House Kitchen
Modern Farm House Kitchen
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Dittmar
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Modern Farmhouse Restoration
Modern Farmhouse Restoration
Brent Cornman Construction Inc.Brent Cornman Construction Inc.
Reed Ewing
Borough Basement
Borough Basement
Windle Design & ConstructionWindle Design & Construction
Tipton Adobe House Remodel and Addition
Tipton Adobe House Remodel and Addition
Chad W Howell Construction Inc.Chad W Howell Construction Inc.
Olathe Project March 2021
Olathe Project March 2021
Premium Cabinet StudioPremium Cabinet Studio
Navy blue beverage bar with glass wall cabinet + butcher block countertop.
Shannon Run
Shannon Run
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Rebecca Creek Ranch
Rebecca Creek Ranch
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Compact wine bar with arched ceiling, custom cabinets and wine cooler. RicJ Photography
Nathan Homes English Farmhouse
Nathan Homes English Farmhouse
Structur Design + InteriorsStructur Design + Interiors
Modern Farmhouse Restoration
Modern Farmhouse Restoration
Brent Cornman Construction Inc.Brent Cornman Construction Inc.
Reed Ewing

Country Home Bar with Dark Hardwood Flooring Ideas and Designs

A home bar is one of the ultimate indulgences for a homeowner. By no means essential but all the more satisfying for that very reason. Whether your home bar ideas would be having the boys round to watch the big match in a pub-style atmosphere on a Saturday afternoon, ‘going uptown’ to sip an espresso martini in your home cocktail bar in the loft, or hoping to recreate the vibe of an intimate speakeasy in your basement, a country style home bar is a treat that’s guaranteed to lift your spirits. A place where you are always guaranteed a seat.

How big should my farmhouse home bar be?

The ideal style of your rural home bar will depend on your lifestyle and entertaining habits as well as the amount of available space. If big groups come round regularly then you should consider dedicating a part of your living room or basement to a larger seating area – complete with a bar table, bar stools and wet bar section – to keep everyone suitably comfortable and merry. If TV is essential, check if there is a wall nearby that’s a big enough to mount it on without restricting anyone’s view. A key feature of home bar ideas is the storage – gleaming wine racks and low-lit glass shelves. Make sure you can afford these little delights after you have built the basic structure. Alternatively, if space is limited, a freestanding country home cocktail bar would give you somewhere to prepare cocktails that is out of the way – in the corner of your dining room or under the stairwell for instance. Also, mirrored surfaces can help to create the illusion of space. Sketch the layout of the room in which you would like to place the bar and think about where all those bottles, cans and snacks are going to go. Then speak to either a home bar specialist about your home bar ideas, or to a joiner about adapting a vintage bookcase or creating something bespoke.

What style of home bar should I choose?

Try to play off the interior decor of the surrounding area. A kitsch Manhattan-inspired home cocktail bar will look out of place in a country cottage, for example. Similarly, a long white walnut home bar would jar against a bright red contemporary kitchen. That said, contrast might be something that you accentuate, not least through the choice of flooring, which would help to make your home bar stand out. Collect farmhouse home bar ideas in an Ideabook, settle upon a theme and then discuss the design with your home bar specialist or joiner. Lighting sets the mood in bars, particularly late at night, so pay special attention to placement, intensity and how you want your guests to feel. Dim underbar lighting creates a warm, intimate atmosphere, while spotlights brighten and energise.

Which country home bar accessories and facilities should I include?

This really does depend on how far you are willing to go. A home bar can replicate almost everything you see in your local, from running water and refrigerated wine cabinets to draught beer pumps and bespoke lighting and a sound systems. Again, the most important thing is to work with what’s there – available space and home decor. Is that black lizard effect leather flooring really going to go? How about the turquoise splashback? Do those flowers look out of place or will they help to soften up what’s fast becoming a man cave? There are several ways to make a home bar more visually interesting without spending big on fixtures and fittings. Select cottage style furniture that’s comfortable but also sparks interest, such as salvaged chairs or a second-hand leather sofa. Add a touch of glitz and glamour through your choice of glassware, drinks trolley, ice bucket, shaker and spirit bottles if you want the home cocktail bar look. Then scatter a few curios around the bar – French country ornaments, lamps, artwork, photos and travel mementos are great country home bar ideas to get the conversation started.
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