Galley Home Bar with Wood Splashback Ideas and Designs

Mill Pond Road - Show Garage

Betsy Bassett Interiors

Home Bar

Woodland Partners Custom Builders

Custom bar with walnut cabinetry and a waterfall edged, hand fabricated, counter top of end grain wood with brass infused strips.

Roslyn Basement

D&G Construction

This home got a modern facelift with wide-plank wood flooring, custom fireplace and designer wallpaper bathroom. The basement was finished with a modern industrial design that includes barn wood, black steel rods, and gray cabinets.

Teton Springs 3 Fairway

With the Grain, LLC.

Creekwood

Divine Custom Homes

Photos by SpaceCrafting

Family Room & Bar Addition - Haddonfield

Cipriani Remodeling Solutions

Family Room & WIne Bar Addition - Haddonfield This new family gathering space features custom cabinetry, two wine fridges, two skylights, two sets of patio doors, and hidden storage.

Lakeside Bluff Point

Hendel Homes

Farmington Guest Cottage

Sage Designs

Darren Setlow Photography

Fall 2017 Parade of Homes Model

Zehnder Homes

Lower Level Bar with Farmhouse touches - custom cabinetry, floating shelves, and pendant lighting.

Kabekona Retreat

Liv4 Architecture

Rick Hammer

Lakehouse for the Whole Family

Tailored Spaces, Natalie Spiniolas

Todd Tully Danner

Custom built aviation/airplane themed bar. Bar is constructed from reclaimed wood with aluminum airplane skin doors and bar front. The ceiling of the galley area has back lit sky/cloud panels. Shelves are backed with mirrored glass and lit with LED strip lighting. Counter tops are leather finish black granite. Includes a dishwasher and wine cooler. Sliding exit door on rear wall is reclaimed barnwood with three circular windows. The front of the bar is completed with an airplane propeller.

Ayrshire

Ames Peterson - International Architecture

Interior of the billiard room.

South Bham Mod

Margeaux Interiors - Margaret Skinner

South Bham Mod

Margeaux Interiors - Margaret Skinner

Majestic Oak Basement

D'Arcy Leck Photography

Home bar in basement. Photography by D'Arcy Leck

Galley Home Bar with Wood Splashback 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 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 home bar be?

The ideal style of your 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 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 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 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 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 – ornaments, lamps, artwork, photos and travel mementos are great home bar ideas to get the conversation started.

Ireland

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