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Home Bar with Orange Splashback and Medium Hardwood Flooring Ideas and Designs

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Sailor's Retreat Home Addition
Sailor's Retreat Home Addition
Anthony James Master Builders, LLCAnthony James Master Builders, LLC
This beverage center located in the kitchen creates a separate space and additional storage for the families wine collection and beverage.
Luxury Lakehouse
Luxury Lakehouse
Tailored Spaces, Natalie SpiniolasTailored Spaces, Natalie Spiniolas
Bar with Back-Lit Onyx Backsplash
Bar with Back-Lit Onyx Backsplash
Orren Pickell Building GroupOrren Pickell Building Group
The back-lit onyx provides a focal point for the large basement bar. Photo by Mike Kaskel.
Bar design
Bar design
Swati Goorha DesignsSwati Goorha Designs
Equestrian Elegance
Equestrian Elegance
TroicoTroico
AUSTIN - ALLANDALE
AUSTIN - ALLANDALE
RAYMOND EVANS DESIGN, LLCRAYMOND EVANS DESIGN, LLC
Ray Evans
Covenant Hills Billiard Room Bar
Covenant Hills Billiard Room Bar
Beth Whitlinger Interior DesignBeth Whitlinger Interior Design
Photo by Bryan Lamb/OC Interior Photography
Neo Rustico
Neo Rustico
Timeless Design by Jeff SandiferTimeless Design by Jeff Sandifer
This gracious Morning Kitchen greets the day in farmhouse comfort. Bespoke cabinetry features a seedy glass, display hutch in white distressed paint. Hidden refrigerator drawers are stocked with breakfast sundries & milk.-- DeAngelis Custom Builders
Bar design
Bar design
Swati Goorha DesignsSwati Goorha Designs
Ceiling detail
Ceiling detail
Swati Goorha DesignsSwati Goorha Designs
Bar detail
Bar detail
Swati Goorha DesignsSwati Goorha Designs

Home Bar with Orange Splashback and Medium 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 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.
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