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Home Bar with Raised-panel Cabinets and Wood Worktops Ideas and Designs

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Transform that unused kitchen nook into a home bar complete with wine cubbies, fluted columns, glass cabinet inserts, and LED accent lighting.
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Pangea Kitchen
Adam Green ArchitectAdam Green Architect
Eclectic Thai-inspired bar addition for the award-winning Pangea Kitchen restaurant in Evansville, Indiana. This popular watering hole features a reclaimed Old-English style bar with custom floating panels wrapped in authentic textiles from southeast Asian.
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Mountain Formal - Bar
Sesshu Design Associates, LtdSesshu Design Associates, Ltd
Slabs of petrified wood are inset into a mesquite coutertop in this bar. Backsplash is hammered copper, cabinets are alder wood, stained to match the mesquite bar. Photo credits: Design Directives, Dino Tonn
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Walnut End Grain butcher block counter top with Odie's Oil rub finish, water & stain resistant. This top is about 1 1/4" thick.
Rustic Beech Home Bar in Bettendorf, IA
Rustic Beech Home Bar in Bettendorf, IA
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Wet bar in the Lower Level of a Bettendorf, IA home. Design and materials from Village Home Stores for Kerkhoff Homes.
Fantastic Facelift
Fantastic Facelift
Chastain InteriorsChastain Interiors
Wayne The client purchased a beautiful Georgian style house but wanted to make the home decor more transitional. We mixed traditional with more clean transitional furniture and accessories to achieve a clean look. Stairs railings and carpet were updated, new furniture, new transitional lighting and all new granite countertops were changed.
Man Cave (Hudson, WI)
Man Cave (Hudson, WI)
Forever Barnwood, LLCForever Barnwood, LLC
This was a bar in the mezzanine of a car shop!
Wellborn Gallery
Wellborn Gallery
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Desert Mountain Private Residence
Desert Mountain Private Residence
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Custom Home bar and game room
Custom Home bar and game room
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pool table converts to poker table.
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North Shore Brick Tudor
Reynolds Architecture- Design & ConstructionReynolds Architecture- Design & Construction
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Lake Home
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Cordillera Log Residence
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Custom Walk Up Bar
Custom Walk Up Bar
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Custom Walk Up Bar
Custom Walk Up Bar
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Home Bar with Raised-panel Cabinets and Wood Worktops 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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