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Eclectic Home Bar with Floating Shelves Ideas and Designs

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Lake Michigan Cottage
Lake Michigan Cottage
Deidre InteriorsDeidre Interiors
Pantry, Bar, Coffee Station - all in one!
Bohemian home bar in Other with floating shelves, red cabinets, limestone worktops, dark hardwood flooring, brown floors and black worktops.
Eclectic Perspective
Eclectic Perspective
Design HarmonyDesign Harmony
There was an empty niche so we turned it into a beverage bar with a stunning wallpaper and a hidden beverage fridge.
Eclectic dry bar in Seattle with floating shelves, grey cabinets, wood worktops, blue splashback, medium hardwood flooring, grey floors and brown worktops.
Private residential Emerald Villa
Private residential Emerald Villa
Bolshakova InteriorsBolshakova Interiors
Medium sized bohemian galley breakfast bar in Other with floating shelves, marble worktops, green splashback and white worktops.
Private Residence Cambridge
Private Residence Cambridge
SLC Interior DesignSLC Interior Design
A cosy living room and eclectic bar area seamlessly merged, through the use of a simple yet effective colour palette and furniture placement. The bar was a bespoke design and placed in such away that the architectural features, which were dividing the room, would be incorporated and therefore no longer be predominant. The period beams, on the walls, were further enhanced by setting them against a contemporary colour, and wallpaper, with the wood element carried through to the new floor and bar.
Home Bar Design
Home Bar Design
Jennifer Suzanne InteriorsJennifer Suzanne Interiors
Home Bar Design
Medium sized eclectic home bar in West Midlands with no sink, floating shelves, black cabinets, wood worktops, mirror splashback, painted wood flooring, grey floors and feature lighting.
Espacios enológicos para inspirar
Espacios enológicos para inspirar
Yassir Silvera, Interiorismo-espacios enológicos.Yassir Silvera, Interiorismo-espacios enológicos.
Espacios para disfrutar del vino y conservarlo con mimo y admiración.
Medium sized bohemian single-wall dry bar in Madrid with floating shelves and light wood cabinets.
Home Bar Design
Home Bar Design
Jennifer Suzanne InteriorsJennifer Suzanne Interiors
Home Bar Design
Inspiration for a medium sized bohemian home bar in West Midlands with no sink, floating shelves, black cabinets, wood worktops, mirror splashback, painted wood flooring, grey floors and feature lighting.
Home Bar Design
Home Bar Design
Jennifer Suzanne InteriorsJennifer Suzanne Interiors
Home Bar Design, close up of chandlier
This is an example of a medium sized bohemian home bar in West Midlands with no sink, floating shelves, black cabinets, wood worktops, mirror splashback, painted wood flooring, grey floors and feature lighting.
Home Bar Design
Home Bar Design
Jennifer Suzanne InteriorsJennifer Suzanne Interiors
Home Bar Design
Design ideas for a medium sized bohemian home bar in West Midlands with floating shelves, black cabinets and wood worktops.

Eclectic Home Bar with Floating Shelves 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, an eclectic 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 bohemian home bar be?

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