Galley Home Bar with Grey Worktops Ideas and Designs

A sneaky little home bar is hidden behind this monochromatic kitchen.
This is an example of a medium sized modern galley home bar in Auckland with black cabinets, granite worktops, grey splashback, mirror splashback, dark hardwood flooring, brown floors and grey worktops.

Lachlan Signature | Modin Rigid LVP Customer Space | Ashburn, VA

Flooret

Lachlan - Modin Rigid Collection Installed throughout customer's beautiful home. Influenced by classic Nordic design. Surprisingly flexible with furnishings. Amplify by continuing the clean modern aesthetic, or punctuate with statement pieces. The Modin Rigid luxury vinyl plank flooring collection is the new standard in resilient flooring. Modin Rigid offers true embossed-in-register texture, creating a surface that is convincing to the eye and to the touch; a low sheen level to ensure a natural look that wears well over time; four-sided enhanced bevels to more accurately emulate the look of real wood floors; wider and longer waterproof planks; an industry-leading wear layer; and a pre-attached underlayment.

Orono Custom Home

Divine Custom Homes

Photo of a large classic galley wet bar in Minneapolis with ceramic flooring, brown floors, recessed-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, grey splashback and grey worktops.

Total Remodel (Smart Home)

Audio Video Specialists

Andy Mamott
Inspiration for a modern galley breakfast bar in Chicago with glass-front cabinets, black cabinets, concrete worktops, grey splashback, stone tiled splashback, dark hardwood flooring, grey floors and grey worktops.

Custom Craftsman in Western Mass

Pecoy Homes and Remodeling

Behind the bar, there is ample storage and counter space to prepare.
This is an example of a large classic galley wet bar in Boston with shaker cabinets, grey cabinets, medium hardwood flooring, concrete worktops, wood splashback, brown floors and grey worktops.

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Devco Homes

Photo of a rural galley home bar in Los Angeles with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, grey splashback, mosaic tiled splashback, grey floors and grey worktops.

Deighan Home

Sarah Carr Design

Inspiration for a rural galley breakfast bar in Denver with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, black cabinets, brown splashback, light hardwood flooring, beige floors and grey worktops.

"Mountain Lodge" basement

Studio Design Elements

James Harris
Photo of a large rustic galley home bar in Atlanta with raised-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, dark hardwood flooring, brown floors and grey worktops.

Sunrise Point

Wright 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

Neptune St = Coggee

Bondi Kitchens & Joinery

Drew Wheeler
Design ideas for a contemporary galley breakfast bar in Sydney with flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, medium hardwood flooring, brown floors and grey worktops.

Stylish Wet Bar with Wine Closet

Sea Island Builders LLC

Stylish wet bar built for entertaining. This space has everything you need including a wine refrigerator, bar sink, plenty of cabinet space, marble countertops, sliding barn doors and a lockable wine-closet

Modern Kitchen and Bar

Bentwood of Houston

The natural walnut wood creates a gorgeous focal wall, while the high gloss acrylic finish on the island complements the veining in the thick natural stone countertops. The navy finished bar lends a nice pop of color in the space.

Elegant Traditional Kitchen in Greenwich

Nukitchens

We designed this kitchen using Plain & Fancy custom cabinetry with natural walnut and white pain finishes. The extra large island includes the sink and marble countertops. The matching marble backsplash features hidden spice shelves behind a mobile layer of solid marble. The cabinet style and molding details were selected to feel true to a traditional home in Greenwich, CT. In the adjacent living room, the built-in white cabinetry showcases matching walnut backs to tie in with the kitchen. The pantry encompasses space for a bar and small desk area. The light blue laundry room has a magnetized hanger for hang-drying clothes and a folding station. Downstairs, the bar kitchen is designed in blue Ultracraft cabinetry and creates a space for drinks and entertaining by the pool table. This was a full-house project that touched on all aspects of the ways the homeowners live in the space.

Parlor Level Bar Details

Urban Chalet Inc.

Photos by Dana Hoff
Medium sized contemporary galley breakfast bar in New York with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, onyx worktops, beige splashback, stone tiled splashback, medium hardwood flooring, brown floors and grey worktops.

Montclair Luxury Basement

JSE Interiors

Contemporary galley breakfast bar in New York with a built-in sink, shaker cabinets, blue cabinets, grey splashback, grey floors and grey worktops.

#RaisingtheBarn

Concetti

Inspiration for a medium sized country galley breakfast bar in Other with concrete worktops, grey splashback, black floors and grey worktops.

Arizona Moderne - Bar

H. Ryan Studio

Heather Ryan, Interior Designer H. Ryan Studio - Scottsdale, AZ www.hryanstudio.com
Photo of a modern galley wet bar in Phoenix with a submerged sink, black cabinets, limestone worktops, mirror splashback, medium hardwood flooring, brown floors and grey worktops.

Sunset Terrace French Custom Build

Frankel Design Build

Connie Anderson
Photo of an expansive traditional galley wet bar in Houston with no sink, recessed-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, marble worktops, white splashback, metro tiled splashback, light hardwood flooring, brown floors and grey worktops.

Rustic Farmhouse with a Bohemian Feel

Allen's Fine Woodworking, Inc.

Functional, beautiful, and hard-wearing surfaces are the name of the game in this basement bar. The dark-stained barn wood bar back will hold its own against the inevitable shoe scuffs of guests. The slate back splash tiles and galvanized metal pendant lights are built to last while holding up to years of use.

Cellar Court Custom Home

LaFosse Construction

Spanish cedar cabinets with faux finish to look like white washed cypress, Milferd Perez (faux finisher)
Small classic galley wet bar in New Orleans with shaker cabinets, a submerged sink, medium wood cabinets, marble worktops, grey splashback, marble splashback and grey worktops.

Galley Home Bar with Grey 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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