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Statement Lighting Home Bar with a Feature Wall Ideas and Designs

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Artistry Sarasota - Chagall Model Mid-Century Modern Club Room
Artistry Sarasota - Chagall Model Mid-Century Modern Club Room
Masterpiece Design GroupMasterpiece Design Group
The open, airy entry leads to a bold, yet playful lounge-like club room; featuring blown glass bubble chandelier, functional bar area with display, and one-of-a-kind layered pattern ceiling detail.
Skyview
Skyview
Melisa Clement DesignsMelisa Clement Designs
Interior Design by Melisa Clement Designs, Photography by Twist Tours
This is an example of a scandi single-wall wet bar in Austin with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets, wood worktops, black splashback, brown worktops and a feature wall.
Welcome Home
Welcome Home
Kitchens By ClayKitchens By Clay
Bar cabinetry contains ice maker, sink, integrated drawer refrigeration. Beautifully designed. Cabinetry designed by Clay Cox, Kitchens by Clay. Photos by Giovanni Photography.
We Game to Please
We Game to Please
Tracy Lynn StudioTracy Lynn Studio
Ryan Garvin
Photo of an expansive mediterranean breakfast bar in San Diego with a submerged sink, metro tiled splashback, light hardwood flooring, beige floors, white worktops, black splashback and a feature wall.
Remodel - Seattle Craftsman Kitchen & Bar
Remodel - Seattle Craftsman Kitchen & Bar
Tenhulzen Painting & Construction Partners, Inc.Tenhulzen Painting & Construction Partners, Inc.
Design ideas for a classic galley breakfast bar in Seattle with a submerged sink, recessed-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, engineered stone countertops, brick splashback, dark hardwood flooring, brown floors, white worktops, brown splashback and a feature wall.
Downtown Condo Remodel
Downtown Condo Remodel
Design Services NWDesign Services NW
Design ideas for an urban single-wall breakfast bar in Seattle with open cabinets and a feature wall.
Loft living - home bar with reclaimed wood
Loft living - home bar with reclaimed wood
Greenbrook Design CenterGreenbrook Design Center
Build Method: Inset Base cabinets: SW Black Fox Countertop: Caesarstone Rugged Concrete Special feature: Pool Stick storage Ice maker panel Bar tower cabinets: Exterior sides – Reclaimed wood Interior: SW Black Fox with glass shelves
Coast Blvd Contemporary
Coast Blvd Contemporary
Nau Builders, Inc.Nau Builders, Inc.
Contemporary breakfast bar in San Diego with a submerged sink, glass-front cabinets, medium wood cabinets, multi-coloured splashback, stone tiled splashback, beige floors, multicoloured worktops and a feature wall.

Statement Lighting Home Bar with a Feature Wall 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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