Home Bar with a Submerged Sink Ideas and Designs

2014 Idea ShowHouse

Inspiration for a traditional l-shaped wet bar in Detroit with a submerged sink, recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, white splashback, dark hardwood flooring and limestone splashback.

Hillvale Circle

Todd Richesin Interiors

Design ideas for a classic single-wall wet bar in Other with a submerged sink, recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, dark hardwood flooring and white worktops.

Custom Wet Bar

Jensen Quality Homes, LLC

Wet bar in Custom Home build. Designed and built to Customers specs. Flat panel cabinets with glass cabinet doors in uppers. Built in wine rack. Hardwood floors are wide plank, sand and finish, select stained oak.

Basement wet bar

Emerald Designs Ltd.

Photo of a medium sized classic single-wall wet bar in Calgary with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, grey splashback, glass tiled splashback and medium hardwood flooring.

Joshua Creek Basement Reno

Stephani Buchman Photography

Photography by www.stephanibuchmanphotography.com Interior Design by Christine DeCosta www.decorbychristine.com
Photo of a classic single-wall wet bar in Toronto with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, dark hardwood flooring and white worktops.

New Butler's Pantry

Realty Restoration, LLC

Medium sized traditional single-wall wet bar in Austin with a submerged sink, raised-panel cabinets, white cabinets, granite worktops, white splashback, porcelain splashback and medium hardwood flooring.

Completed Projects

Jones Cabinet Shop

This is an example of a small mediterranean single-wall wet bar in Other with a submerged sink, recessed-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, composite countertops, white splashback and medium hardwood flooring.

City Glamour - Bar

Palindrome Design, LLC

Photograph © Michael Wilkinson Photography
Large classic single-wall breakfast bar in DC Metro with marble worktops, beige splashback, stone slab splashback, a submerged sink and white worktops.

Transitional Home Bar

Design ideas for a medium sized classic single-wall wet bar in Other with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, dark wood cabinets, vinyl flooring, composite countertops and grey floors.

Park Avenue Apartment in Rosario Candela Building

Studio 511

The butler's pantry is lined in deep blue cabinets with intricate details on the glass doors. The ceiling is also lined in wood panels to make the space and enclosed jewel. Interior Design by Ashley Whitakker.

Engerman

Engerman Companies

Inspiration for a medium sized classic single-wall wet bar in Milwaukee with dark hardwood flooring, a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, wood worktops, grey splashback, brown floors and brown worktops.

Rustic Bar & Wine Room

Divine Custom Homes

Home built and designed by Divine Custom Homes Photos by Spacecrafting
Photo of a rustic u-shaped breakfast bar in Minneapolis with a submerged sink, wood worktops, dark wood cabinets, concrete flooring and beige worktops.

Heartwood Kitchens

Quality Custom Cabinetry, Inc

Eric Roth Photography
Design ideas for a country single-wall home bar in Boston with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets and white cabinets.

Vancouver 8

Kitchen Art Design

(Gary Beale) This bar area features horizontal grain rift cut White Oak cabinetry with a built in full height wine fridge and a floating shelf above the sink.

New Smyrna beach condos

Del Mar Construction

Small traditional single-wall wet bar in Orlando with a submerged sink, recessed-panel cabinets, black cabinets, laminate countertops, multi-coloured splashback and medium hardwood flooring.

Gourmet Kitchen with Great Room

Synergy Builders Inc.

Transitional space that is clean and open, yet cozy and comfortable
This is an example of a large traditional single-wall home bar in Chicago with a submerged sink, recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, marble worktops, white splashback, ceramic splashback, medium hardwood flooring, brown floors and white worktops.

Bar

R|House Design Build

Custom garage door style liquor cabinet and concrete sink.
Inspiration for a large traditional u-shaped home bar in Minneapolis with a submerged sink, recessed-panel cabinets, black cabinets, engineered stone countertops, white splashback and metro tiled splashback.

Backlit Onyx Nuvolato Bar

Aria Stone Gallery

This masculine and modern Onyx Nuvolato marble bar and feature wall is perfect for hosting everything from game-day events to large cocktail parties. The onyx countertops and feature wall are backlit with LED lights to create a warm glow throughout the room. The remnants from this project were fashioned to create a matching backlit fireplace. Open shelving provides storage and display, while a built in tap provides quick access and easy storage for larger bulk items.

Fresh Traditional Lake Home

Lenox House Design

Design ideas for a classic single-wall home bar in Minneapolis with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, beige cabinets, white splashback, beige floors and beige worktops.

Bar

Boston Counters

Cambria Portrush quartz and slate blue cabinets in a home wet bar area.
Contemporary single-wall wet bar in Boston with a submerged sink, beaded cabinets, blue cabinets, engineered stone countertops, multi-coloured splashback, engineered quartz splashback, medium hardwood flooring and multicoloured worktops.

Home Bar with a Submerged Sink 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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