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Home Bar with Flat-panel Cabinets and Feature Lighting Ideas and Designs

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Finchampstead- Family Home
Finchampstead- Family Home
Reyne DesignReyne Design
Bespoke Home Bar with a personal touch, telling the families own story. Dual zone wine cooler for whatever your preference and the space to mix a killer cocktail too.
Milwaukee Bay
Milwaukee Bay
Northworks Architects + PlannersNorthworks Architects + Planners
Design ideas for a contemporary home bar in Chicago with flat-panel cabinets, green cabinets and feature lighting.
Modern Wood Cabinetry Home Bar
Modern Wood Cabinetry Home Bar
ULFBUILTULFBUILT
This modern wood cabinetry for a home bar creates visual interest and elegance to this living room. It's backlit and mirror backsplash makes it inviting and accents an exciting look. Built by ULFBUILT. Contact us today to learn more.
Highgate
Highgate
dk INTERIORSdk INTERIORS
Bespoke marble top bar with dark blue finish, fluted glass, brass uprights to mirrored shelving, the bar has a mini fridge and sink for easy access
Large contemporary wet bar in London with a built-in sink, flat-panel cabinets, blue cabinets, marble worktops, beige splashback, marble splashback, carpet, grey floors, beige worktops and feature lighting.
Memorial Riad
Memorial Riad
Marion Interior DesignMarion Interior Design
This is an example of an expansive mediterranean galley breakfast bar in Houston with flat-panel cabinets, black cabinets, multi-coloured splashback, medium hardwood flooring, brown floors, green worktops, a submerged sink and feature lighting.
Chanel Chic Renovation
Chanel Chic Renovation
By Design Interiors, Inc.By Design Interiors, Inc.
As you enter the home, past the spunky powder bath you are greeted by this chic mini-bar.
Photo of a small contemporary single-wall dry bar in Houston with no sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, engineered stone countertops, porcelain flooring, grey floors, black worktops and feature lighting.
The Idea House
The Idea House
Karen Berkemeyer HomeKaren Berkemeyer Home
Design ideas for a large contemporary single-wall dry bar in New York with flat-panel cabinets, black cabinets, quartz worktops, grey splashback, light hardwood flooring, beige floors, white worktops and feature lighting.
HAWTHORN EAST HOUSE
HAWTHORN EAST HOUSE
STAR ArchitectureSTAR Architecture
Peter Bennetts
Photo of a medium sized contemporary l-shaped breakfast bar in Melbourne with a submerged sink, black cabinets, granite worktops, multi-coloured splashback, stone slab splashback, black floors, black worktops, flat-panel cabinets and feature lighting.
Surrey Hills Family Home
Surrey Hills Family Home
April Hamilton Interiors LLPApril Hamilton Interiors LLP
Photo of a large classic u-shaped dry bar in Surrey with no sink, flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, wood worktops, brown splashback, carpet, brown floors, brown worktops and feature lighting.
Contemporary Home Bar
Contemporary Home Bar
This is an example of a contemporary u-shaped breakfast bar in Houston with flat-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, brown floors, grey worktops and feature lighting.
Media Furniture and Bar in Dark Steel Matt and Karndean Design Flooring
Media Furniture and Bar in Dark Steel Matt and Karndean Design Flooring
Newcastle Kitchen & Bedroom CoNewcastle Kitchen & Bedroom Co
Changing rooms; converting a seldomly used room into the most popular room in the home. media furniture, karndean design flooring and a stunning bar has transformed this interior into an entertaining and relaxing space for friends and family. finishes in dark steel matt and contrasting italian stone xylocleaf with dekton keyla worksurfaces. satin gold to sink, tap and handles provide that all important accent colour…
Modern Elegance
Modern Elegance
Alana LorangerAlana Loranger
Photo of a small contemporary galley wet bar in Edmonton with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, composite countertops, white splashback, porcelain splashback, ceramic flooring, white floors, white worktops and feature lighting.
2018 Boca Raton - Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club
2018 Boca Raton - Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club
Bravas Boca RatonBravas Boca Raton
Photo of a medium sized contemporary l-shaped breakfast bar in Miami with flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, granite worktops, medium hardwood flooring, brown floors, multicoloured worktops and feature lighting.
900 S Elm Street
900 S Elm Street
Shannon Antipov DesignsShannon Antipov Designs
Large contemporary single-wall breakfast bar in Chicago with flat-panel cabinets, black cabinets, grey floors, black worktops and feature lighting.
Home Bar
Home Bar
Karen Kempf InteriorsKaren Kempf Interiors
Reagan Taylor Photography
This is an example of a contemporary l-shaped wet bar in Milwaukee with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, blue cabinets, medium hardwood flooring, brown floors, grey worktops and feature lighting.
624 Palm~ Comfortable Luxury In A Dynamic Area
624 Palm~ Comfortable Luxury In A Dynamic Area
Beasley & Henley Interior DesignBeasley & Henley Interior Design
Inspiration for a contemporary galley home bar in Miami with flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, white splashback, dark hardwood flooring, brown floors, grey worktops and feature lighting.
Dining and Bar in Contemporary Home for Entertaining
Dining and Bar in Contemporary Home for Entertaining
Heritage Design StudioHeritage Design Studio
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary breakfast bar in Dallas with flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, mirror splashback, beige floors, grey worktops and feature lighting.
The Idea House
The Idea House
Karen Berkemeyer HomeKaren Berkemeyer Home
Photo of a large contemporary single-wall dry bar in New York with flat-panel cabinets, black cabinets, quartz worktops, grey splashback, light hardwood flooring, beige floors, white worktops and feature lighting.
Custom One-Story Luxury Home (The Polo Club of Boca Raton)
Custom One-Story Luxury Home (The Polo Club of Boca Raton)
Ellish BuildersEllish Builders
Inspiration for a contemporary galley breakfast bar in Miami with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, marble worktops, blue splashback, grey floors, multicoloured worktops and feature lighting.
Wickenburg Contemporary
Wickenburg Contemporary
R.J. Gurley ConstructionR.J. Gurley Construction
Design ideas for a contemporary galley breakfast bar in Phoenix with flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, multi-coloured splashback, red worktops and feature lighting.

Home Bar with Flat-panel Cabinets and Feature Lighting 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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