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Home Bar with Flat-panel Cabinets Ideas and Designs

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Fun Midcentury Bar
Fun Midcentury Bar
Design One CabinetryDesign One Cabinetry
A combination of concealed and floating shelves keep the back bar functional and fun.
This is an example of a medium sized midcentury single-wall breakfast bar in Other with flat-panel cabinets, orange cabinets and mirror splashback.
Retro Lounge
Retro Lounge
Design by Numbers / Rebecca Zajac LLCDesign by Numbers / Rebecca Zajac LLC
Rebecca Zajac
Photo of a retro breakfast bar in Las Vegas with flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, quartz worktops, white splashback, ceramic splashback, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.
Denver Contemporary Farmhouse
Denver Contemporary Farmhouse
Laura Medicus InteriorsLaura Medicus Interiors
This is a Craftsman home in Denver’s Hilltop neighborhood. We added a family room, mudroom and kitchen to the back of the home.
Inspiration for a medium sized classic single-wall dry bar in Denver with black splashback, porcelain splashback, flat-panel cabinets, black cabinets, quartz worktops, white worktops and a feature wall.
32nd Street Residence
32nd Street Residence
DesignbyRuchiDesignbyRuchi
I designed a custom bar with a wine fridge, base cabinets, waterfall counterop and floating shelves above. The floating shelves were to display the beautiful collection of bottles the home owners had. To make a feature wall, as an an alternative to the intertia, expense and dust associated with tile, I used wallpaper. Fear not, its vynil and can take some water damage, one quick qipe and done. We stayed on budget by using Ikea cabinets with custom cabinet fronts from semihandmade. In the foyer beyond, we added floor to ceiling storage and a surface that they use as a foyer console table.
Manhattan Brownstone
Manhattan Brownstone
Décor AidDécor Aid
A wet bar with a marble countertop is tucked behind walnut doors.
Design ideas for a contemporary single-wall wet bar in New York with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, mirror splashback and light hardwood flooring.
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.
Vashon Island Kitchen
Vashon Island Kitchen
Neil Kelly CompanyNeil Kelly Company
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary single-wall wet bar in Seattle with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, wood worktops, grey splashback, stone slab splashback, porcelain flooring, grey floors and grey worktops.
Golden Gate Heights
Golden Gate Heights
John Lum Architecture, Inc. AIAJohn Lum Architecture, Inc. AIA
Photo of a contemporary galley home bar in San Francisco with flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, wood worktops, orange splashback, dark hardwood flooring, brown floors and brown worktops.
Seattle Mid-Century Modern
Seattle Mid-Century Modern
ONE DAY DESIGNONE DAY DESIGN
Mid-Century Modern bar cabinet
Inspiration for a medium sized midcentury single-wall bar cart in Seattle with flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, wood worktops and medium hardwood flooring.
Mid Century Teak - Bar
Mid Century Teak - Bar
AMR Interior Design & Drafting Ltd.AMR Interior Design & Drafting Ltd.
info@ryanpatrickkelly.com Built in wet bar with teak cabinets and yellow mid century tile
Small retro galley wet bar in Edmonton with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, engineered stone countertops, yellow splashback, porcelain splashback, ceramic flooring, grey floors and white worktops.
FLOORING SHOWROOM
FLOORING SHOWROOM
UserUser
FLOORING SHOWROOM
This is an example of a medium sized classic single-wall wet bar in Other with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, granite worktops, brown splashback, stone tiled splashback, ceramic flooring and brown floors.
Horseshoe Trail
Horseshoe Trail
The Art of BuildingThe Art of Building
Design ideas for a midcentury single-wall wet bar in New York with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, mirror splashback, medium hardwood flooring and white worktops.
Built in Humidor Behind Glass Door Cabinet
Built in Humidor Behind Glass Door Cabinet
Denise Quade DesignDenise Quade Design
This guest bedroom transform into a family room and a murphy bed is lowered with guests need a place to sleep. Built in cherry cabinets and cherry paneling is around the entire room. The glass cabinet houses a humidor for cigar storage. Two floating shelves offer a spot for display and stacked stone is behind them to add texture. A TV was built in to the cabinets so it is the ultimate relaxing zone. A murphy bed folds down when an extra bed is needed.
Water to Water House
Water to Water House
Demetriou ArchitectsDemetriou Architects
Rishel Photography
Design ideas for a home bar in Seattle with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, onyx worktops, stone slab splashback and limestone flooring.
Made in Michigan
Made in Michigan
Meadowlark Design+BuildMeadowlark Design+Build
A custom bar is nestled into the curvature of the stairway. All wood is from the homeowners wood mill in Michigan. Design and Construction by Meadowlark Design + Build. Photography by Jeff Garland. Stair railing by Drew Kyte of Kyte Metalwerks.
Bar and Cabinets - Tiger Onyx backlit
Bar and Cabinets - Tiger Onyx backlit
DesignerStone® PanelsDesignerStone® Panels
Paul LaFrance team
This is an example of a medium sized contemporary galley breakfast bar in Toronto with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, marble worktops, black splashback, stone slab splashback and light hardwood flooring.
Aventura
Aventura
Arnold Schulman Design GroupArnold Schulman Design Group
Bar Photo by Brantley Photography
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary breakfast bar in Miami with marble flooring, flat-panel cabinets and medium wood cabinets.
Harbor Club Residence
Harbor Club Residence
Christian Rice Architects, Inc.Christian Rice Architects, Inc.
Inspiration for a small contemporary single-wall wet bar in San Diego with no sink, flat-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, dark hardwood flooring and brown floors.
Westport Residence
Westport Residence
Erskine Associates LLCErskine Associates LLC
Photography: Gus Ford
This is an example of a small contemporary single-wall wet bar in New York with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, granite worktops and stone slab splashback.
Novak II
Novak II
Haydenville Woodworking & Design, Inc.Haydenville Woodworking & Design, Inc.
Ned Gray
This is an example of a traditional wet bar in Boston with flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, granite worktops and medium hardwood flooring.

Home Bar with Flat-panel Cabinets 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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