Budget Home Bar with Mirror Splashback Ideas and Designs

Inspiration for a medium sized modern galley wet bar in Chicago with a submerged sink, glass-front cabinets, black cabinets, engineered stone countertops, grey splashback, mirror splashback, ceramic flooring, grey floors and white worktops.

St. Helena Hide-A-Bar in Dark Cherry

IWA Wine Accessories

Your favorite bar is right in your own home with the St. Helena Hide-A-Bar. This beautiful double-door armoire opens to reveal a self-contained bar with everything you need to entertain a crowd or for a romantic drink a deux. There is racking for 22 bottles of wine and 8 in-door shelves for liquor, glasses and tumblers. Also included are two drawers for bar tools and cocktail accessories and a touch-light with three dimmable settings. The doors open wide so there's plenty of room to make a perfect martini or pour an excellent vintage Bordeaux.

The Cocktail Cabinet

Rosewood Kitchens and Interiors LTD

The all in one cocktail cabinet! Here are a few key points! 1. External Colour of Unit available in 40 variations/effects. 2. Internal Colour available in 11 variations including a wood grain. 3. Rear of cabinet available in plain and mirror effect. 4. Optional spotlights available. 5. Soft close drawers and hinges as standard. 6. 10 year guarantee 7. Easy assembly. 8. Optional wine rack widths upto 1.2m wide!

The Weekender

Nistenhaus Design LLC

This room with no apparent purpose and an overabundance of kitchen cabinetry was transformed into a fun, modern conversational bar area. A tall mirror back-splash bounces light throughout the space and showcases the homeowner's glassware & liqueurs on tall wall-mounted standing shelves.

Home Bar Design

Jennifer Suzanne Interiors

Home Bar Design
Inspiration for a medium sized bohemian home bar in West Midlands with no sink, floating shelves, black cabinets, wood worktops, mirror splashback, painted wood flooring, grey floors and feature lighting.

Bohemian bar

Lauren Pennisi Interiors

Pink retro pendants a floating bar and antique mirror make this inviting space sing!
This is an example of a small bohemian galley breakfast bar with no sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, engineered stone countertops, grey splashback, mirror splashback, dark hardwood flooring, brown floors and white worktops.

Retro Bar

Comfort Remodel

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Inspiration for a small modern single-wall wet bar in Kansas City with a built-in sink, flat-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, wood worktops and mirror splashback.

Traditional Kitchen & Bathroom Remodel | Barham

Act 1 Flooring, Inc.

This custom wet bar was completed by Act 1 Flooring. The cabinets are a natural wood stain, and the counter tops are done in a taupe color porcelain tile. The tile on the floor is a 20x20 cream color porcelain tile.

House for Sale

Affordable Interior Design

Top of the line wooden bar, has oven, refrigerator, microwave, ice maker and sink, as well as, glass front cabinets, mirrored back splash, and slotted wine glass tracks. We removed numerous sporting accessories from the counter-tops, to de-personalize and de-clutter the area.

New Stanley Project

Livingston Interiors, Inc.

Small contemporary single-wall home bar in San Francisco with no sink, shaker cabinets, dark wood cabinets, granite worktops, mirror splashback and dark hardwood flooring.

Retro Bar

Comfort Remodel

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Inspiration for a small modern single-wall wet bar in Kansas City with a built-in sink, flat-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, wood worktops and mirror splashback.

The Cocktail Cabinet

Rosewood Kitchens and Interiors LTD

The Weekender

Nistenhaus Design LLC

Home Bar Design

Jennifer Suzanne Interiors

Home Bar Design, close up of chandlier
This is an example of a medium sized bohemian home bar in West Midlands with no sink, floating shelves, black cabinets, wood worktops, mirror splashback, painted wood flooring, grey floors and feature lighting.

Retro Bar

Comfort Remodel

After
Small modern single-wall wet bar in Kansas City with a built-in sink, flat-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, wood worktops and mirror splashback.

Home Bar Design

Jennifer Suzanne Interiors

Home Bar Design
Medium sized eclectic home bar in West Midlands with no sink, floating shelves, black cabinets, wood worktops, mirror splashback, painted wood flooring, grey floors and feature lighting.

Retro Bar

Comfort Remodel

After
Photo of a small modern single-wall wet bar in Kansas City with a built-in sink, flat-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, wood worktops and mirror splashback.

Retro Bar

Comfort Remodel

After
Inspiration for a small modern single-wall wet bar in Kansas City with a built-in sink, flat-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, wood worktops and mirror splashback.

Retro Bar

Comfort Remodel

After
Photo of a small modern single-wall wet bar in Kansas City with a built-in sink, flat-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, wood worktops and mirror splashback.

Retro Bar

Comfort Remodel

Before:
This is an example of a small modern single-wall wet bar in Kansas City with a built-in sink, flat-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, wood worktops and mirror splashback.

Budget Home Bar with Mirror Splashback 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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