Large Victorian Home Bar Ideas and Designs

Glamourous dry bar with tall Lincoln marble backsplash and vintage mirror. Flanked by custom deGournay wall mural.
Photo of a large victorian galley dry bar in Minneapolis with shaker cabinets, black cabinets, marble worktops, white splashback, mirror splashback, marble flooring, beige floors and white worktops.

Traditional Carved Bar

WL Kitchen & Home

Inspiration for a large victorian u-shaped breakfast bar in DC Metro with a submerged sink, raised-panel cabinets, brown cabinets, granite worktops, medium hardwood flooring, brown floors and brown worktops.

Proctor Marble and Granite - traditional work

Proctor Marble & Granite

This is an example of a large victorian single-wall breakfast bar in Nashville with wood worktops, ceramic flooring and white floors.

Marblehead Neck

Carpenter & MacNeille

Eric Roth Photography
Photo of a large victorian galley wet bar in Boston with a submerged sink, raised-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, marble worktops, black splashback and dark hardwood flooring.

Pub

Rigsby Builders Inc.

An English pub and game room await the company of family and friends in the walkout basement. Directly behind the pub is a summer kitchen that is fully equipped with modern appliances necessary to entertain at all levels.

Selected Hospitality Projects

Studio Percale

DND Speakeasy bar at Vintry & Mercer hotel
Large victorian galley wet bar in London with a built-in sink, recessed-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, marble worktops, black splashback, marble splashback, porcelain flooring, brown floors, black worktops and a feature wall.

Shingle Style House

VanBrouck & Associates, Inc.

VanBrouck & Associates, Inc. www.vanbrouck.com photos by: www.bradzieglerphotography.com
Large victorian u-shaped breakfast bar in Detroit with shaker cabinets, dark wood cabinets, dark hardwood flooring and brown floors.

Elk River - T.RS. - Bar (2)

Banner's Cabinets

This bar cabinetry has legitimate antique features as well as retro-fitted parts from Banner's Cabinets. If you can't tell the difference, why should we? Contact us with your project today!

Adult Beverage Cabinetry & Serving Centers

Unique Design Cabinets

Red mahogany finished bar with carved posts and egg & dart panel molding detail; beveled leaded glass upper doors; led illuminated interiors and task lighting. Back bar contains refer, sink & small DW. image by Vaughn Hartung.

Beaumont

Bachly Construction

Photo of a large victorian l-shaped breakfast bar in Toronto with a submerged sink, recessed-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, wood worktops, dark hardwood flooring, brown floors and brown worktops.

CLB Network - Galiant Homes - Colorado Springs, CO - 2

41 West

About This Project: Gracefully poised this English-inspired estate with elegant renaissance embellishments and timeless architecture. Guests are greeted by a cozy, Old Worlde atmosphere with features that include stately ceiling beams, custom paneling and columns, sophisticated moldings and a 20-foot high vaulted ceiling that extends through the great room and over the covered deck. A 16-foot high cupola overlooks the gourmet kitchen with professional-grade appliances, custom cabinetry, and amenities. 41 West is a member of the Certified Luxury Builders Network. Certified Luxury Builders is a network of leading custom home builders and luxury home and condo remodelers who create 5-Star experiences for luxury home and condo owners from New York to Los Angeles and Boston to Naples. As a Certified Luxury Builder, 41 West is proud to feature photos of select projects from our members around the country to inspire you with design ideas. Please feel free to contact the specific Certified Luxury Builder with any questions or inquiries you may have about their projects. Please visit www.CLBNetwork.com for a directory of CLB members featured on Houzz and their contact information.

Winston-Salem - PRM

Banner's Cabinets

This gorgeous bar integrates the owner-supplied iron work with the soffit along the back wall, incorporating directional lights to draw focus to the unique mirror above the sink. The soffit over the bar provides lighting on the seating area and the bar wall utilizes fluted pilasters, carved capitals and raised panel door faces.

Traditional Carved Bar

WL Kitchen & Home

This is an example of a large victorian u-shaped breakfast bar in DC Metro with a submerged sink, raised-panel cabinets, brown cabinets, granite worktops, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.

Parade of Homes Winner- NC Luxury Home

East Coast Live Commercial Photography

Inspiration for a large victorian home bar in Dallas with a submerged sink, white cabinets, marble worktops, white splashback and black worktops.

Beaumont

Bachly Construction

This is an example of a large victorian l-shaped breakfast bar in Toronto with a submerged sink, recessed-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, wood worktops, dark hardwood flooring, brown floors and brown worktops.

Coco's

Robin Sprong Wallpaper

This beautiful frame and the image within it can be found amongst the images available under our "Old Masters" range. Elegant, classy and sophisticated are the best words to describe the overall look and feel of this space.

Wine Room

LAVIVA

Large victorian home bar in Los Angeles.

Lighting Products

Lightstyles lighting

ET2
This is an example of a large victorian home bar in Charlotte.

Adult Beverage Cabinetry & Serving Centers

Unique Design Cabinets

Victorian styled bar. Alder wood with cherry finish. Brass foot Rail. Image by UDCC
Large victorian home bar in Other.

Trophy cabinets for tennis club

French Fix LLC

For the 100 anniversary of the Prentice Cup, the Sea Bright Lawn and Cricket tennis Club commissioned French Fix to design and make 4 trophy cabinet for the club house. Made from solid mahogany, the cabinet is fully painted in white except the back panel to create a dramatic back drop for the silver trophies.

Large Victorian Home Bar 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 victorian 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 victorian home bar be?

The ideal style of your victorian 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 victorian 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 victorian 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 victorian 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 victorian 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 – victorian ornaments, lamps, artwork, photos and travel mementos are great victorian home bar ideas to get the conversation started.

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