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Budget Midcentury Home Bar Ideas and Designs

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1950's Mid-Century Modern Beach House
1950's Mid-Century Modern Beach House
Rollins Andrew InteriorsRollins Andrew Interiors
1950's mid-century modern beach house built by architect Richard Leitch in Carpinteria, California. Leitch built two one-story adjacent homes on the property which made for the perfect space to share seaside with family. In 2016, Emily restored the homes with a goal of melding past and present. Emily kept the beloved simple mid-century atmosphere while enhancing it with interiors that were beachy and fun yet durable and practical. The project also required complete re-landscaping by adding a variety of beautiful grasses and drought tolerant plants, extensive decking, fire pits, and repaving the driveway with cement and brick.
Lazybrook Home
Lazybrook Home
S Squared Design, LLCS Squared Design, LLC
Client's recently purchased their home and wanted to make some updates without having to do a full gut job. We used the original cabinets but opted for new glass doors, a little woodwork to modernize them and got rid of the old medium oak cabinets and did a light grey color. Topped with a white quartz counter, accompanied by a limestone backsplash. To finish it off we gave the cabinets new hardware and pendant lights. The pot rack also was a new addition and fits perfectly over the new large peninsula. Throughout the rest of the home we blended their existing furniture with a few new pieces and added some color to spruce up their new home.
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.
Wyndmoor Modern
Wyndmoor Modern
BAKER POSEY DESIGNBAKER POSEY DESIGN
this home brewer and professional brewer need a space to showcase his passion
This is an example of a medium sized midcentury breakfast bar in Philadelphia with a built-in sink, shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets, quartz worktops, white splashback, porcelain splashback, light hardwood flooring, brown floors and white worktops.
Woodbury Lane, Bedford, NH
Woodbury Lane, Bedford, NH
Impeccable NestImpeccable Nest
Small retro single-wall home bar in Boston with engineered stone countertops.
Wohnung Prenzlauer Berg
Wohnung Prenzlauer Berg
AnneLiWest|BerlinAnneLiWest|Berlin
©AnneLIWest|Berlin
This is an example of a midcentury home bar in Berlin with medium hardwood flooring.
1414 Osprey
1414 Osprey
Josh Wynne ConstructionJosh Wynne Construction
Small midcentury single-wall wet bar in Tampa with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, engineered stone countertops and bamboo flooring.
Noble Square Vintage Apartment
Noble Square Vintage Apartment
Jasmine Pulley - PhotographerJasmine Pulley - Photographer
Jasmine Pulley
Medium sized retro home bar in Chicago with dark hardwood flooring.
BAR KOMIK
BAR KOMIK
ABD DECORACIONABD DECORACION
Inspiration for a small midcentury single-wall breakfast bar in Bilbao with an integrated sink, floating shelves, white cabinets, stainless steel worktops, black splashback, mosaic tiled splashback, ceramic flooring and brown floors.
Wyndmoor Modern
Wyndmoor Modern
BAKER POSEY DESIGNBAKER POSEY DESIGN
this home brewer and professional brewer need a space to showcase his passion
Medium sized retro breakfast bar in Philadelphia with a built-in sink, shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets, quartz worktops, white splashback, porcelain splashback, light hardwood flooring, brown floors and white worktops.

Budget Midcentury 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 midcentury 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 retro home bar be?

The ideal style of your midcentury 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 retro 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 midcentury 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 midcentury 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 1950s style 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 – 1960s style ornaments, lamps, artwork, photos and travel mementos are great midcentury home bar ideas to get the conversation started.
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