Small Home Bar with Metro Tiled Splashback Ideas and Designs

Combination wet bar and coffee bar. Bottom drawer is sized for liquor bottles. Joyelle West Photography
This is an example of a small classic single-wall wet bar in Boston with a submerged sink, white cabinets, wood worktops, white splashback, light hardwood flooring, metro tiled splashback, brown worktops and shaker cabinets.

A 1940’s Home Gets a New “Heart”

Medford Remodeling

Our designers also included a small column of built-in shelving on the side of the cabinetry in the kitchen, facing the dining room, creating the perfect spot for our clients to display decorative trinkets. This little detail adds visual interest to the coffee station while providing our clients with an area they can customize year-round. The glass-front upper cabinets also act as a customizable display case, as we included LED backlighting on the inside – perfect for coffee cups, wine glasses, or decorative glassware. Final photos by Impressia Photography.

White Kitchen Update

Eurowood Custom Cabinetry, Inc.

Photo of a small traditional single-wall wet bar in San Francisco with a submerged sink, white cabinets, white splashback, metro tiled splashback, dark hardwood flooring, brown floors, white worktops and recessed-panel cabinets.

Libertyville Custom Farmhouse Basement Wet Bar

Great Rooms Building Group

Small rural galley wet bar in Chicago with a submerged sink, recessed-panel cabinets, black cabinets, engineered stone countertops, white splashback, metro tiled splashback, marble flooring, grey floors and white worktops.

Transitional Home Build | FM16 (Meadow)

Putman Builders

Design ideas for a small classic single-wall home bar in Chicago with recessed-panel cabinets, blue cabinets, engineered stone countertops, grey splashback, metro tiled splashback, dark hardwood flooring, brown floors and white worktops.

Modern Farmhouse Basement

Rosemary Lily

This is an example of a small farmhouse single-wall home bar in Detroit with no sink, shaker cabinets, beige cabinets, granite worktops, beige splashback, metro tiled splashback and vinyl flooring.

Wyckoff Brick Colonial Wet Bar

JK interior living

Inspiration for a small classic single-wall wet bar in New York with a built-in sink, shaker cabinets, blue cabinets, wood worktops, white splashback and metro tiled splashback.

Oakton Kitchen & Sunroom - Wet Bar

Synergy Design & Construction

Around the corner from the kitchen (behind the range), the wet bar also opens into the sunroom. Glass display, a bar sink, wine glass racks, and under-counter appliances make this a nice place to stop for a drink.

Heart of Hoboken Family Residence

Breeze Giannasio Interiors

Photo of a small classic single-wall wet bar in Los Angeles with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, marble worktops, grey splashback, metro tiled splashback, medium hardwood flooring, brown floors and grey worktops.

Ladera Ranch

Preferred Kitchen & Bath

Inspiration for a small traditional galley wet bar in Orange County with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, engineered stone countertops, white splashback, metro tiled splashback, dark hardwood flooring, brown floors and black worktops.

Riverside Farmhouse, Yarmouth Maine

Brush and Hammer Builders

Design ideas for a small rural single-wall home bar in Portland Maine with no sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, white splashback, metro tiled splashback, light hardwood flooring, beige floors and grey worktops.

Weston Renovation

Fresh Start Contracting Company

Inspiration for a small farmhouse single-wall wet bar in Boston with medium hardwood flooring, brown floors, a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, blue cabinets, wood worktops, white splashback, metro tiled splashback and brown worktops.

GLENDALE-COMPLETE HOME REMODEL

SES Builders Inc.

This is an example of a small traditional single-wall wet bar in Los Angeles with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, grey cabinets, engineered stone countertops, white splashback, metro tiled splashback, light hardwood flooring, beige floors and white worktops.

Kyne

Goebelwood Industries, Inc.

Photo of a small traditional single-wall wet bar in Philadelphia with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, marble worktops, white splashback, metro tiled splashback, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.

Outdoor Kitchen

Countrywide Kitchens

Design ideas for a small beach style single-wall wet bar in Toronto with a built-in sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, granite worktops, white splashback, metro tiled splashback and slate flooring.

Palm Beach, FL / Kitchen Renovation

MET Interiors

Photo of a small traditional single-wall wet bar in Miami with a submerged sink, recessed-panel cabinets, beige cabinets, white splashback, metro tiled splashback and dark hardwood flooring.

Our Work

Proeh Construction

Small classic single-wall wet bar in Chicago with glass-front cabinets, quartz worktops, grey splashback, metro tiled splashback, grey cabinets, dark hardwood flooring and brown floors.

Marquette | 2016

Coats Homes

Inspiration for a small contemporary single-wall wet bar in Dallas with grey cabinets, marble worktops, blue splashback, metro tiled splashback, medium hardwood flooring and beaded cabinets.

Middle Street Home, Newburyport, MA

Keery Design

Inspiration for a small classic single-wall wet bar in Boston with brown floors, a built-in sink, shaker cabinets, grey cabinets, wood worktops, white splashback, metro tiled splashback and dark hardwood flooring.

Private Retreat

Northern Living Kitchen & Bath

Photo of a small classic single-wall wet bar in Other with no sink, recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, engineered stone countertops, white splashback, metro tiled splashback, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.

Small Home Bar with Metro Tiled 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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