Traditional Black Home Bar Ideas and Designs

Transforming a Basement Bar with Tile Accents

ACo Flooring, Cabinets, Kitchen & Bath Remodel

Design ideas for a classic home bar in Indianapolis.

Bright Transitional Refresh

Everything Home

In this gorgeous Carmel residence, the primary objective for the great room was to achieve a more luminous and airy ambiance by eliminating the prevalent brown tones and refinishing the floors to a natural shade. The kitchen underwent a stunning transformation, featuring white cabinets with stylish navy accents. The overly intricate hood was replaced with a striking two-tone metal hood, complemented by a marble backsplash that created an enchanting focal point. The two islands were redesigned to incorporate a new shape, offering ample seating to accommodate their large family. In the butler's pantry, floating wood shelves were installed to add visual interest, along with a beverage refrigerator. The kitchen nook was transformed into a cozy booth-like atmosphere, with an upholstered bench set against beautiful wainscoting as a backdrop. An oval table was introduced to add a touch of softness. To maintain a cohesive design throughout the home, the living room carried the blue and wood accents, incorporating them into the choice of fabrics, tiles, and shelving. The hall bath, foyer, and dining room were all refreshed to create a seamless flow and harmonious transition between each space. ---Project completed by Wendy Langston's Everything Home interior design firm, which serves Carmel, Zionsville, Fishers, Westfield, Noblesville, and Indianapolis. For more about Everything Home, see here: https://everythinghomedesigns.com/ To learn more about this project, see here: https://everythinghomedesigns.com/portfolio/carmel-indiana-home-redesign-remodeling

Gray Hawk Project

Collective Design + Build

This is an example of a traditional home bar in Phoenix with a feature wall.

Frontenac Lounge and Bar Area

User

Photographed by Karen Palmer - Photography for Karen Korn Interiors
Photo of a classic home bar in St Louis with shaker cabinets, green splashback, metro tiled splashback and brown floors.

Keenes Pointe Trackman Golf Room

Waters Custom Builders LLC

Man Cave/She Shed
Design ideas for a large traditional breakfast bar in Orlando with recessed-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, multi-coloured splashback, dark hardwood flooring, brown floors, multicoloured worktops, engineered stone countertops and engineered quartz splashback.

New York Renovation

Crisp Architects

Kitchen/Butler's pantry
Inspiration for a traditional home bar in New York.

Tiger Oak

Robison Home Builders

Photo of a classic breakfast bar in Salt Lake City with a submerged sink, black splashback, stone slab splashback, light hardwood flooring and black worktops.

Vintage School House

ALAN AMDAHL CONSTRUCTION CO

Photo of a classic home bar in Other.

Transitional Home Bar

Photo of a classic home bar in Dallas.

Billiards Room

The Cleary Company

Marshall Evan Photography
This is an example of a medium sized classic single-wall home bar in Columbus with shaker cabinets, black cabinets, granite worktops, multi-coloured splashback, brick splashback, medium hardwood flooring, brown floors and brown worktops.

2014-2016 Falcon Ridge House

Cristina Mullins Interiors

Elements of rustic, industrial with a bit of modern fun. Painted chalkboard backsplash adds a bit of whimsy to an otherwise very adult space.
Inspiration for a large classic galley breakfast bar in DC Metro with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, dark wood cabinets, granite worktops, grey splashback and ceramic flooring.

Traditional/Country/Blue

BROOKVILLE CABINET & DESIGN

Photo of a small classic single-wall wet bar in New York with a submerged sink, raised-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, granite worktops, mirror splashback, dark hardwood flooring and brown floors.

Country Club Residence

Habachy Designs

Photo by Jeff Roffman
Large traditional galley wet bar in Atlanta.

Moody Lounge

LKM Design

Photo of a medium sized traditional l-shaped home bar in Boston.

Boilermaker Basement

Two Hands Interiors

Classic home bar in Chicago with dark hardwood flooring and brown floors.

Entertaining Areas, Media Walls, Home Offices

Wild Development Design & Renovation

Photo of a classic home bar in Phoenix.

Kremke Basement

Creating Space, Inc.

Todd DiFiore
Design ideas for a traditional home bar in Atlanta.

Fort Greene Townhouse Kitchen

Maison Maya

Nick Glimenakis Photography
This is an example of a small classic home bar in New York with no sink, open cabinets and stainless steel worktops.

Hollywood Glam

Joey Leicht Design Inc.

Wittefini Photography
Traditional home bar in Chicago.

Dunwoody rec room

Addhouse

The upper tier of this countertop is supported by a frame that overlaps and is securely fastened down into the cabinets below, eliminating the need for support brackets that are hazardous to your knees! Design, fabrication, and installation by Addhouse in collaboration with Intown Revival. Photo by Monkey boy productions

Traditional Black 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 traditional 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 classic home bar be?

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

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