Traditional Home Bar with Lino Flooring Ideas and Designs

Classic Kitchen Reno with Live edge Counters

Small traditional breakfast bar in Calgary with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, dark wood cabinets, wood worktops, multi-coloured splashback, stone tiled splashback, lino flooring and brown floors.

CUSTOM MADE WALL UNITS

Gam Woodwork

This is an example of a medium sized traditional single-wall wet bar in Miami with beige cabinets, limestone worktops, mirror splashback, lino flooring and beige floors.

Luxury Residential Interior Photography

Leona Mozes Photography

Leona Mozes Photography for the "Sea Bishop". Port Joli, Nova Scotia.
Inspiration for a small traditional single-wall wet bar in Other with a built-in sink, recessed-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, beige splashback, wood splashback, lino flooring and beige worktops.

Heirloom - Refined Grace with a touch of Glamour

BECKS Quality Cabinets, Inc.

Photographer: Katherine Brannaman
Medium sized classic u-shaped breakfast bar in Other with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, medium wood cabinets, wood worktops and lino flooring.

Home Bar

Pregio Homes, LLC

Basement bar and entertainment space. All photos in this album by Waves End Services, LLC. Architect: LGA Studios, Colorado Springs, CO
Photo of a large classic galley breakfast bar in Denver with flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, laminate countertops and lino flooring.

Pawtucket, RI Home

Kitchen Views at National

Photo Credit: Nat Rea Photography, Barrington, RI (www.natrea.com)
This is an example of a traditional single-wall breakfast bar in Providence with open cabinets, medium wood cabinets, lino flooring and multi-coloured floors.

Oak Forest Beverage Bar

S Squared Design, LLC

Inspiration for a medium sized classic single-wall wet bar in Houston with no sink, recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, granite worktops, grey splashback, ceramic splashback, lino flooring, grey floors and multicoloured worktops.

Basement Bar - Silver Pearl Granite

Rogan Granite

Design ideas for a medium sized classic u-shaped breakfast bar in Chicago with a submerged sink, glass-front cabinets, dark wood cabinets, granite worktops, lino flooring, black floors and black worktops.

Wauwatosa Award Winning Basement

Story Hill Renovations LLC

Photos By Erol Reyal
Inspiration for a medium sized traditional single-wall breakfast bar in Milwaukee with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, quartz worktops, green splashback, lino flooring, multi-coloured floors and glass tiled splashback.

Our Work

WRG Construction

Inspiration for a medium sized classic breakfast bar in Miami with flat-panel cabinets, brown cabinets and lino flooring.

The Baxter Hill

C3 Studio, LLC

Tim Furlong
Photo of a small traditional single-wall home bar in Louisville with glass-front cabinets, dark wood cabinets, granite worktops and lino flooring.

Wood Tones for a Cozy & Functional Remodel

Lampert Lumber - Rice Lake

This wood-tones Mission style kitchen and bar were designed for storage, functionality, and family time!
This is an example of a small classic u-shaped home bar in Minneapolis with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, medium wood cabinets, laminate countertops, multi-coloured splashback, stone tiled splashback, lino flooring, brown floors and brown worktops.

Wauwatosa Award Winning Basement

Story Hill Renovations LLC

Erol Reyal
Inspiration for a medium sized traditional single-wall breakfast bar in Milwaukee with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, quartz worktops, green splashback, lino flooring and multi-coloured floors.

Lakeside Family Hangout

Lampert Lumber - Rice Lake

This family created a great, lakeside get-away for relaxing weekends in the northwoods. This new build maximizes their space and functionality for everyone! Contemporary takes on more traditional styles make this retreat a one of a kind.

Coquitlam Whole House Renovation

Stevenson Design Works Ltd

Bar cabinetry with wine fridge and diswasher. NOte the flooring with is a type of lino that looks like checker plate. Photos by Stevenson Design Works

Basement Bar - Silver Pearl Granite

Rogan Granite

Photo of a medium sized classic u-shaped breakfast bar in Chicago with a submerged sink, glass-front cabinets, dark wood cabinets, granite worktops, lino flooring, black floors and black worktops.

Mediterranean, Tuscan, Whole-house remodeling

Trego Architects, LLC

Robert J. Erdmann
This is an example of a small classic l-shaped wet bar in Milwaukee with a built-in sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, composite countertops, white splashback, lino flooring, multi-coloured floors and white worktops.

Cozy Carpet Look Book

Cozy Interiors

Photo of a small traditional single-wall wet bar in Other with a built-in sink, recessed-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, granite worktops, black splashback, stone slab splashback and lino flooring.

Stone Creek Residence, Lot 33 | Boca Raton

Alpha Marble Inc.

Medium sized traditional single-wall wet bar in Miami with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, medium wood cabinets, marble worktops, multi-coloured splashback, marble splashback, lino flooring and beige floors.

Classic Kitchen Reno with Live edge Counters

Diamond Wood Products

Inspiration for a small traditional l-shaped breakfast bar in Calgary with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, dark wood cabinets, wood worktops, multi-coloured splashback, stone tiled splashback, lino flooring and brown floors.

Traditional Home Bar with Lino Flooring 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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