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Traditional Home Bar with Yellow Cabinets Ideas and Designs

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Classic Four Square Kitchen
Classic Four Square Kitchen
Nar Design GroupNar Design Group
Built in 1915, this classic craftsman style home is located in the Capitol Mansions Historic District. When the time came to remodel, the homeowners wanted to continue to celebrate its history by keeping with the craftsman style but elevating the kitchen’s function to include the latest in quality cabinetry and modern appliances. The new spacious kitchen (and adjacent walk-in pantry) provides the perfect environment for a couple who loves to cook and entertain. White perimeter cabinets and dark soapstone counters make a timeless and classic color palette. Designed to have a more furniture-like feel, the large island has seating on one end and is finished in an historically inspired warm grey paint color. The vertical stone “legs” on either side of the gas range-top highlight the cooking area and add custom detail within the long run of cabinets. Wide barn doors designed to match the cabinet inset door style slide open to reveal a spacious appliance garage, and close when the kitchen goes into entertainer mode. Finishing touches such as the brushed nickel pendants add period style over the island. A bookcase anchors the corner between the kitchen and breakfast area providing convenient access for frequently referenced cookbooks from either location. Just around the corner from the kitchen, a large walk-in butler’s pantry in cheerful yellow provides even more counter space and storage ability. Complete with an undercounter wine refrigerator, a deep prep sink, and upper storage at a glance, it’s any chef’s happy place. Photo credit: Fred Donham of Photographerlink
Briargrove Southern Charm Remodel
Briargrove Southern Charm Remodel
On Point Custom HomesOn Point Custom Homes
Small traditional galley wet bar in Houston with a built-in sink, yellow cabinets, wood worktops, dark hardwood flooring and brown floors.
Suburban Chicago Kitchen
Suburban Chicago Kitchen
BobBob
Photo of a medium sized classic home bar in Chicago with yellow cabinets and engineered stone countertops.
White and Bright
White and Bright
Divine Design CenterDivine Design Center
Divine Kitchens
Photo of a large classic galley home bar in Boston with beaded cabinets, yellow cabinets, granite worktops, white splashback and light hardwood flooring.
Wyman project
Wyman project
Interiology Design Co.Interiology Design Co.
Photo of a traditional l-shaped home bar in Boston with granite worktops, yellow cabinets and beaded cabinets.
Magisterial in Massapequa Park
Magisterial in Massapequa Park
Consumers Kitchens & BathsConsumers Kitchens & Baths
This kitchen is made up of Maple Wood Accord Starmark cabinets finished in Macadamia Tinted Varnish with a Chocolate Glaze. The wine area is made up of Cherry Wood Java Tinted Varnish Cabinets by Starmark, also in the accord style. The countertops are Berwyn & Bellingham by Cambria, respectively.
Creekside Lane, Cape Charles, Virginia
Creekside Lane, Cape Charles, Virginia
Chuck's ConstructionChuck's Construction
Inspiration for a large classic single-wall dry bar in Other with glass-front cabinets and yellow cabinets.
Duchess
Duchess
Cleve Adamson Custom HomesCleve Adamson Custom Homes
Design ideas for a large traditional breakfast bar in Dallas with a built-in sink, recessed-panel cabinets, yellow cabinets and light hardwood flooring.
Briargrove Southern Charm Remodel
Briargrove Southern Charm Remodel
On Point Custom HomesOn Point Custom Homes
Design ideas for a small classic galley wet bar in Houston with a built-in sink, yellow cabinets, wood worktops, dark hardwood flooring and brown floors.
White and Bright
White and Bright
Divine Design CenterDivine Design Center
Divine Kitchens
Large traditional galley home bar in Boston with beaded cabinets, yellow cabinets, granite worktops, white splashback and light hardwood flooring.

Traditional Home Bar with Yellow Cabinets 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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