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U-shaped Home Bar with Light Wood Cabinets Ideas and Designs

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Greener Pastures | Oregon City Home Addition
Greener Pastures | Oregon City Home Addition
Mountainwood HomesMountainwood Homes
This modern farmhouse coffee bar features a straight-stacked gray tile backsplash with open shelving, black leathered quartz countertops, and matte black farmhouse lights on an arm. The rift-sawn white oak cabinets conceal Sub Zero refrigerator and freezer drawers.
Luscious Liberty Township Live-edge bar
Luscious Liberty Township Live-edge bar
Transformations Custom Wood DesignTransformations Custom Wood Design
Custom bar with Live edge mahogany top. Hickory cabinets and floating shelves with LED lighting and a locked cabinet. Granite countertop. Feature ceiling with Maple beams and light reclaimed barn wood in the center.
2016 Parade of Homes Winner: Grouse Mountain Home in Whitefish
2016 Parade of Homes Winner: Grouse Mountain Home in Whitefish
Fall Creek Timber FramesFall Creek Timber Frames
Photo of a medium sized rustic u-shaped breakfast bar in Seattle with a submerged sink, glass-front cabinets, light wood cabinets, granite worktops, ceramic flooring and beige floors.
Hill
Hill
Ross Builders, Inc.Ross Builders, Inc.
Bar
Design ideas for a large classic u-shaped wet bar in Chicago with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, engineered stone countertops, grey splashback, metal splashback, vinyl flooring, brown floors and grey worktops.
Luxury Living on the Lake
Luxury Living on the Lake
Harvest Timber Specialty ProductsHarvest Timber Specialty Products
Photo of a rustic u-shaped home bar in Seattle with flat-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, grey floors and white worktops.
VB Seaside Bar
VB Seaside Bar
Intra-Coastal CabinetsIntra-Coastal Cabinets
Inspiration for a large nautical u-shaped breakfast bar in Other with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, granite worktops, beige splashback and ceramic flooring.
BARS
BARS
TRUE TO FORM DESIGNTRUE TO FORM DESIGN
sit down bar with granite tops, bottle display and sports memorabilia All items pictured are designed and fabricated by True To Form Design Inc.
Large contemporary u-shaped wet bar in Miami with light wood cabinets, granite worktops, a submerged sink, medium hardwood flooring and open cabinets.
Home Theater - Bar
Home Theater - Bar
J E Home RemodelingJ E Home Remodeling
This is an example of a large classic u-shaped breakfast bar in Philadelphia with a submerged sink, recessed-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, wood worktops, dark hardwood flooring, brown floors and brown worktops.
Contemporary Home Bar
Contemporary Home Bar
This is an example of an expansive contemporary u-shaped breakfast bar in Denver with carpet, flat-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, a submerged sink, beige floors and black worktops.
Dock Bar
Dock Bar
Mike's Custom Cabinets and CountertopsMike's Custom Cabinets and Countertops
This is an example of a medium sized rustic u-shaped breakfast bar in Kansas City with a built-in sink, shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets and wood worktops.
Cantinetta Bar
Cantinetta Bar
OppositeOpposite
Alessandro Camiciotti
Inspiration for a small contemporary u-shaped breakfast bar in Florence with beaded cabinets, light wood cabinets and wood worktops.
Eliza and Mike
Eliza and Mike
AHG InteriorsAHG Interiors
Nick Glimenakis
Medium sized retro u-shaped breakfast bar in New York with a submerged sink, open cabinets, light wood cabinets, wood worktops, mirror splashback, light hardwood flooring, brown floors and brown worktops.
Family Condo
Family Condo
Melody Smith InteriorsMelody Smith Interiors
Inspiration for a medium sized traditional u-shaped breakfast bar in Miami with a submerged sink, open cabinets, light wood cabinets, engineered stone countertops, mirror splashback, porcelain flooring, beige floors and white worktops.
Lot 197
Lot 197
Schlauch Bottcher Construction (SBC)Schlauch Bottcher Construction (SBC)
Roger Wade Studio
Rustic u-shaped breakfast bar in Other with beaded cabinets, light wood cabinets, granite worktops and medium hardwood flooring.
Modern Basement Bar
Modern Basement Bar
R & R Custom Carpentry & CabinetryR & R Custom Carpentry & Cabinetry
The mirrors behind the bar are not the typical silver backed ones. These are black mirrors. They do not reflect as much as the normal silver ones.
Photo of a large modern u-shaped breakfast bar in Philadelphia with shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets, composite countertops, black splashback, dark hardwood flooring, brown floors and black worktops.
Luscious Liberty Township Live-edge bar
Luscious Liberty Township Live-edge bar
Transformations Custom Wood DesignTransformations Custom Wood Design
Custom bar with Live edge mahogany top. Hickory cabinets and floating shelves with LED lighting and a locked cabinet. Granite countertop. Feature ceiling with Maple beams and light reclaimed barn wood in the center.
Mountain Modern
Mountain Modern
Trego Architects, LLCTrego Architects, LLC
Inspiration for a medium sized traditional u-shaped home bar in Milwaukee with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets, granite worktops and ceramic flooring.
A Minnesota Lakehouse Transformed with Exotic Spice
A Minnesota Lakehouse Transformed with Exotic Spice
GOGO Design GroupGOGO Design Group
The lower level contains the couple's wine cellar, as well as a fully equipped bar where they can savor wine tastings, cocktail parties and delicious meals while enjoying quality time with family and friends. The existing concrete floors were sprayed a rust color adored by the Lady of the House, and served as the color inspiration for the rust/orange swivel chairs in the TV viewing area. Two dramatic floor lamps flank a console table and divide the TV viewing zone from the nearby pool table. I can't wait to see my client again soon, not only to put the finishing touches on their home's transformation, but to break bread and share a cocktail, as we have become close during the past 21 months with our many flights to and from Chicago to Minneapolis.
Cityscape Warehouse
Cityscape Warehouse
Centrum ArchitectsCentrum Architects
Dianna Snape
This is an example of a medium sized urban u-shaped breakfast bar in Melbourne with a submerged sink, glass-front cabinets, light wood cabinets, onyx worktops, brick splashback, medium hardwood flooring, brown floors and brown worktops.
2016 Parade of Homes Winner: Grouse Mountain Home in Whitefish
2016 Parade of Homes Winner: Grouse Mountain Home in Whitefish
Fall Creek Timber FramesFall Creek Timber Frames
Photo of a medium sized rustic u-shaped breakfast bar in Seattle with a submerged sink, glass-front cabinets, light wood cabinets, granite worktops, ceramic flooring and beige floors.

U-shaped Home Bar with Light Wood 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 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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