Wet Bar with Laminate Countertops Ideas and Designs

This home is full of clean lines, soft whites and grey, & lots of built-in pieces. Large entry area with message center, dual closets, custom bench with hooks and cubbies to keep organized. Living room fireplace with shiplap, custom mantel and cabinets, and white brick.

Basement Bar

G.P. Harris Construction, Inc

Design ideas for a small galley wet bar in Other with a built-in sink, shaker cabinets, dark wood cabinets, laminate countertops, white splashback, marble splashback and grey floors.

Showroom

Heart of the Home Cabinetry & Design

This is an example of a medium sized contemporary single-wall wet bar in Baltimore with dark hardwood flooring, flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, laminate countertops, grey splashback, stone slab splashback and brown floors.

Pantries & Wine Bars

California Closets, Berkeley

Elegant Wine Bar with Drop-Down Television
Photo of a small modern single-wall wet bar in San Francisco with no sink, flat-panel cabinets, laminate countertops, blue splashback, laminate floors and multi-coloured floors.

Basement for Bricks (aka Legos)

Capital Construction Custom Homes, LLC

Small traditional single-wall wet bar in Denver with a built-in sink, raised-panel cabinets, white cabinets, laminate countertops and ceramic flooring.

Basement Renovation

Acute Construction Company Inc.

This is an example of a medium sized modern single-wall wet bar in Edmonton with a built-in sink, flat-panel cabinets, blue cabinets, laminate countertops, white splashback, ceramic splashback, vinyl flooring, brown floors and white worktops.

Paradise Valley Rustic Modern

Laurie Westberg, Urban Interior Design

Warm and cozy home bar in knotty alder with pewter accents and custom metal screens for cabinet doors. Rustic modern materials and finishes.
Inspiration for a small modern u-shaped wet bar in Minneapolis with dark wood cabinets, laminate countertops, beige splashback, stone tiled splashback and recessed-panel cabinets.

Comfortable, Modern Home Renovation

Monarch & Maker

Holly Paulson
This is an example of a medium sized modern single-wall wet bar in Houston with no sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, laminate countertops, white splashback, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.

Parisian Full Basement Reno

JC Unlimited Contracting Inc.

Inspiration for a single-wall wet bar in Toronto with a built-in sink, shaker cabinets, blue cabinets, laminate countertops, white splashback, tonge and groove splashback, vinyl flooring, grey floors and grey worktops.

Lower Level Wet Bar

Orren Pickell Building Group

Large coastal u-shaped wet bar in Milwaukee with recessed-panel cabinets, brown cabinets, laminate countertops, tonge and groove splashback, laminate floors, brown floors and brown worktops.

Andover 2016 Cornerstone Model Home

Megan McGraw Interior Design

*** This model home won the Wichita Area Builders Association Fall 2016 Parade of Homes awards for Master Suite & Bath, Effective Design and Pick of the Parade! *** This beautiful home was built by Paul Gray Homes, LLC. I collaborated with Paul on the finish and lighting selections. I then created new furniture schemes for the living room and dining room and accessorized the spaces to pull together this transitional look that is currently popular in the Wichita market. Paul and I decided to go a bit more glam in the master bathroom and it really paid off. Isn't it gorgeous? WABA's judges sure thought so! Gavin Peters Photography

Keylor's Basement Development

Modern Era Design

Demetri Gianni Photography. demetrigianni.com
Photo of a modern wet bar in Edmonton with flat-panel cabinets, brown cabinets, laminate countertops, grey splashback, glass tiled splashback and lino flooring.

The ice cream bar

Tague Design Showroom

An ice cream bar adds interest to this renovation. Tague Design Showroom, Malvern PA.
This is an example of a large u-shaped wet bar in Philadelphia with a submerged sink, shaker cabinets, laminate countertops, wood splashback and medium hardwood flooring.

New Smyrna beach condos

Del Mar Construction

Small traditional single-wall wet bar in Orlando with a submerged sink, recessed-panel cabinets, black cabinets, laminate countertops, multi-coloured splashback and medium hardwood flooring.

Miralis on 30a

User

This is an example of a small modern single-wall wet bar in Miami with a built-in sink, flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, laminate countertops, multi-coloured splashback, mosaic tiled splashback, white floors and white worktops.

Pantries & Wine Bars

California Closets, Berkeley

Perfect Wine Bar with Refrigerator and Bottle Storage
Inspiration for a small classic single-wall wet bar in San Francisco with no sink, glass-front cabinets, white cabinets, laminate countertops, green splashback, dark hardwood flooring and brown floors.

Ben & Melanie Neff Basement in York, PA wet bar area

Arnie's Home Improvements

Arnie of Arnie's Home Improvements
This is an example of a small classic single-wall wet bar in Philadelphia with a built-in sink, raised-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, laminate countertops, beige splashback and vinyl flooring.

D 240 LHR

Hunterdon Kitchens

This is an example of a large classic single-wall wet bar in Other with a built-in sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, laminate countertops, white splashback, ceramic splashback, dark hardwood flooring and brown floors.

Our Work

Creative Contractors Inc.

Design ideas for a medium sized classic single-wall wet bar in Baltimore with a submerged sink, raised-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, laminate countertops and dark hardwood flooring.

Billiard Room Refreshment Center

Valet Custom Cabinets & Closets

Custom designed refreshment center for billiards room. Materials: Belgian Chocolate Thermally Fused Laminate with Thermofoil fronts and high-pressure laminate countertop. Designed, manufactured and installed by Valet Custom Cabinets - Campbell, CA. Special thanks to homeowners for allowing us to photograph.

Wet Bar with Laminate Countertops 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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