Beautiful Bars for Luxurious Libations

Give your home entertaining space a top-shelf upgrade with a stunning home bar and home bar furniture, including bar storage for your wine and liquor collection, and plenty of smooth surface space for mixing up and serving your favorite cocktails, mocktails and more. Don’t forget seating so your guests can sit in comfort as they revel in your entertaining prowess.

A home bar can serve as the centerpiece of a living space such as your family room or another gathering space in your home, providing a beautiful home base for your family and friends to gather around as they order up the house wine and settle in for an evening of fun and laughter. With stunning home bar furniture designs ranging from traditional wood pieces to chic contemporary designs, your guests will have plenty to talk about as they enjoy a beverage and the inviting ambiance of your home bar.

Designate a Home Bar Space and Embark on Your Design Journey

Once you have a room in mind, it’s time to start the design phase! First up: the most significant piece of furniture, the bar itself. The style of the bar needs to coordinate with the style of the room. A hardwood bar, solid or veneer, is often best in a living room full of fine furniture. Some of these have hand-crafted fronts that lend elegance. But a bar can also be casual or even rustic if that’s what blends with the prevailing theme. For a more contemporary look, there are bars of aluminum, including those with some glass.

No matter what style you gravitate towards, the home bar is going to have a significant impact on the overall ambiance of your room. An interior designer can help you choose a bar that suits your exact space and style specifications. With custom order options, a good designer can even help you dream up a bar that’s as unique as your signature drink concoction.

Bar Storage

A bar cabinet from Gabberts makes a great addition to your entertaining space. It can hold your wine and liquor bottles, as well as your glassware and bar tools. However, it’s not just a piece based on functionality. Choose from bar storage pieces crafted of the highest quality materials and select a finish option that will enhance your space and complement your existing furniture. These bar cabinets are conversation starters in themselves, and a perfect space for your friends to gather.

From simple elegance to casual opulence, there’s a stunning piece to add functional storage and fashion forward design to your home entertaining space. Your bar cabinet should be a show stopper, offering ultimate convenience with unique features like pull-out shelving and wine bottle storage—plus doors to hide any less than aesthetically-pleasing pieces. Look for elevated features, such as:

• Metal louvered tri-fold doors
• Adjustable glass and/or wood shelves to suit your specific storage needs
• High quality storage drawers, such as dovetailed drawers
• Ample wine glass and bottle storage
• Fabric-lined wooden stemware rack to protect and organize glassware
• Handles behind doors
• Touch lighting
• Levelers for additional security
• Middle support leg for stability
• Magnetic door catches

Think Outside the Bar

There’s no reason you have to exclusively use bar furniture for your entertaining and storage. Consider another piece, like a stunning buffet or even a cabinet that was originally designed to support a TV or other media. These pieces can fulfill all of your storage, surface and style requirements, and are sure to be the center of conversation in your room. While any cabinet may do, keep in mind considerations which can add convenience and functionality to your space:

• Adjustable/removable shelves for versatile storage needs
• Doors that close off the storage for a clean, uncluttered look
• Soft/self-closing doors for a luxurious touch
• High quality drawers for extra dishes and silverware

Wheeling in the good times: Bar Carts

Bar carts can add a touch of sophisticated styling to entertaining, and it’s easy to see why they are enjoying a resurgence in popularity. Bar carts are extremely versatile! They can be easily moved to a room where you plan to entertain guests. They can substitute for a permanent bar in a small apartment or condo. In a bigger entertainment area, they can be positioned in addition to a full home bar, bringing the party into a different room or constituting a station for mixing a specific drink that the host is particularly proud of. Bar carts may provide extra storage for glassware and snacks. They can be set up with a few ingredients for guests who like to step up and measure out their own concoctions.

Bar carts are not limited just to serving duties. You can choose from traditional to contemporary designs, and add a bar cart to your living space as a spot to display artwork and home accessories. Indeed, some contemporary bar carts—such as a stunning mixed media bar cart featuring glass or marble shelves and a metal frame—can be a style statement in themselves.

Pull up a Seat

Encourage your guests to take their time and enjoy their libations by providing plenty of seating at your home bar area. Whether you have a walk-up bar, use an accent piece such as a sofa table for pseudo bar space, or put a bar table or two in your room, you’ll need posh bar stools to seat and treat your friends. A typical bar top height is 42 inches, and the standard barstool is 30 inches. Stools are available in an assortment of styles. There are the familiar backless stools with cushy seats. There are bar stools with seat backs and bar stools that swivel. Choose your favorites and start working on the menu and invite list for your next cocktail party!