Adding a bar cabinet or console bar to the home is a sure way to add a refined and elegant quality to your dining room, family room or living room. Homebars, and the bar stools or pub sets that accompany them, often have a magnitude of character that derives from their size, elegant elegance, and role in social activities on days and nights when libations are on. order. Homebars typically feature storage cabinets, bottle and stemware racks, and a number of utility organizers to make entertaining guests even easier for hosts.
Home bars play different roles
The specific function of your home bar will also affect the type you buy. To decide what to look for, consider the following.
Do you see yourself and your guests as people who would congregate at the bar for an extended period of time? Then you’re ready to dedicate space to a large bar set complete with bar stools or one or two bar sets.
Will you think of your home bar more as a place to prepare drinks before moving on to enjoy your drinks in the living room or dining room? A compact-sized home bar with plenty of counter space and no stools might be a good option.
Do your tastes and those of your guests vary significantly, or is it more common for you to enjoy certain drinks more exclusively? For example, many people drink wine and/or select spirits instead of spirits. If this describes you, then perhaps a liquor cabinet or wine console would be a better choice.
Do you usually entertain and enjoy drinks in the same room of the house, or is it an activity that doesn’t always focus on one specific area? Select a home bar on wheels, which will give you the flexibility to move it from room to room as needed.
Different sizes and types of bars for the home
By getting an idea of the average foot size of your bottle collection, you can determine whether or not it can accommodate any home bar you may have in mind. Some people may have more than five to six bottles of their favorite liquor and a few selections of wine on hand at any one time. Others with broader tastes and a love of mixology can carry up to 30 bottles or more at a time. Before you go shopping for a home bar, have an idea of how much space you’ll need and how big the bar needs to be to accommodate everything. Using the diameter of a standard 26-ounce (3.5″) liquor bottle as a guide, in a 16″H x 16″W x 14″D cabinet, you could easily store four bottles crosswise and three rows of depth.
Hide-a-Bars are ideal for people who want to maintain the decorum of their dining room or living room, and yet have the practical convenience of a centrally located gas station. Behind a simple and elegant two-door cabinet, a hideaway has the ample storage to hold everything you’ll need to make drinks (except perhaps ice) with the appeal of everything being discreetly hidden from view.
An L-shaped bar looks like a straight bar with an extension to the right or left side. The extended part of the counter is generally shorter than the front part, designed to accommodate a sink or a refrigerated bar. Like other types of home bars, they can include bottle racks, cabinets, and pull-out serving trays or cutting boards.
Portable homebars give you the freedom to relocate your gas station anywhere within the home and as often as you like. If you find yourself entertaining in other, less traditional areas of the home, even outdoors, check out a portable bar cabinet on wheels. Portable bars are usually dry bars (without sinks), and while many models have comparable features to standard home bars, such as bottle storage, a prep area, and adjustable shelving, they tend to be more compact and generally have less capacity. storage.
