Meet Me at the Bar
Home Bars, Bars at Home
I love bars and always have. There, I said it. I spent quite a few years tending bar and I still like popping into the local to see the gang, watch the game and have a few pops. But what if you lived in a place with no bars? Or maybe a pandemic keeps you from saddling up? Then, what would you do? Here’s what and here’s how…
The allure of home bars continues to evolve into quiet niches off the kitchen, beverage centers near the pool and full-blown, lower level lounges. Design professionals are constantly sharpening their skills and pencils to delight clients in conceiving spaces that are all about fun.
“I think bars in the home are even more popular than they used to be,” says Diana Bales a designer with Design House Kitchens based in Savage, Maryland. “I think the economics of the situation has made entertaining at home much more popular,” she says. Most of the bar projects that Bales works on are in basements but not all of them. “I have done some very elaborate bar areas on the back side of the kitchen,” she says.
The numbers involved with designing a home bar relative to the size of the room are somewhat fluid but there are some rules of…
