Home Bar Design

Home bar is a very unique place, a place to relax and have your favorite drink after you come home from office. I most cases home bar is a semi open space attached to the living room and dining area.

A home bar can be placed in a way that looks outside or also as a place from where the television is visible. When a home bar is attached to the living room, it serves as a serving place during party or a small family get together.

Depending upon the space available and the passion of the home owner a large variety of readymade or designer home bars are available. Here are some aspects that need to be considered while designing or installing home bar.

Space

First decide on how often do you want to use the home bar. Depending upon this you will have to stock it with your favorite drinks. And the amount of stock will decide the size of the bar. Finally look for the right space in your home that will accommodate your desired bar table and chairs.

Budget

The budget is also an important factor. The budget comes into play when you actually will start to install the home bar. For example do you want to store the drinks in a refrigerator or just a glass shutter cabinet will make a big difference in the budget. Also do you want a sink and a water connection on your bar table or are you going to arrange the water from the kitchen will affect your budget.

Here are some commonly available bar plans and shapes you can go about. Which plan you choose will depend upon the space available in your home.

	The straight type home bar table.
	The L shapes home bar table with chairs along the longer side of the bar table. This type of bar table sometime has a kitchen type of sink on the shorter side of the L.

	The corner home bar unit where the space is a big issue.

	Another type of home bar table with storage on top. Sometimes the storage has glass or wooden shutters.