David Verdugo
Large country u-shaped seated home bar in San Diego with an undermount sink, recessed-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, granite benchtops, metal splashback and dark hardwood floors.

Custom Wet Bar Massapequa, NY

Aladdin Remodelers

Mid-sized traditional l-shaped wet bar in New York with glass-front cabinets, medium wood cabinets, granite benchtops, medium hardwood floors and brown splashback.

Alpine Ski Home

Randy Trainor

This three-story vacation home for a family of ski enthusiasts features 5 bedrooms and a six-bed bunk room, 5 1/2 bathrooms, kitchen, dining room, great room, 2 wet bars, great room, exercise room, basement game room, office, mud room, ski work room, decks, stone patio with sunken hot tub, garage, and elevator. The home sits into an extremely steep, half-acre lot that shares a property line with a ski resort and allows for ski-in, ski-out access to the mountain’s 61 trails. This unique location and challenging terrain informed the home’s siting, footprint, program, design, interior design, finishes, and custom made furniture. Credit: Samyn-D'Elia Architects Project designed by Franconia interior designer Randy Trainor. She also serves the New Hampshire Ski Country, Lake Regions and Coast, including Lincoln, North Conway, and Bartlett. For more about Randy Trainor, click here: https://crtinteriors.com/ To learn more about this project, click here: https://crtinteriors.com/ski-country-chic/

Westport Residence

Erskine Associates LLC

Photography: Gus Ford
This is an example of a small contemporary single-wall wet bar in New York with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, granite benchtops and stone slab splashback.

South Loop Chicago Residence

Maura Braun Interior Design, Inc.

Small modern single-wall wet bar in Chicago with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, granite benchtops, multi-coloured splashback, glass tile splashback and slate floors.

Novak II

Haydenville Woodworking & Design, Inc.

Ned Gray
This is an example of a traditional wet bar in Boston with flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, granite benchtops and medium hardwood floors.

Bar Seating

Driwood Moulding Co

This basement is warmed up by the use of wood panels in the bar, complimentary wainscot and trim throughout the space as well as copper ceiling tiles.

Transitional White

Davida's Kitchen & Tiles

Wet Bar - Off the dining room, we included a wet bar complete with a wine fridge and storage for glassware making entertaining an ease. Photo: Bob Narod

Beautiful New Canaan Basement

Connecticut Basement Systems

Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional single-wall wet bar in Bridgeport with light hardwood floors, a drop-in sink, raised-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets and granite benchtops.

Curved Wet Bar with Lake Views

Orren Pickell Building Group

**Project Overview** This new construction home is built next to a picturesque lake, and the bar adjacent to the kitchen and living areas is designed to frame the breathtaking view. This custom, curved bar creatively echoes many of the lines and finishes used in other areas of the first floor, but interprets them in a new way. **What Makes This Project Unique?** The bar connects visually to other areas of the home custom columns with leaded glass. The same design is used in the mullion detail in the furniture piece across the room. The bar is a flowing curve that lets guests face one another. Curved wainscot panels follow the same line as the stone bartop, as does the custom-designed, strategically implemented upper platform and crown that conceal recessed lighting. **Design Challenges** Designing a curved bar with rectangular cabinets is always a challenge, but the greater challenge was to incorporate a large wishlist into a compact space, including an under-counter refrigerator, sink, glassware and liquor storage, and more. The glass columns take on much of the storage, but had to be engineered to support the upper crown and provide space for lighting and wiring that would not be seen on the interior of the cabinet. Our team worked tirelessly with the trim carpenters to ensure that this was successful aesthetically and functionally. Another challenge we created for ourselves was designing the columns to be three sided glass, and the 4th side to be mirrored. Though it accomplishes our aesthetic goal and allows light to be reflected back into the space this had to be carefully engineered to be structurally sound. Photo by MIke Kaskel

Deer Creek Ranch

Rocky Mountain Homes/Rocky Mountain Log Homes

This is an example of a large country galley seated home bar in Other with an undermount sink, granite benchtops, medium hardwood floors and brown floor.

Elegant Backyard Escape

Brian Gille Architects, Ltd.

Photo of a mid-sized traditional galley wet bar in New Orleans with open cabinets, light wood cabinets, beige splashback, terra-cotta splashback, terra-cotta floors, an undermount sink and granite benchtops.

Modern Colour Condo

Douglas Design Studio

Modern colour home bar with doors to allow this space to be hidden
Mid-sized contemporary single-wall home bar in Toronto with flat-panel cabinets, blue cabinets, granite benchtops, multi-coloured splashback, granite splashback, medium hardwood floors, brown floor and multi-coloured benchtop.

Bar

Lakeside Living Design, LLC

This is an example of a large country l-shaped seated home bar in Other with glass-front cabinets, green cabinets, granite benchtops and slate floors.

Residential Project 4

Biggerstaff Construction

Photo of a mid-sized country u-shaped wet bar in Other with medium wood cabinets, granite benchtops, medium hardwood floors, beaded inset cabinets, stone tile splashback and brown floor.

Granite and Engineered Quartz countertops

Great Lakes Granite Works

Carrie Cirino
This is an example of a small traditional single-wall home bar in Cleveland with an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, medium wood cabinets, granite benchtops, beige splashback, mosaic tile splashback and medium hardwood floors.

Built-in Custom Furniture

Broward Custom Kitchens, Inc.

Dawn Maggio
Photo of a mid-sized traditional single-wall wet bar in Miami with an undermount sink, raised-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, granite benchtops and ceramic floors.

Inviting + Modern Basement

Wiles Design Group

Project by Wiles Design Group. Their Cedar Rapids-based design studio serves the entire Midwest, including Iowa City, Dubuque, Davenport, and Waterloo, as well as North Missouri and St. Louis. For more about Wiles Design Group, see here: https://wilesdesigngroup.com/ To learn more about this project, see here: https://wilesdesigngroup.com/inviting-and-modern-basement

RiverLife2

Julie Graf, One of a Kind Design

Inspiration for a mid-sized country u-shaped seated home bar in Other with an undermount sink, open cabinets, medium wood cabinets, granite benchtops, brown splashback and timber splashback.

Basement Bar

Imagine Home Center

Inspiration for a mid-sized country u-shaped seated home bar in Other with recessed-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, granite benchtops, grey splashback, stone slab splashback and dark hardwood floors.

Home Bar Design Ideas with Granite Benchtops

A home bar can provide a spot of indulgence for one, or be a central hub you gather round when entertaining. Whether you’re thinking of planning a wine bar, outdoor bar, or just making room for a bar cart, browse these images for inspiration, and ask yourself the following questions.

Where should you position your home bar?

The most popular location for a home bar is in or near the kitchen or dining room. If you prefer entertaining outdoors, however, an outdoor bar can be a dream addition to any Aussie backyard – and imagine the luxury of swimming up to your very own pool bar! If you're building from scratch, a landscape architect can help you work out the ideal design for your space.

What type of home bar is best suited to your needs?

Home bars come in all shapes and sizes, and with an array of practicalities. Utilise an awkward corner with a cabinet bar; maximise floor space with a trunk bar, which unfolds to create a bar counter; or conveniently turn any space in your house into a bar room with a mobile bar such as a fun bar cart. If you prefer a more grandiose option, or all the amenities of a real bar, you can’t go past a built-in home bar.

What home bar functionalities do you want to include?

Decide how you will use the bar and whether you will need sinks, storage and refrigeration. Including a sink in your home bar design is a practical addition if you choose a location far from your kitchen. If you’re a wine connoisseur, you may want to include additional wine storage, whereas a mini bar fridge within the kitchen may need no extra storage at all. Home bars that will be used infrequently – perhaps an outdoor bar in the cooler months – may not need refrigeration and could suffice with large ice buckets.

What bar furniture will you need?

Seating is essential to any home bar and will impact the style of your home bar design. Bar stools, for example, come in an array of materials and styles, from traditional wooden bar stools, to resort- and industrial-style stools. Storage is another important element, so look for a liquor cabinet and wine racks. Next, if you are creating a freestanding station, you will need a bar table, which are taller and shallower than regular dining tables. Check that your stools and table height work together before you finalise any home bar designs.

How can you personalise your bar design?

Bar tools and accessories are an easy and interchangeable way to personalise your bar design. You may want to create a wine bar, tavern-style bar or retro bar, so look for wine glasses and tumblers, for instance, that will help carry this style. Coasters, bar mats or signage will help you to further achieve your desired look.