Home Bar Design Ideas with Shaker Cabinets and Light Wood Cabinets

This exquisite unit is dedicated to your wine connoisseurs. Beautifully contrasting a white finish with the black countertop, the system integrates any and all wine storage needs. The glass shelves along with puck lighting provide a warm, elegant feeling for everyone to enjoy. "Beautifully crafted storage and shelving and a functional layout create an organized area tailored to the specific needs of storing and drinking wine. Door and drawer faces, countertops, and lighting set the mood for a space anchored in enjoyment. A custom designed wine bar creates a perfect space for storing your collection and fits your entertaining needs when hosting guests. Storage for wine bottles allows for easy viewing and access. Counter space provides a place for pouring and serving wine. Lighting in a wine bar enhances functionality and dramatically changes the aesthetic of a simple design. Shelves and cabinetry can be designed to accommodate an integrated wine refrigerator. Racks and accessories display beautiful glassware and stemware. Doors elegantly conceal liquor bottles and supplies you’d like to keep hidden."

Home Bars

CLUPNY CUSTOM CARPENTRY

Inspiration for a mid-sized country l-shaped wet bar in Wichita with a drop-in sink, shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets, granite benchtops, brown splashback, glass tile splashback, carpet, brown floor and brown benchtop.

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Allen's Custom Woodworking & Design

This is an example of a mid-sized arts and crafts l-shaped seated home bar in San Luis Obispo with an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets, wood benchtops and light hardwood floors.

Rustic Western Style Bar

The Halifax Cabinetry Company Ltd.

Our clients sat down with Monique Teniere from Halifax Cabinetry to discuss their vision of a western style bar they wanted for their basement entertainment area. After conversations with the clients and taking inventory of the barn board they had purchased, Monique created design drawings that would then be brought to life by the skilled craftsmen of Halifax Cabinetry.

West Lake Gem

Heller Construction, Inc.

Design ideas for a small contemporary home bar in Other with no sink, shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets, light hardwood floors and grey floor.

Ocean City, MD Multiple Room Beach House Project

Creative In Counters

This home bar features Soapstone countertops.
Photo of a small beach style l-shaped home bar in DC Metro with shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets, soapstone benchtops, light hardwood floors, brown floor and black benchtop.

Rustic Farmhouse with a Bohemian Feel

Allen's Fine Woodworking, Inc.

Functional, beautiful, and hard-wearing surfaces are the name of the game in this basement bar. The dark-stained barn wood bar back will hold its own against the inevitable shoe scuffs of guests. The slate back splash tiles and galvanized metal pendant lights are built to last while holding up to years of use.

Lakeview

Leland Interiors, LLC

This bar features art glass tiles in the backsplash. The pair of leaded glass upper doors flanking the wine rack came from the wifes' grandmothers home. She kept them for years waiting for the perfect place to use them. Now they cover lighted glass shelves for wine glasses. Photography by Wiff Harmer

Basement Finishing/Remodeling, Potomac 3, Maryland

BasementRemodeling.com

Natural stain wood cabinetry and a bright blue backsplash.
Design ideas for a small transitional single-wall wet bar in DC Metro with an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets, granite benchtops, blue splashback, glass tile splashback, vinyl floors, beige floor and grey benchtop.

Heirloom - Rustic Allure

BECKS Quality Cabinets, Inc.

Large traditional u-shaped seated home bar in Other with an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets, granite benchtops, grey splashback, stone tile splashback and light hardwood floors.

Craftsman Kitchen Before and After

Hampton's Kitchens & Appliances

This is an example of a mid-sized arts and crafts single-wall wet bar in Chicago with an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets, granite benchtops, beige splashback, stone tile splashback and travertine floors.

Mansfield Boho Glam

Cedar Hill Home and Design

Small wet bar in Dallas with shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets, quartzite benchtops, multi-coloured splashback, ceramic splashback, vinyl floors, multi-coloured floor and white benchtop.

Lakeshore Avenue Residence

Kelley Flynn Interior Design

Photographer: Drew Kelly
Photo of a traditional single-wall home bar in San Francisco with white splashback, shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets, subway tile splashback and medium hardwood floors.

Full Home Remodel

Interiors Unlimited

Beachy style wet bar; two tone shaker style cabinets in white & shell grey, Cambria counters "Annica", subway back splash tile with dark grey grout, stainless steel under mount sink and mini beverage fridge.

Custom Cabinets

BC Granite

3" Shaker Style Custom Cabinets Birch Plywood Boxes Hettich Soft Close Hinges & Full Extension Glides Color - Natural Alder Wood Marathon Hardware: 9370-256 & 9670- PC

Modern Basement Bar

R & R Custom Carpentry & Cabinetry

Here is a modern style bar fully equipped with a sink, mini fridge and an ice maker. This space includes solid Maple cabinets with granite tops and solid maple free floating shelves. The custom shelves have LED lighting built in to the front edge to provide accent lighting behind the bar. The main bar has a curved wall with a curved top. The bar also features stainless steel uprights and base trim along with a custom curved footrail.

Luscious Liberty Township Live-edge bar

Transformations Custom Wood Design

Custom bar with Live edge mahogany top. Hickory cabinets and floating shelves with LED lighting and a locked cabinet. Granite countertop. Feature ceiling with Maple beams and light reclaimed barn wood in the center.

Ashbury Heights

Denise Maloney Interior Design

Photography by davidduncanlivingston.com
Contemporary single-wall wet bar in San Francisco with shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets, quartz benchtops, green splashback, ceramic splashback and medium hardwood floors.

Rustic Farmhouse with a Bohemian Feel

Allen's Fine Woodworking, Inc.

Looking at the Trenches

Peyton Edwards (Designer at KDW Home)

Kip Dawkins Photography
Photo of a traditional single-wall home bar in Richmond with shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets and quartz benchtops.

Home Bar Design Ideas with Shaker Cabinets and Light Wood Cabinets

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.