Tips for Buying a Home Bar That Has That WOW Factor
Homebars, and their accompanying bar stools or pub sets, often have a magnitude of character to them that is borne out of their size, stylish elegance and role in social activities on days and nights when libations are in order. Homebars typically feature storage cabinets, bottle and stemware racks and a number of utility organizers to make entertaining guests all the more easy for the hosts.
Home Bars Play Different Roles
The specific function of your home bar will also impact what kind you will buy. To decide what you should be looking for, consider the following.
Do you see you and your guests as people who would congregate at the bar for an extended period of time? Then you’re ready to commit space to a large bar set complete with bar stools or one or two pub sets.
Will you regard your homebar more as a place to prepare beverages before moving on to enjoy your drinks in the living room or dining room? A compact size home bar with plenty of counter space and no bar stools might be a good fit.
Are your tastes and those of your guests significantly varied, or do you most commonly enjoy certain beverages more exclusively? For example, many people often drink wine and/or select liqueurs rather than spirits. If this describes you, then perhaps a spirits cabinet or wine console would be a better choice.
Do you generally entertain and enjoy beverages in the same room of the home, or is it an activity that is not always centered in one specific area? Select a home bar on casters, which will give you the flexibility of moving it from room to room as needed.
Different Sizes and Types of Home Bars
By getting an idea of the average standing size of your bottle collection, you can determine whether or not it can be accommodated by any home bar you may have your eye on. Some people may at any given time have more than five to six bottles of their liquor of choice and a few wine selections on hand. Others with more extensive tastes and a fondness for mixology may carry up to 30 bottles or more at a time. Before going shopping for a home bar, have some idea on how much room you will need and how big the home bar should be to accommodate everything. By using the diameter of a standard 26-ounce liquor bottle (3.5″) as a guide, in a cabinet that is 16″ H x 16″ W x 14″ D, you could easily store four bottles cross and three rows deep.
Hide-a-Bars are ideal for individuals who wish to maintain the decorum of their dining or living area and yet have the practical convenience of a centrally-located serving station. Behind an unassuming and simple stylish 2-door cabinet, a hide-a-bar has the extensive storage capacity to retain everything you’ll need to prepare drinks (save ice perhaps) with the appeal of it all being discreetly concealed from view.
An L-shaped bar looks like a straight bar with an extension to either 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 bar fridge. Like other types of home bars, they can include shelves for bottles, cabinets and pull-out serving trays or cutting boards.
Portable homebars provide you with the freedom to re-locate your serving station anywhere within the home and as often as you’d like. If you find yourself entertaining in other less-traditional areas of the home, including out-of-doors, take a look at a portable bar cabinet on wheels. Portable bars are typically dry bars (ones without sinks) and while many models do have comparable features to standard home bars such as bottle storage, a prep area and adjustable shelves, they tend to be more compact with generally less storage capacity.
Especially in today’s economy, home bars provide an economical and debonair way to entertain at home. Add bar stools to your home bar and let the party begin. Pair your home bar with one or two pub sets and transform your family room into the life of the party.
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Haley 70-inch Wood Home Bar $1786.99 This demilune-shaped bar is crafted of custom select hardwood finished in a warm chestnut and features framed panels with maple veneers in a book match pattern which is accentuated by carved flutes and heavy moldings. |
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Lynn 58-inch Wood Home Bar $1347.99 This shaped bar is crafted of custom select hardwood finished in a warm sierra and features framed panels and heavy base moldings. |
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My cat is a part time outdoor kitty and it seems like every time he comes home he’s been beaten up. I think he gets into bar fights because he claims he owns a club somewhere around the neighborhood and I also think he’s been cheating on me with another family. What should I do?
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The benefits of teak furniture wood patio
Teak furniture wood patio is available in a wide range of classic teak chairs, lounge chairs, coffee tables or patio, benches and gliders. The enormity of some games teak patio furniture is that they are evidence of termites, most recently in a number of climates and weather conditions.
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How should I plant design / tables for a cocktail?
I do not want the wedding to look like normal "with all tables" reception that are simply not serving food cases, we create a kind of night club feel, with high bar tables and maybe some living room furniture. I want to make sure there are plenty of seats. I'm confused how to create seats, a few tables and the food / bar stations. Thanks!
What is the size of the room? how people access many of the tables or the room rental furniture? tall guys are excellent. some larger tables reserved for older people if it is a hotel – use some Schoolies / classrooms with chairs on each side – give it more of a club feel. can angle and then turns off the dance floor. stations should be divided and one of each to a maximum of 125 people. ALWAYS position carving station near or in front of a service door. in this way are not walking with a piece of flesh from their guests. NOT have any "stringy" or red pasta sauce. make a "mixture" of Alfredo and marinara if you want a red instead of pesto. Palamino call it a sauce, others a Mornay or otherwise, but it's just a mixture of both. This will help ensure that no marinara by accident. Make sure the salad stations are in the round – a little more fun with salad on top and all the seasonings around it. that's all I can say for now. more information – send an email with the square footage of the facility, which wise available table, the number of guests and selections from the station.
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