As you might know, installing a home bar in your living room, lounge, dining room or family room will enable you to have an area where you can effortlessly entertain guests, host a party or watch a game with a group of friends. Besides entertainment, building a home bar is one way through which you can enhance the aesthetic appeal and general value of your home.
First things first, prior to building a bar at home and going after a theme, there are several factors which you need to take into consideration to make sure you can pull it off.
For example:
- Will you be dedicating an entire room to you home bar?
- Will you be incorporating the bar into an existing room?
If you are building the bar in an existing room, then you need to first of all identify a place where you would like to fix the bar. The area should be big enough to accommodate the bar, bar stools, liquor cabinets and bar shelves while at the same time leaving enough room for moving around and personal space and any additional features/components certain themes might require.
Assuming you got the space, here’s a few of themes you might want to consider to really stand out from the rest:
1. Sports Theme
Sports Bar Design is one of the most popular bar themes, because it allows for guests and homeowners watch all games in style and from the comfort of their homes. This type of theme is extremely versatile but may entail adding a television, arcade games, billiard table or dart board to you bar, just to name a few. This theme is also extremely versatile as you can base it around all sports, a particular sport, a particular team etc. And there’s no shortage of stuff you can easily find to buy and add to customize your bar area.
2. Brewery Theme
If you have some experience and expertise in brewing beer, you can try out a microbrewery type theme to your home bar. This could entail installing the right equipment and buying the necessary supplies required to brew beer from the comfort of your home. However, you need to only consider this theme if you can afford to maintain the equipment used to brew beer as well as the knowhow and willingness to keep it clean and sanitary. If you have all that, then you might be able to pull off a very unique and stylish spot that’s going to tough to keep your buddies away from!
3. Casino Theme
If you have friends and family who love to gamble or drink or even better gamble while drinking, you might consider incorporating a casino theme in your home bar. This can be achieved by adding a few pieces of gaming equipment and/or putting a poker table close to the bar area where you can earn a few of dollars by encouraging your friends to gamble while drinking! Just be careful because that can also backfire if you’re not careful!
Before settling on a theme, you need to make certain that you have enough money to bring it into reality. Building a bar for your home can be pretty expensive especially if you want it to look like the real deal. Besides expenses, you need to make certain that the selected theme complements the design and décor used in your home.
Note that, a home bar is meant to enhance the current aesthetic appeal. Therefore, it should be able to blend well with the furniture and other fittings used in your living room, lounge, dining room or family room. If it doesn’t, it probably won’t have the desired effect you’re looking for.