Home bar in the interior: compact relaxation (50 photos)

The word bar came to us from America. It was there that the enterprising owners of some drinking establishments, knowing that time is money, got rid of tables and chairs and transplanted their clients to tall and not very comfortable stools. Stools were placed in front of a wooden counter - a barrier separating visitors from shelves with alcohol. The idea was successful. Clients approached the “barrier”, ordered a drink, and since it was not very comfortable to sit, they did not stay long. Thus, the throughput capacity of institutions, and with it the profit, increased. Over time, the word “barrier” lost its ending and only the “bar” remained.

Today, a bar is a well-known definition. And this is not only an institution specialized in the sale of alcohol and snacks for it, but also a separate area in the house, where there is a collection of alcoholic beverages, various devices for creating cocktails and utensils for their use.

Home bar is an indicator of the material well-being of the owners, a bright individual detail in the interior.

With the help of such a corner, you can make your house more bright and comfortable, highlight its functional areas, emphasize the design. In addition, the home bar is a place for meetings with friends, pleasant and easy communication, a place of salvation from blues and depression.

When planning to place a bar in your home, you must first determine in which zone it will be located, what function to perform. It is very important that it harmoniously fits into the interior of the entire room, consistent with its design.

The home bar can be of two types - stationary (having its own permanent place) and mobile (mobile).

Stationary bar

For frequent friendly parties and corporate meetings with a large number of people, you can organize an entire bar room in the house. Stylistically decorate it with the help of lights, mirrors, posters, slate boards, decorative shelves with glasses and accessories for creating cocktails. To establish in it a rack-table, high chairs, special furniture, including display cabinets with your favorite drinks, a refrigerator, and a sink. This version of the wine bar is good for a large country house.

A good option for a studio apartment is a vertical rack (bar railing) with a device for bottles and glasses with a worktop.

The countertop, depending on the design of the kitchen, can be glass, wooden, or from any other material and of various shapes. Such a rack will be multifunctional, since, in addition to the place of preparation and consumption of cocktails, it can be used for serving desserts, quick breakfasts and dinners. Using the vertical rack-bar, you can visually separate the kitchen area from the rest of the room.

Stationary minibar

If it is not possible to allocate a whole room or even part of it for alcohol storage, you can always stop at the “mini-bar” option.

Most often, they place a home minibar in the living room or in the kitchen - the usual place to relax and to meet guests.

You can purchase special wine display cases and cabinets for this purpose. Such furniture is equipped, in addition to special shelves for storing bottles at a certain angle, also a ventilation system.The ventilation system is able to maintain a certain temperature and humidity level in the wine cabinet for storing various types of alcohol, but there is also a minus in such cabinets - a very high cost; therefore, it is best to use the furniture already available in the interior for the minibar.

A minibar in the closet is the most common option. To do this, a couple of free shelves can be painted in a contrasting color, set a mirrored rear wall and LED lights, and then place trays with alcoholic drinks, dishes and accessories on the shelves.

A minibar embedded in upholstered furniture is also a common option. To install such a minibar, use armrests, backs of upholstered furniture, specially built-in niches.

In order to place a home minibar, you can choose any other, sometimes the most unexpected, empty place in the house:

• unused niche in the wall;
• free space under the stairs;
• empty opening;
• place under the roof bevels;
• balcony or loggia.

Any of these places can be equipped with a rack or shelves for placing wine bottles, decorating the zone, imitating the interior design of the bar - mirrors, lighting, stylized images, slate bar - in the end, you get a real minibar.

Mobile mini bar

A mobile (mobile) bar is the best option for a mini-bar at home with a shortage of free space in the room. It can be, for example, in the form of a cabinet with a folding external wall. Such a cabinet can easily be moved, if necessary, to any area of ​​the house, and a hinged wall in the lowered state can imitate a bar counter.

Another option for a mobile minibar is a multi-tiered table on wheels. Such a minibar has an undeniable advantage over a stationary type bar - it is not tied to a specific place in the house. Such a bar on wheels can be moved around the house and also not only transported, but also stored bottles with alcoholic beverages. If you choose a table with an unusual design and arrange the place for its “parking” properly (lighting, elements of the style of bar establishments), then it may well become a bright accent in the interior of the room. Especially if this is his most elegant option - a minibar globe.

DIY mini bar

The bravest, extraordinary people, people with creative thinking can try to refresh their home and make a home bar with their own hands. For this case, there are a lot of unusual design ideas for a home bar from around the world:

• An antique cabinet will be an excellent basis for a noble minibar.
• A glass cabinet for medicines is a variant of a bar in a modern-style apartment.
• An old suitcase - why not a mobile minibar?
• A barrel, the inner space of which can be equipped with shelves, and a tabletop can be installed on top.
• The old refrigerator can be converted into a beer bar.
• Piano You can turn your old tool into a home bar with your own hands.

How to fill the bar?

In order to create cocktails, you do not need to fill the minibar with a huge amount of alcoholic drinks. Just select the most popular options.

It is also necessary to always keep in stock a couple of types of juice, Coca-Cola, strawberry and lime syrup.

Special accessories for making cocktails are also needed:

• shaker - the main tool for making cocktails;
• jigger - two measuring cups welded together;
• Steiner - a strainer for filtering a cocktail to remove pieces of ice and berries;
• madler - pest for grinding berries;
• a bar spoon - an elongated spoon;
• corkscrew.

No need for a large assortment of glasses for drinks in the minibar. Three types are enough:

• Rocks - glasses for whiskey and strong cocktails;
• highball - a tall glass for tropical cocktails;
• wineglass - for pure strong drinks.