Home Bar Area Ideas to Inspire Your Kitchen Remodel

21 Aug 2023

Parties are a lot of fun. Remember the legendary ones from your youth? Crowded bar areas. Drinking games with friends. Smoke-filled discotheques. Rocking out to Alice Cooper and slow dancing to the Bangles. Wonderful, right?

If you’re like us, you rarely attend clubs anymore, nor do you wear your hair like a llama at Paris fashion week. Instead, you probably host “adult” dinners in a holiday cottage or some other respectable home… maybe overlooking a pen of real llamas that remind you of those long-dead hairdos and your party animal self.

If only there were a way to relive the fun! Wait…
*Waggles eyebrows.*
You can.

Simply renovate your kitchen with a high-end home bar and invite your friends! Want a tavern lock-in? An exclusive club vibe? A luxury home bar area can achieve either dream. Creating one that’s practical and in-keeping with a modern home isn’t easy. A few guidelines, though, can make it happen.

Begin in the Cloakroom

Do you own a beach house or a log cabin with a hot tub you occasionally Airbnb for holiday lettings? If so, you’ll know how much a laundry room or cloakroom can save dirt and clutter from migrating indoors. Ideal in winter months, these areas provide a space for guests to shed their coats and boots.

Combine a Sigma 3 boot room unit and a utility cupboard in your cloakroom and you can properly separate the signs of domestic life from your home bar area, providing a perfect transition into 1989.

Clever kitchen design choices can protect the rest of your house, too. A spill-resistant worktop finish and wrapped vinyl doors, for instance, achieve this feat without forcing you to compromise on style. Unknown to inexperienced renovators, both are more durable than porous or painted alternatives.

Install a Drinks Cabinet

Mixing cocktails at your breakfast bar is fine but it isn’t authentic as a bar experience. If you want to go the whole hog, having a purpose-built drink storage option is a must. Built with wine glass racks, drink bottle storage and cocktail mixing paraphernalia, proper ones create a true air of occasion.

On the topic of getting the perfect arrangement for your space, there are two majors choices:

• A kitchen dresser unit
• A cocktail cabinet

Fortunately, Sigma 3 offers both. Our Bar Dresser covers the entire drink-mixing process. A tabletop instalment, it houses a hanging wine glass rack and a prep workspace. Meanwhile, our full-size home bar unit, The Connery, is a tall drinks cabinets. It has extra storage capacity but requires a separate worksurface for preparing drinks. Your ideal choice will depend on how much room you want to dedicate to your home bar.

Add Wine Racks and Drawers

While many homeowners prefer an enclosed drinks cabinets because it saves space, some have ample room for a dedicated bar. If that sounds like you, ask yourself, “How can I best use the extra space?” Answer: showstopping statement pieces that’ll make your kitchen the most impressive bar in town.

Wine drawers are one option. Classy and intricate, they complement the classic cottage aesthetic but also look great in bougie modern kitchen. Or, if you’d prefer, how about a kitchen wine rack like the ones in our Hathaway pantries? They hold 12 bottles – practically a mini wine cellar. Whatever you choose will give you ample space to house a wine collection worthy of Bacchus himself.

Choose Unusual Kitchen Lights

Many people want cosy wood panelling, familiar friends and Hygge-style decor. If you have more intrepid taste, however, there’s always the nightclub option. Did you know you can add stealthy club features to a kitchen that won’t appear during the day? Take, for example, this real kitchen.

H-Line Sutton and Milano Kitchen Designed by Lisa Foggan in Sigma 3 Cardiff East Showroom

Mixing Sutton and Milano doors, this handleless kitchen range is debonaire yet comfortable. Toggle a switch, though, and the black light strips and a surround sound system awaken. In seconds it becomes a VIP club with an exclusive guestlist made up of your friends, all ready to bond on the dance floor.

Seek a Home Bar Expert

Though this blog post is full of useful insights, it’s tough to explain all the nuances of kitchen design in a few paragraphs. Sometimes, you need expert assistance to make it work. So, if you need help, find your nearest Sigma 3 showroom and meet a world-class consultant, or become a Sigma 3 Insider for free. As an Insider subscriber, you’ll get exclusive design tips, plus lifestyle guides just for subscribing.

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