Home Bar Furniture With Fridge
Buy the best home bar furniture with fridge selected and recommended by interior designers. By Emily Hilton.
So you want a home bar, but also want your drinks kept cold. Then take a gander at the home bar furniture with available fridge. Set into beautifully crafted contemporary and rustic options, these pieces can mesh into your existing decor, while being functional for all your home bar desires. Never will poker night be met with warm beer, or no ice. Problem solved.
Home Bar Furniture With Fridge
Buying Guide
Emily Hilton
Interior Design Expert
Emily is a young, talented designer, whose professional interests gravitate towards kitchen and dining spaces. She prides herself on her attention to detail, obsession with functionality, and appreciation for craftsmanship.
A home bar with a fridge is one of those multifunctional furniture pieces that can come to your rescue on a gloomy Monday that was riddled with deadlines and fire-breathing seniors. Come home, you can fix yourself a cold drink and everything from your favorite beverages, to cocktail mixes and specialized equipment is just an arm’s length away.
On a weekend, it doubles up as a conversation cove where you can host, show off your bartending skills for chest-thumping rights and entertain your guests. However, it’s imperative that you consider a few important things before you buy one, lest you wish to end up with a design faux pas or a man-cave cliché.
- Home bars can be open-styled with the colorful glassware on display, all-enclosed one which lets you keep your liquor bottles locked away (for homes with kids) or a moving-cart styled one that can be pushed around to any part of the house.
- Most home bars with fridges are all-enclosed styled, with a fridge pocket neatly contained into one of the compartments. Depending on your beverage preferences and storage needs, you can explore the desired extras that can include, a wet-bar countertop, a wine rack, drawers for storing essentials and backlighting to create a focal point.
- If you have ample space in the room, opt for a back bar that rests against the wall and utilizes the space in front to create a lounge-like space. For wannabe bartenders, a front bar is a much better proposition because there’s room on both sides. Prefect to add those bar stools. You can also club the two to create a professional-looking home bar set up.
- In apartments with limited space, a corner bar can serve the purpose without eating up too much room. The caveat is that they offer limited functionality and would be very difficult to accommodate a fridge in one.
Irrespective of what style you choose, you need to pick one based on the available room. A lot of people miscalculate the proportions of their home bars because they don’t account for the room needed to open the shelves, comfortably fix a drink and for the bartender to move about without knocking into the furniture or glassware. Get a measuring tape and go to work. Take time with this, because this will be one of the key deciding factors.
The material for the bar should harmonize and strike a balance with the rest of the décor. Wood is an infallible choice and you can mix and match the color or grain patterns.
Everybody desires a custom-made wet bar à la Hugh Heffner. But commissioning one costs a pretty penny, especially if your choices tend to veer towards exotic wood and fine woodworking. Depending on the area size and features of the bar as well as the professional you hire, the starting price for a small, basic bar without a fridge may be around $2000. For normal mortals, buying a home bar with fridge off the shelves is a more cost-effective choice. You can easily find one that fits your home, your pockets, your liquor bottles and caters to your aesthetic cravings.