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The building aspect of it looks pretty simple. Build a stub wall (possibly re-enforced if you're going with a heavy counter-top like granite), fix your cabinets to it, then add the top.Will be finishing the basement in the next few years. Will look to buy or repurpose one from someone else or a local bar but will probably end up building.
Awesome stuff there.
Also in that category is the hot tub
We have enough company over that we'll get enough use out of it. The way our basement is laid out we kind of have a dead spot that can't be used for much else. And if it does become unused, at least my elliptical will have company.
My wife may not agree but IMO the wet bar in our basement and the home gym I put in are the best things I ever did to our home. Every holiday is at our home because of the bar and the setup. This is key because I would rather be at home instead of driving and sitting at my in-laws.
Sorry, I'm nursing some bruised ribs and forgot about this. Will get to it this AM.
I had my basement finished last summer/fall. It is a large basement so I had room for a dedicated theater, workout room, bathroom and large bar area.The bar itself is an angled "L" shape that is about 15' in total length. Currently I have 6 stools but I have enough room for another one. It is 42" high with a 22" top and another 5-6" arm rest. The top is a sealed wood but it was done by a custom cabinet maker so I am not sure what he used or how he did it. The only aspect of the basement work that I did was the design and electrical -- everything else was subbed-out.
That thing is a work of art, nice job
Very nice
How did you setup the jukebox? Touch screen monitor with a desktop underneath?
Thanks Lumpy. A lifelong dream come true. The best part is I have a lot more ideas for the future so it should keep me busy for years to come. Unfortunately the wife is making me concentrate on other areas of the house right now.That thing is a work of art, nice job
Touch screen monitor with a little Shuttle PC in a closet. The software I am using is Jukebox JockeyVery nice
Those granite tiles do look sharp...
Looks damn nice to me!
Very nice. Custom build? Granite tops or tile? With a hard counter top like granite, is there any worry about breaking glasses?
While I can't tell if that is sarcasm or not (I recognize that some people want a full unbroken appearance to their bar top), I have to say it was INSANELY cost effective. These were on sale/clearance at Home Depot when I got them and while I don't remember the price it was silly cheap. Something around $2/sq ft. So with it being roughly 13x3 plus a few extra for cuts it was about 60 tiles total...or about $120 for a granite top. We had seen a bar before like that and thought it was cool...plus since we do a lot of entertaining there we can put hot items on it without worrying about damage for the most part. When it is cleaned and shining it looks pretty nice and we get compliments on it.
Thanks to both of you. The column wrap came out much better than we even expected. It kind of ties things together nicely. There is another column in the theater area we also wrapped and it looks good there as well. Another cheap Home Depot product. The mahogany rail was pretty much the only thing that was "expensive" in doing it since I found deals on just about everything else. (By the way, I'm thrifty/cheap.)Like the column wrap with the trim on the bar.
It was a custom design (my neighbor does basements and decks) that we worked on together. The cabinets were Yorktown and we did those because my buddy worked for Toll Brothers builders at the time and was able to order them for me at his cost. So while the design was custom, we had some restraints based on what cabinets were available and what I wanted to pay. The top is granite tile from HD, color is ubatuba. That link is 18x18, we used 12x12 for it with a medium grey grout...put in pretty thin to minimize the grout appearance.We've had the bar for about 6 years now, with many beverages consumed there, and not a single glass has been broken.
Not sarcasm, I like them!
and an extra for the cost effective part, I am all about that.P.S. I have a basement bar build in my future too...
I was going to say the same..very nice bar.
Installed granite in our kitchen about 5 years ago. We have broken more glasses that I can count in that span. I went with recycled bowling alley wood for the bartop for this very reason.
What is the depth of overhang on customer side, where the barstools slide under?
What is the overhang on your bar? Alos what is the distance between the bar and the wall where you walk behind the bar?
The overhang (or what I was calling the armrest) is 5" or 6" -- is this what you are asking?ETA: On second thought I am suppose you mean the distance from the front of the bar to the front edge of the bar top. I'll have to measure it tonight -- I am thinking it is roughly 18" or so but I could be off.
If you slid the bar stool under the bar, how far would it go? I think the 6" is what you are saying. That's what I'm wondering about. How did you come up with that number? (How did you decide 6" was a good amount. I'm debating 6-10" for the bar stools to slide under.)
It is definitely more than 6" but I will measure it and get back to on that. The other issue in the stools sliding under the bar is that I have a brass rail on the bottom. If you push the stools in the legs hit the brass rail before the backs of the stools could touch the front edge of the bar.
That's ok. I'll do the same there but the distance that ones legs go under the bar is what I am most interested. Too short of an overhang and you are too far away from the bar as your knees hit the bar.
This has definitely not been a problem
I'm going to guess it's like 10-12" inches then.
i think this is a good posting and applies to almost everything.people spend so much money on stuff they don't need, will most likely rarely use, and could easily get along without.I'm guilty of this. I bought a hot tub... and i used it the first 2-3 years quite a bit, but now it's just kind of there... used on rare occasion at best... i wouldn't miss it if it were gone.i've got plenty of friends with pool tables that say the same thing.I think if people were really honest with themselves in terms of how much they'd really use something before buying it that not very much stuff would get bought.So it's probably better for the overall economy that they don't follow this advice.
This is a good point and I think it depends on your situation. My brother owns and runs a very successful business and is either working 16 hours a day, is out on the golf course or is traveling to his beach house. About 12-15 years ago he had a nice but small basement bar built and a very expensive pool table.When I was working on my basement project last summer he told me he never goes down to his anymore and was wondering why I was going through the time, expense and effort. The difference for me is I am constantly entertaining at my house whereas he never does.Every Thursday night my buddies come over the house for drinks and conversation. During football season everyone comes over to my house to watch the Steelers road games and during the hockey playoffs they are here watching the Penguins (if the Pirates ever get good I am sure they would be over for that). During the year I host a beerfest, burger cookoff, wing challenge and New Years Eve party. In short we are using the hell out of the bar.The home theater is used virtually every night. Once we got a taste of a 110" screen, the 42" in the upstairs family room seems small and the sound system and acoustics in the theater blow away the system I have upstairs. So for us it has turned out to be a good decision, for others it might not have been.
yours seems like it was a good purchase. I know a lot more people like your brother though (not in terms of success or 16 hour days). It takes someone who really focuses on making it work to make it a success.I do the same thing with my boat.. i try like heck to use it to get my hours in of enjoyment on it.
Always so pessimistic.
