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Bespoke Home Bars

Home bars range from a run of cabinetry in an alcove to a full room with seating. What they share is the need to hold a lot of awkward items — bottles, stemware, ice, refrigeration — while looking composed.

We plan the working side first: where drinks are prepared, where waste goes, how services reach the equipment. The visible side, with backlit shelving and considered materials, then follows.

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Bespoke home bar with solid oak worktop, illuminated oak display shelving and a living-wall feature panel

What the service includes

01

Working layout

Preparation surface, sink, refrigeration and waste planned so the bar is usable, not just decorative.

02

Bottle and glass storage

Stem racks, bottle display and secure storage sized to what you actually keep.

03

Lighting and mirror

Backlit or under-shelf lighting, antique or bronze mirror and dimmed control for the evening.

04

Appliance integration

Wine coolers, ice makers and refrigeration housed with correct ventilation and access for servicing.

Explore home bars

  • Backlit oak bottle shelving and glazed wall cabinets behind a home bar with integrated under-counter fridges

    Drinks Cabinets

    A dedicated drinks cabinet, built around your bottles, glassware and the way you actually pour.

  • Black panelled home bar with a stone counter, antique diamond-lattice mirrored back wall, brass foot rail and brass and velvet bar stools

    Cocktail Cabinets

    A closed cabinet that opens to reveal a working bar, sized to sit within a single wall or alcove.

  • Graphite home bar with a brass-edged serving counter, wall of backlit display shelving shaped to the sloping ceiling and full-height cabinetry

    Home Bar Cabinetry

    The carcass, counter and panelled front of a home bar, built to fit one room and no other.

  • Curved black home bar with LED-lit bottle and glassware shelving, marble counter, brass tap and integrated glass-fronted bottle fridges

    Back Bars

    The wall behind the bar, built for bottle display, glassware, lighting and a settled sense of symmetry.

  • Home bar counter with an oak criss-cross panelled front, dark timber top and floating illuminated oak shelves

    Bar Storage

    What goes inside the bar — bottles, glasses, tools and everything that makes it actually work day to day.

  • Bespoke graphite home bar with brass-trimmed open shelving lit by concealed LEDs, handleless base cabinets and an integrated glass-fronted drinks fridge

    Bar Shelving

    Open shelving built to display bottles and glassware properly, at a depth and spacing that suits what you keep.

Materials & finishes

Finishes are chosen with you and sampled before anything is built, so the colour, grain and hardware are agreed while the design is still on paper.

  • Fluted and ribbed timber
  • Antique and bronze mirror
  • Brass and blackened steel detailing
  • Stone and quartz bar tops
  • Leather-faced panels
  • Dimmable integrated lighting
Home bar counter with an oak criss-cross panelled front, dark timber top and floating illuminated oak shelves

Home Bars we have built

  • Backlit oak bottle shelving and glazed wall cabinets behind a home bar with integrated under-counter fridges
  • Curved black home bar with LED-lit bottle and glassware shelving, marble counter, brass tap and integrated glass-fronted bottle fridges
  • Detail of a home bar counter in dark veined marble with an undermounted brass sink, brass taps and LED-lit black bottle shelving above
  • Black panelled home bar with a stone counter, antique diamond-lattice mirrored back wall, brass foot rail and brass and velvet bar stools
  • Graphite home bar with a brass-edged serving counter, wall of backlit display shelving shaped to the sloping ceiling and full-height cabinetry
  • Bespoke graphite home bar with brass-trimmed open shelving lit by concealed LEDs, handleless base cabinets and an integrated glass-fronted drinks fridge
  • Full-wall black painted bar with oak wine racking, LED-lit mirrored shelving, marble-effect counter and panelled cupboards below
  • Angled view of a black painted bar with cross-hatch oak wine racking, LED-lit oak shelving, antique mirror backs and a marble-effect counter

How the project runs

  1. 01

    Consultation

    We visit the space or meet at the workshop, talk through how the room needs to work, and agree a realistic budget before any drawings are issued.

  2. 02

    Design

    Measured drawings show exactly what is being built: cabinet sizes, storage layout, sightlines and how the furniture meets the building.

  3. 03

    Materials & Finishes

    Timbers, paint colours, worktops and ironmongery are sampled and agreed, so nothing is decided from a photograph alone.

  4. 04

    Manufacture

    Everything is built in our Derbyshire workshop by the people who will install it, which keeps the detailing and the quality consistent.

  5. 05

    Installation

    We fit, scribe and adjust on site, protect the rest of the house while we work, and walk the finished furniture through with you.

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Home Bars projects

Case studies for this collection are being photographed and written up. In the meantime, we can show you completed work when we meet, or send photographs of similar projects on request.

Home Bars — common questions

Do we need plumbing for a home bar?
Not necessarily. Many home bars work well without a sink, relying instead on ice buckets and glass storage, which keeps the joinery simpler and avoids extra plumbing work. Where you do want a sink or drainage, we plan the services with your plumber early in the design, so pipework positions are agreed before the cabinetry is built rather than fitted around afterwards.
Can a bar be built into an existing room?
Alcoves, understairs recesses and the end of an open-plan kitchen or living room are all workable settings for a bar, provided the proportions allow for a comfortable working width and enough clearance for anyone using it. We assess the space during survey and advise honestly if a location is too tight before any design work begins.

Related collections

Areas we regularly work in

Angled view of a navy painted drinks wall with lit oak wine racking, open shelving and panelled cupboards beneath a marble-effect counter

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