I have a very unique opportunity. I am in a fraternity, in my senior year of college, and the alumni have all agreed that they would finally like to see the basement bar in our house re-done. They are paying for everything and have put me in charge of the project. I plan on replacing the bar top with an infinity mirror. The bar-top infinity mirror will be about 18 inches with an additional bar about 6 inches lower for the bartenders to work on and where the taps and sink will be mounted. That bar will be about 12 inches. The taps I plan on getting are 2 dual faucet tower taps. I will also be getting a 19.7 cubic ft. chest freezer that will be able to hold 2 sanke kegs and 2 corny kegs (or no sanke kegs and a lot more cornies). That along with a 4-way gas manifold and a 10# CO2 tank should take care of the functional aspect. As far as as aesthetics go, the only thing I really want to try to do is that infinity mirror, although, it conflicts with other potential plans. I also want to try bricking over the whole back wall and sketching the current mural on top of the brick, just not a full color thing like it is now. I feel the brick wall and semi-futuristic look of an infinity mirror bar top will conflict. Lighting is going to be a key element in this rebuild, especially since the main purpose of the bar is a party bar. Switching from fluorescents and black-lights is going to be necessary.
Here are some pictures of the bar as it is now.
Any input or ideas on how to go about this rebuild would be greatly appreciated, especially if you have an idea on something that would make it actually look good and not just random things thrown together.
I'm good with functionality. I will make this one of the smoothest operating home bars around. I'm just terrible when it comes to figuring out how to make something look good, although I know when it doesn't.
I will post pictures as I go through the build. I will be giving the list of materials (for the functional aspect at least) to the alumni this weekend and hopefully will get the build started in the next few weeks. But once again, any help will be appreciated as I have never designed a bar before, and while it is a nice challenge, I don't want it to end up looking worse than it started (though I don't think I could mess up that badly)
Here are some pictures of the bar as it is now.
Any input or ideas on how to go about this rebuild would be greatly appreciated, especially if you have an idea on something that would make it actually look good and not just random things thrown together.
I'm good with functionality. I will make this one of the smoothest operating home bars around. I'm just terrible when it comes to figuring out how to make something look good, although I know when it doesn't.
I will post pictures as I go through the build. I will be giving the list of materials (for the functional aspect at least) to the alumni this weekend and hopefully will get the build started in the next few weeks. But once again, any help will be appreciated as I have never designed a bar before, and while it is a nice challenge, I don't want it to end up looking worse than it started (though I don't think I could mess up that badly)