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I want to formally register a complaint that I've often felt when around in-home bars. Understand, it's not directed at anyone's own design. Lord knows it takes a lot of skill and patience and dedication to make such a divine creation. This is just about home bars in general. This is actually more of a brain storming session. What makes a good in-home bar?
Here's what I'm thinking... It seems to me that in-home bars are more-often-than-not designed just like public bars-- Facing the bartenders, just like in diners, to maximize the ease with which the bartender can pour a pint. Is it just me? Or does this seem weird to anybody else for use as an in-home setup?
It seems to me, that if I had my own bar, I'm not going to be sitting behind it hour after hour like a hired bartender. So why are home bars set up like that? Shouldn't they be oriented toward the TV? Shouldn't they be a little more accommodating. Should they really be so high? Why aren't they surrounded by lay-z-boys rather than tall wooden chairs? Why not build it into a coffee table?
I'm trying to envision the perfect in-home bar, but as hard as I think, I can't exactly imagine what would be the most utilitarian, what would be the coziest.... Maybe press it against the wall? Why give the illusion that there's a place for a guy to stand back there and pour a drink? I mean, let's be realistic. What's the point in that? It's a HOME bar! Unless you are rich enough to hire a bartender, what's the point?
Forget building something that people look at and say, "Ah HA! That's a BAR!!!" Forget that. What about making something that functions better in a home? What features would you include? How would you orient it? What shape would it take? Would it really be square and blocky and pressed up against the far back wall? Surely, there must be a better way........
What would the home shrine to beer look like? Me, I'm not certain exactly, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't look like what you see in a bar....
Any opinions?
Here's what I'm thinking... It seems to me that in-home bars are more-often-than-not designed just like public bars-- Facing the bartenders, just like in diners, to maximize the ease with which the bartender can pour a pint. Is it just me? Or does this seem weird to anybody else for use as an in-home setup?
It seems to me, that if I had my own bar, I'm not going to be sitting behind it hour after hour like a hired bartender. So why are home bars set up like that? Shouldn't they be oriented toward the TV? Shouldn't they be a little more accommodating. Should they really be so high? Why aren't they surrounded by lay-z-boys rather than tall wooden chairs? Why not build it into a coffee table?
I'm trying to envision the perfect in-home bar, but as hard as I think, I can't exactly imagine what would be the most utilitarian, what would be the coziest.... Maybe press it against the wall? Why give the illusion that there's a place for a guy to stand back there and pour a drink? I mean, let's be realistic. What's the point in that? It's a HOME bar! Unless you are rich enough to hire a bartender, what's the point?
Forget building something that people look at and say, "Ah HA! That's a BAR!!!" Forget that. What about making something that functions better in a home? What features would you include? How would you orient it? What shape would it take? Would it really be square and blocky and pressed up against the far back wall? Surely, there must be a better way........
What would the home shrine to beer look like? Me, I'm not certain exactly, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't look like what you see in a bar....
Any opinions?