Home Bar Build

[BaltimoreBrau]

Hey everyone. Haven't posted anything in awhile, have had much time for brewing recently. However I got married in August and soon after we got our basement finished so I decided this was the perfect time to build a home bar. My biggest inspiration came from Thirstin4aburstin's 8-foot bar build, I also used plans from barplan.com. I wanted to incorporate our current wine fridge and kegerator. Here are some pictures of the progress. At this point I'm working on the trim pieces then have to stain.

 

[BaltimoreBrau]

a couple more

 

[BaltimoreBrau]

mostly shelling and starting the trim. hoping to finish the trim up this coming weekend and than start preping for stain.

 

[ChrisMT]

Nice job! I really like the corkboard backer for the dart board!

Looking forward to the finished product

 

[fernsanity]

Great build!

 

[BaltimoreBrau]

Thanks!

Yeah the cork board was pretty easy, you just have to know a lot of wine drinkers. I think it took about 1200 corks, maybe a little less.

 

[ImNoExpert]

Sweet build!

 

[BaltimoreBrau]

Updates: got a lot of work done this weekend, finished up all of the trim work. Just have to drill a hole on top for the tap tower. Then a final sanding and staining.


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[hachi-roku_fan]

Looks great, can't wait to see the finished product

What kind of wood are you using?
How much did it all cost?


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[BaltimoreBrau]

Thanks!

It's framed with 2x4 & 6s then shelled mostly with 3/4" Oak Plywood, some 1/4" in areas to cover some of the 2x4s. I would have rather done 1/2" oak but neither Lowes or Home Depot carried the large sheets. Didn't add a lot of cost, just a lot of extra weight.

I'll have to add it up, but I'd say 300-350, most expensive part was the oak trim.


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[BaltimoreBrau]

Started staining this past weekend.


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[BaltimoreBrau]

Finished staining and putting on the many many layers of polyurethane. I put the kegerator in place and have attached the tower. Giving the poly a few more days of curing before I fully stock it and put the wine fridge in.


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[tagz]

Wow. Well done. I like the two level aspect.

 

[pannell77]

looks great

 

[BaltimoreBrau]

Thanks! Yeah I like the 2 levels a lot. The left side is just so big because the wine fridge is so much taller. I've got a popcorn machine to put on top and hopefully some type of mega touch at some point.


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[bobeer]

Great job! This is what I want to make one day. Very nice and clean looking and I love the stain and clear coats.

 

[BaltimoreBrau]

Thank you! It was easier than I thought and actually turned out better than I thought.


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[cbehr]

Where do the fridge compressor vent from? I'm looking at doing something similar but thought they vent in the back and couldn't be built in without some extra ventilation?




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[BaltimoreBrau]

Fridges vent in the back but I have a fan built in the sides moving air around.


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[rvklein]

Looking good!

 

[BaltimoreBrau]

Stocked up, built a shelf to display some of the bottles and some of glasses. Probably going to get a quarter keg of Something to put in there till I have something ready.


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[hachi-roku_fan]

Looks beautiful! Ever think of putting a cigar case in there?


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[BaltimoreBrau]

I do have a small humidor on the book case I may move over.


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[patthebrewer]

Very nice!