Home Bar Ideas Worth Toasting

These aren’t your grandparents’ home bar ideas. Long gone are the days of wood-paneled watering holes decked out in light-up beer signs, linoleum flooring, and clunky vinyl-covered stools. Nowadays, enjoying a tipple on your own turf can be as chic as heading to a swanky wine bar or perfectly appointed lounge. Part of that sophistication comes from the fact that modern home bars are no longer relegated to the basement—they’ve made their way into our main living spaces, with drink stations added to kitchen designs, wine alcoves carved into dining rooms, and cocktail corners thoughtfully allocated to living rooms. The resurgence—and redesign—of the home bar is thanks in part to the rising popularity of craft cocktails, plus a reaction to 2020’s COVID-19 lockdowns, when so many of us became at-home master mixologists.

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