Effective and functional bar counter will visually increase the habitable space in the house.

A huge range of materials on the shelves of building stores makes it possible to translate any of your plans. A stylish and functional bar in the interior of the living room or kitchen can be done using a minimal set of tools.

In this article, read:

• 1 Materials for bar counters
• 2 Necessary materials and tools
• 3 Small tricks in the independent design of bar counters
• 4 How to make a bar rack
• 5 Kitchen design with a bar counter. Video
• 6 Brutal bar in the interior of the kitchen and living room

Materials for bar counters

Bar counter for the kitchen can be made of the following public building materials:

1. From cheap and lightweight plastic, easy to handle, but not too durable in technical specifications. In this case, plastic is suitable for racks no worse than other materials.
2. Of chipboard with laminated coating. Such a home bar design can be made as an imitation of marble or wood. The use of chipboard is a little more complicated and more expensive than plastic, but it provides great opportunities in terms of the variety of color palette.
3. From moisture resistant plasterboard. An elegant plasterboard stand allows you to create a design of any shape and style: from classic to loft. This material perfectly fits into any interior in the house, as it is easy to paint.
4. Of wood. Noble and expensive wood bar counter will create the effect of a solid and massive design solution in your kitchen (or in the living room). To make such a stand with your own hands, at least basic carpentry skills will be required.
5. From glass. The original kitchen glass bar has only one minus: it is very fragile and requires constant careful maintenance during operation.

Do not be scared, in most cases, the bar itself with the hands for the kitchen or living room is done in the simplest configuration, so there is no need for a large-scale reconstruction of the interior.

Typically, the bar counter for a small kitchen consists of a small table top, attached to a wooden window sill with steel loops, and a stand - a supporting leg, easily dismantled if necessary. Such a configuration is known as a collapsible bar counter.

As support-bases for the table top, most often either natural wood or metal pipes are used. But the most elegant embodiment of the support will be a base built of bricks.

A parallelepiped of red facing brick with a wooden table top will give the living room a cozy and warm appearance, and small niches in the walls of the room, equipped with a soft electric lighting, will unconstrainedly emphasize the nobility and sophistication of the taste of the owner of the house.

Stylish studio room with a classic combination of wenge color (noble African tree) and white walls and ceiling. The style of the spacious living room with claims for high-tech, in this room the bar counter divides the room into recreation areas and a kitchen.

The elegant Mediterranean style of the spacious hall assumes the presence of a bar stand made of natural material. Even if there is enough space for pleasant gatherings, the bar counter is the place of privacy of close friends over a glass of wine.

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Necessary materials and tools

A list of the necessary tools and materials that can be useful for creating a simple but beautiful bar counter in a city apartment looks like this:

1. Electric drill with drills, screws, dowels, nails and a set of screwdrivers.
2. Electric jigsaw, grinding bar, round file, clamps and hacksaw.
3. Two spatulas and a paintbrush.
4. Sheets of chipboard or plasterboard for the body of the countertop and other components of the bar, you can buy solid elements made of natural wood and red brick.
5. Filler for wood, acrylic paint or varnish.
6. Wooden slats, edging board 2,5х30 cm, pieces of plinth, ceiling molding.
7. Sealant.
8. A steel pipe with a diameter of 50 mm, pieces of PVC pipes (for horizontal support of the legs and support pillar, housing for the lamp).

The bar counter in the apartment can be made of various tools and materials, as there are a lot of decor options.

In an indecently spacious kitchen, a long bar counter divides the room into two parts: a dining room and a working one.

Brutal leather bar stand for bruising bikers. A good designer will definitely emphasize the character of the bar.

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Small tricks in the independent design of bar counters

The bar stand with its own hands can be constructed according to the following standard solutions:

1. Classical stationary construction. It can be done in mini format. The height of the countertop must not exceed 120 cm from the floor. To emphasize the traditional design, you will need a set of bar stools: high, with footrests, with backs and armrests.
2. An excellent option for a small kitchen will be a combined design, combined with a dining table. In this case, the height of the working surface should not be more than 90 cm. The complete set will help the standard chairs purchased in the tone of the basic design.
3. Two-level bar counter. Such a composition is very convenient because a high stand adjoins a standard dining table. It is used in the case when it is necessary to divide the kitchen and the living room. Thus, the low part of the rack will be convenient to use in the kitchen, and the high (traditional bar counter in the living room) will become a kind of bar that visually delimits the zones between rooms.

There is another, more rare, option, when a two-level counter is located in the center of a large kitchen. In this case, on the low tabletop there will be a hob, a washbasin and food bowl, and a cutting section. On the high part of the two-level structure, distribution and serving of ready meals will occur.

Cozy concrete bunker in loft style with an original bar counter.

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The order of manufacturing of a bar rack

First of all, it is necessary to draw a visual drawing of the future design in order to determine its dimensions and the necessary materials.

The classic bar counter is performed in the following way:

1. A plan for the future design is being made.
2. An appropriate consumable is purchased.
3. A frame is constructed - the base under the table top (made of particle board, plasterboard or brick).
4. The frame is equipped with a ready-made countertop (purchased or made independently)
5. The rack is decorated according to the interior.

The usual bar counter in the living room or small kitchen is a finished countertop, which is fixed at one end directly to the wall, while the other is fixed on a metal support. All these elements are already sold in construction shops, you only need to pick them up according to the interior of your apartment.

The bar counter in the living room or in the kitchen, assembled with your own hands, will significantly transform your city apartment, making it more modern and functional, at the same time giving it comfort and peace of mind.

Kitchen design with a bar counter. Video

Brutal bar in the interior of the kitchen and living room

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