IF YOU WANT TO BRING YOUR A-GAME WHEN YOU HOST A COCKTAIL MAKING PARTY – WHETHER IT’S A VIRTUAL PARTY OR IRL – YOU ARE GOING TO NEED A HOME BAR TO SHOWCASE YOUR SKILLS. BUT A KILLER SET-UP ISN’T JUST ABOUT THE BOOZE THAT YOU STOCK. AND IT DOESN’T NEED TO BREAK THE BANK. HERE’S OUR TOP SEVEN BARSPIRATIONAL IDEAS FOR STORING AND DISPLAYING ALL YOUR COCKTAIL MAKING ESSENTIALS NO MATTER WHAT YOUR BUDGET.
1. UPCYCLED DRESSER
This cool cat is poised to shake things up by giving their dresser a make-over with a lick of stylish grey paint. Purrfect.

2. KAS-BAR CORNER
Manchester designer dad @makeitfrain and Model mum @gemmawilliams.uk have gone for a corner of Casablanca with this Rick’s Cafe look for their home bar set up. Here’s looking at you, kid!

3. CONSOLE TABLE AND MIRROR COMBO
Little Red Brick Dalkey was amazed to find the mirror and console table in the attic of their partner’s parents house. Now they are engaged (hence the champagne), it’s ready for its first virtual happy hour.

4. CORNER UNIT AND SHELVING
Myhomebar.it has brought an espresso and aperitivo vibe to their set up and now it’s ready to serve easy cocktails from home. Bellisimo!

5. SIDE SHELVES AND NEON
This space saving beauty from houseno1atno1 was created with some budget brackets and a reclaimed scaffold board, then pimped with a bar sign from Oliver Bonas

6. BAR SHED
Jaycrossland30 has built his dream bar, The Knackers Yard, in a shed in his garden. The only one who isn’t that impressed seems to be the cat.

7. LIVING ROOM TAKE-OVER
Vrons and Chris Beaumont have turned their entire home into a colourful paradise with this incredible home bar taking centre stage. And if that’s not enough, they’ve also built a second one in the garden!
