Happy Hour – Part 1: About a Home Pub in Villa Planning
As an architect who has made quite a few dreams come true for people with Provence-style home designs that they have imagined since they were little, one of the things I always remember is that people are different and as different as they are, so are their requests for a dream home and, of course, their drinking and entertainment habits. We will leave the cellars for the next article, which will deal with wine and how it will be possible to introduce its special conditions even when it is not a cellar at all. The home bar is the perfect way to raise a glass. We don't know about you, but when we talk about villa planning, we talk about our ability to bring indulgence to the maximum. A home bar, in any form you choose to introduce it, is nothing less than a display of purpose for this very principle. Come on, let's get started.
To life: How to integrate the home bar into our daily lives?
From a luxurious dinner to a relaxing and effortless drink after a long day and forget a little of the pains of routine (among them, forgetting the dusty neighborhood pub). Whether you choose rustic architecture or any other style, here are some principles that are important to pay attention to when you want to bring a home bar into your home:
1. Appropriate equipment.
Once you have chosen the theme that will lead the bar design or its theme, you are already in a hurry to move on to choosing the chairs and the material of the bar itself, and still one of the most significant things you can do for yourself is not to skimp on the means. The bar takes up so little space and has such a powerful presence in the room, so – do not compromise. If you are a whiskey lover, for example, do not let it be in the shade for a second. Make sure that the tools are there to prepare any whiskey drink you can think of and base your bar on the purity of whiskey.
2. Atmosphere.
Your most ideal option is to choose a variety in your atmospheres. Therefore, the recommendation is to choose lighting that can be changed from dim to bright when the party is over and yes, the ways to put your stamp on it and make your bar your own are endless. Naturally, you will want your home bar to represent the most fun atmosphere or if you are into relaxed bars in general it would be good to choose an atmosphere that represents exactly that.
3. Indoors or outdoors?
While most people usually keep their bar outside, we think it is time to abandon this idea. An outdoor bar requires different maintenance and the fact that the bottles, equipment and lighting do not stay there for obvious reasons – rain, wind and sun can cause damage. If you don't want the bar in the living room space, you can always put the bar in its own room and niche, and give expression to another style of bar construction that also gives you and the guys space and privacy, but if you decide that the living room is the main entertainment arena and you don't mind that this will be the atmosphere on a daily basis - we're all for it.
In conclusion, our goal here is mainly about your ability to enjoy this bar that you built for yourself to the fullest! Pub design can be part of any design style, from rural architecture to tavern design, and also in villa planning of all styles and sub-styles. Think you're ready to start building your home bar? Call and let's get started.