New life of old things or how to make a mini-bar with your own hands, interesting ideas
A do-it-yourself mini-bar can be made from any material at hand. Various boxes, deep forms, cans and much more will serve as a basis. The homemaster.techinfus.com/en/ editorial staff in today's publication will tell you about the configuration and production features of this miracle device. It turns out that this little thing can be very useful.
The minibar can store not only alcoholic drinks, but also soft drinks, as well as some dishes
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Why you need a home bar for alcohol
The design of this product can be complex or simple. For example, sometimes the owner of the house cannot find a suitable option to match the finished interior. Perhaps there are too many departments inside, or, conversely, compartments allow you to store not what you need at all. Therefore, there is a desire to make a bar yourself. Let's decide what it is needed for:
- This design attracts attention wherever it is located. Sometimes not everyone will guess what is inside. Accordingly, such an instance plays an aesthetic role in the room.
- The device is designed to store expensive alcoholic drinks or refreshing invigorating cocktails. They are relevant at business meetings and holidays when guests gather in the house. Storing drinks in the refrigerator is irrational.
- Even homemade wine will not spoil if stored in a dark place. As a result, the taste of the drink from the correct content will only be better, more interesting and more refined.
Of course, a mini-bar in the house will be in great demand if there is at least one of the listed factors. At the same time, it is important that the design has several shelves and compartments for placing bottles.
Spectacular minibar for spirits made of natural wood with lacquered surface
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A minibar can be made from an old suitcase or a massive chest of drawers
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Features of the mini-bar in the apartment
When trying to create a beverage storage design yourself, the question of size and design arises. As a rule, an apartment does not require too large a bar. Agree, it would be inappropriate to install a structure in the room that is completely irrelevant suitable for design... As for the design features, they try to dwell on a few points.
Storing used lids under the glass of the bar will make the design of the structure truly special
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Equipment
The bar must contain sufficient inventory for ease of use. Therefore, you still have to spend money and buy the following parts:
In case these elements are present in the kitchen, you can do without them, but it is better to create a separate set in the bar cabinet for the living room.
Massive minibar from an old buffet
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As for the standard set of wines and drinks, only those products that do not require a low temperature can be stored in the bar. Among them can be red and white dry wine, live beer, homemade liqueur, longers, aged cognac and whiskey. It is always allowed to dilute this assortment with soda in cans.
Custom-made minibar made of wood with different options for shelves and awnings
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Location
The alcohol cabinet can be placed in any room. More often it is installed in the living room, hall, hall and other rooms where guests are received. If the structure is small hinged, then it can be placed on a wall where there is no decoration. Perhaps it does not perform any decorative function at all.
Even old barrels, in which wine was previously stored, can become the basis of a bar structure after restoration.
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There are bars that are spectacularly located in the corner of the living room. Such models have exactly an angular design and may differ in a rectangular frame, while the storage niche itself will resemble the shape of a ball or circle.
Homemade bar with a narrow top
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How to make a mini bar
To create a beautiful wine shelf you will have to work a little, but first, decide on the choice of option. Each of them has its own separate instruction. Let's consider each type of bar in more detail.
Wooden mini-bar parallelogram
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Floor bar-globe
Despite the unusual shape, creating a globe bar with your own hands is not difficult. To perform such a storage, you will need a large globe, plywood or thin board, a jigsaw, a locking element. Work is performed according to the instructions.
- Take the globe and remove the extra parts from it: the axis and other components. Saw it in half with a jigsaw.
- Measure the diameter of the cut and cut out exactly the same circle from the plywood, make cutouts for the bottles in it. They can be made in different shapes.
- Be sure to cover the sections with electrical tape. This will prevent further cracking and destruction of the material.
- At the bottom, cut a circle with a smaller diameter than the first shelf. It will serve as a support for the bottles.
- Snap on one side and hinge on the opposite.
Round mini-bar on wheels from a purchased globe
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It remains only to attach the globe to any wooden frame. A regular coffee table can also be used for this. You can also create an individual floor stand with additional tiers of wooden beams and build bar counter mini. They can be further varnished or painted. Such a frame is assembled using screwdriver and self-tapping screws or small carnations.
Blue Geographic Globe Liquor Bar
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Table mini-bar
A table-top do-it-yourself home bar can be built in a variety of ways. For this, materials at hand are used.
Barrel-shaped mini-bar for home
All that is required for work is an old small barrel, a grinder, paint, scotch tape. This will be a great alternative to a mini-bar made with your own hands from wood.
| Illustration | Action Description |
|---|---|
 | Remove one ring from the barrel and sand the wood thoroughly. Then put the top ring back in place, and perform the same action with the bottom of the barrel. |
 | We cut off the excess parts of the boards near the lower and upper rings, sand the sharpness and burrs |
 | We screw in self-tapping screws to strengthen the rings. Next, cut the hole with a jigsaw in the middle of the barrel. Grind all the irregularities again |
 | We clean the inner walls, then we glue the wooden barrel body with mounting tape without touching the rings. We paint metal parts from a spray can |
 | We paint the future mini-bar from the outside and inside |
 | We take a thick board, you can chipboard, cut out a circle from it with the same diameter as the inside of the barrel. Insert inside and secure with self-tapping screws |
 | On narrow bars we make holes for the bottom and neck of wine bottles. Then we paint these details |
 | Cut the coasters to size and insert them inside. You can arrange niches in one or two rows |
Home mini-bar inside the locker: video
This section is for those who do not want to bother finding suitable materials to create a cabinet for storing alcoholic beverages. Consider how to make a bar cabinet for your home in the video below.
Canister minibar
To make a mini-bar from a canister with your own hands, it is better to use a metal structure that has not been used for a long time. Alternatively, you can buy a new one. An accessory is made according to the following algorithm.
- Prepare the necessary inventory: grinder, screws and screws, latches, seals, inner lining and other materials that can be interchangeable.
- Measure the future door and cut it out with rounded corners, for this use a nylon cover.
- Glue a rubber seal to the cut edge around the entire perimeter. It will serve for safety and tightness.
- Install rivets on the side where the door will open, paint the interior space in a dark color.
- Additionally, it can be sheathed with any convenient material: the remains of the lining, wood or plastic.
There can be many options for rivets for a bar
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When performing interior decoration, keep in mind that the structure should not turn out to be too heavy, otherwise you can forget about mobility.
Minibar for alcohol inside the suitcase
To restore the "grandmother's" suitcase for travel, you will have to use various options for decor, locking devices and much more. This storage can be large, stationary, or small, portable. We offer several interesting options for decorating a bar for your home with your own hands.
Hinged decorative bar for alcoholic beverages made of genuine leather
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A simple tabletop minibar from a suitcase open. Looks great in a loft-style interior
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Wooden suitcase bar on wheels with aluminum moldings
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Interesting design ideas for mini-bars with photos and descriptions
In addition to the main types of bars, other equally chic options can be made. Many of them have excellent functionality, they help to store various things, including alcoholic beverages.
Round wall-mounted multi-tiered plastic minibar
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To create such a bar for your home with your own hands, it is recommended to use reinforced plastic material.It is more rational to make a retractable tabletop for this design from wood of sufficient thickness.
Wall bar with table
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The photo shows a home bar for drinks from old furniture. It fits perfectly into a modern interior or loft style. Despite its small size, it has enough room for glasses and a couple of bottles of good liquor.
You can use the free niche between the kitchen set and household appliances, for example, using a built-in exit shelf on high-quality door closers with bearings. Such storage, as a rule, has several tiers. The result is a compact wooden mini-bar.
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