Picture it - great parties at home in a your own personal home bar with it's festive and fun setting. After all a great bar isn't just for the rich and famous. Why not add a bar to your home and get ready for some serious fun? You can start by decorating with bar mirrors.
Now if you decide a bar in your home is for you then you need to decide whether it will be a wet bar which is plumbed or a dry bar which is not. You'll also need to decide where you will put it and what size it will be. Perhaps you have a separate room you can use or maybe you'll want to combine it with your family room.
You'll also need to set your budget, after all building your bar can cost anywhere from a couple hundred dollars to a couple thousand dollars. If you're creative and shop wisely you can put your bar together for probably less than $500. Just shop wisely and take advantage of the online sites that have such great pricing.
Now it's time for the décor and an important part of that décor is bar mirrors. There are thousands of great choices online and it's a great way to create an atmosphere!
What's your brew? Icehouse? Budweiser? Labatt's? Coors? Doesn't matter because there are bar mirrors for every type of beer on the market.
Beer not your idea of fun? Then how about your favorite sport? Perhaps your favorite cars? NASCAR? Maybe Harley Davidson? The choices are truly endless!
Doesn't matter what you choose. What matters is decorating your walls with these fun conversation pieces. Now you need get your barware and stock your bar.
A well stocked bar is as important as good bar mirrors. You'll want a nice selection of glasses for different types of drinks you are going to serve. Serving beer? Then you'll want some beer mugs or some pilsner glasses. Brandy calls for brandy snifters, and liqueurs need some cordials.
You should also have some lowball and highball glasses as well as martini glasses. If you are going to get real creative make sure you've got at least a few hurricane glasses for those frozen drinks. And of course don't forget the margarita and wine glasses.
Your bar also needs an ice bucket, cutting board, opener, corkscrew, shaker, long handled spoons, measuring cup, bar fridge, blender, and strainer.
Besides your beer and hard liquor you need to make sure you are stocked up on mixes which include juices and pop. Coca cola and seven up are common mixes.
And speaking of Coca cola you should check out the terrific selection of coca cola mirrors that are available dating back to early coke days right up to modern times. If your bar and family room are combined they are the perfect choice where family and adult entertainment cross.
That's it! You've got your bar mirrors hanging on the walls, the perfect furniture is in place, and you've added some funky barware to the scene. All that's left to do is invite your friends.