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Live Your Best Life with a Colorful Home Bar

Live Your Best Life with a Colorful Home Bar

Transform one room at home into your new favorite bar. In the following slides, designers experiment with bold colors and playful finishes to craft one-of-a-kind bars that rival commercial spaces—without sacrificing the coziness of a home or the personality of the people who live there. Discover your favorite design scheme here.

Make a Statement
Lacquer transforms this gorgeous bar area from Brian Watford Interiors.



Gold Medal
A glittering gold ceiling transforms this sleek, alpine bar area from Wesley Moon Inc.



Classic Blue

Floating shelves, a graffiti-style wallcovering, and charming artworks serve as inspired accents in this bar from Charlotte Lucas Interior Design.



Beautiful Marble

This contemporary, marble bar from Dodson Interiors is one-of-a-kind.


Emerald City

Here, Nicole Zarr and Associates, LLC expertly pairs green lacquered walls with a wallpapered ceiling and brass shelving.


A Touch of Tropical

A botanical wallcovering and natural, textured bar cabinet gives this Floridian space a tropical personality. Design by Lindsey Coral Harper Interior Design.


Going for the Gloss

This gorgeous, glossy bar design by Kathryn Ivey Interiors is compelling and sophisticated.


 Life Aquatic
A seafoam bar in this Sacramento home by PepperJack Interiors is fresh and fun.


Picturesque Patterns

A patterned wallpaper brings energy to a cheerful bar alcove. Design by Kelly Rogers Interiors.


Beachy Keen

In a cottage on Lake Michigan, Buccellato Design, LLC set up a playful, vacation-style bar for the enclosed porch.


Organic Design
Against a leaf-printed wallcovering, this lacquered lilac bar cabinet pops in a room designed by Stefani Stein Inc.



Posh Pairings

In this bar area, Vani Sayeed Studios matched a white tile backsplash with a cranberry background hue.


 Maximalist Tendencies

An elaborate chandelier, acrylic furnishings, and gilt details make this bar by Cindy Witmer Designs a contemporary, sophisticated take on the Prohibition-era speakeasy.


Nuit Blanche

A white wet bar by Elms Interior Design is the height of style.


Bringing the Outside In

A comfortable home bar with custom cabinetry, marble bar, fireplace, and seating by Lori Gilder Interior Makeovers Inc opens up to the outdoors.


Sweet Escape

This living area's best-kept secret? A custom secretary-style hidden bar with a mirrored surface by Guggenheim Architecture and Design Studio.


Barnyard Bar

Haver & Skolnick Architects converted an old stable into a gorgeous home bar.

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