Bar Design Steps
STEP ONE: LOCATION
As the real estate saying goes, “Location, Location, Location!” What is the best place for your bar? Which way should it be oriented? If you have not already decided this, or if you would like us to apply our experience to confirm your planned location, we can help - by developing an overall plan of your home’s basement and experimenting (on paper) with different bar locations and orientations. Our AUTOCAD drafting software makes it easy for us to do this. In general, here are a few things to consider in finalizing a bar’s location and orientation:
A. Location of plumbing connections (water pipes and drains).
B. “Grand Entrance” effect: A MapleTree bar is a “Wow!” generator, and, ideally, your guests should see the bar as they enter your home’s lower level (see Glover).
C. Big screen television viewing: Typically, the bar adjoins a seating area with a big screen television, and the people at the bar become the “back row” of the television viewing audience, looking over the heads of the people seated on the adjacent sofa. (See diagram: plan and elevation.)
D. “Centerpiece” effect: Ideally, the bar should be located so that is the “hub” or “center stage” of your home’s lower level, viewable from all areas, e.g., the billiard table area, the home theater area, the entry area, etc. (see Young).
E. Traffic flow must be considered, with adequate space behind bar stools for people to access the bar or pass by it.