Decorating a Wet Bar

Enhance a wet bar with decorative seating options.

Home wet bars are ideal areas to entertain family and friends. Decorate a wet bar to reflect your personal decor preferences and interests. Treat the bar as an extension of a den, living room or kitchen or enhance it with its own themed style. Decorate the bar with festive items to celebrate holidays and other special occasions. Use a decorated wet bar to host small social gatherings or intimate dinners.

Things You'll Need

• Paint
• Bar wall decor
• Bar chairs or stools
• Bar accessories, such as wine glasses and cocktail shakers
• Pictures or decor items
• Clear acrylic sheet

Instructions

1. Choose wet bar decor theme to create a charming space. Pick from a retro diner-style bar, a classy vintage hotel bar look or a casual sports bar design. Paint the walls surrounding the wet bar with a fresh coat of paint to prepare the area for decorating.

2. Enhance the wet bar with wall decor. Hang team-inspired banners, posters and memorabilia for a bar featuring a sports theme. Decorate the wall behind a classy vintage-inspired bar with a mirror displaying an opulent gold frame; the mirror will visually enlarge the look of the space. Hang lit-up neon signs in a retro diner-themed bar.

3. Provide plenty of seating options for wet bar guests. Set up black and white-checkered swiveling bar stools in a retro bar space. Choose high-backed leather-upholstered bar stools for an elegant look. Pick high wood chairs for a casual, rustic look.

4. Stock the wet bar with convenient and decorative items. Hang sparkling wine glasses in a rack over the bar. Display a shiny stainless steel cocktail shaker, stirrers and an ice bucket on the counter. Set up a small wrought iron wine rack so your favorites bottles are always on hand. Enhance the bar counter top with a blender for mixed drinks and a soda fountain for a retro-inspired space.

5. Decorate the bar's counter tops with pictures and decor items. Place photos of family and friends, movie stubs, vintage travel tickets, post cards or any other decorative item on the counter top. Set a sheet of cut-to-fit clear acrylic on top of of the counter so the items show through.

References

• This Old House: Wet Bars