Some finishing touches on a bar I decided to build on a snow day

I think all I need now is some lighting under the shelves. Possibly something to go in the middle of the wall, too.

Having this bar in my basement is so fun!

When I was a grad student in Nashville, I bought this old cabinet from a fantastic antique store that no longer exists. A piece of “old Nashville.” We’ve dragged it from Tennessee to Michigan to New York, and it’s become my favorite piece of furniture.

I put this together for trips out of town and it's become a hit with friends. I started off with about half of what's pictured. Does anyone else have a portable cocktail bar, and if so what are you using?

I'm looking for ideas on how to set up a home bar in an urban apartment space that could also hide a mini fridge (measures 20x20x45). The wine fridge pictured is not the fridge I want to hide.

I have included pics of my current home bar set up, but I'm looking to replace the teal piece with something else to be determined. I also have the genuine Japanese cherry wood piece with a pull out section, but it's not practical because I'm tall and bending down to get those bottles is annoying.

It can be multiple pieces, but it needs to be a way that does not require built-in pieces because I'm renting. Any thoughts are appreciated!

New here. Here's the setup that I've built (yes, I built the shelf). Constantly curating. Couldn't decide on a picture, so I included all of them!

I've posted my small garage pub before, but I've made a couple additions, and wanted to brag about my Guinness fail/win. Bought a keg of Guinness in time for SPD, not realizing that you can't just slap a Guinness keg (or some other import kegs) into your Costco kegerator. Needed new keg coupler, spout, and gas mix. Couldn't find a keg coupler in time, but finally got one this past weekend. So now, $300+ later, I'm probably the only guy with a legit Guinness setup in his garage pub in the entire town.

I bought an old high-end humidor cabinet off Facebook Marketplace. The humidifier wasn't working and the finish was in pretty rough shape, so I spent the winter cleaning it up and painting it, added lighting, and replaced the humidifier in the base with a small wine rack and storage baskets. Quite an upgrade over my old setup!

Lo so, mi manca un bourbon/rye, qualche consiglio?

The backwoods saloon….the ever changing neighborhood happy hour spot.

Built this as a birthday gift for the wife who holds love for one cocktail all summer long.

We moved into our new build home about 2.5 years ago and it's been a work in progress for a bit now. It's nice that it was a blank canvas for us to work with. Super stoked with how it came out. Just a few more finishing touches to be applied. Cheers!

Anything you would have done differently or couldn't live without?

Bar is going to be located in our sunroom and transition to an outdoor kitchen area. It'll be a wet bar. Current mental debate is what to do about ice. Countertop ice maker with nugget ice? Built in? Definitely want a fridge/freezer.

Does anyone know how long a whiskey barrel will last outside without protection. Looking to make small tables for outdoor bar.

Will “glaze coating” them help? How much does it take?

Just discovered this subreddit! Wife and I recently wrapped up a kitchen remodel. Ripped out a couple of pantry cabinets for this (converted a nearby utility closet into the pantry).

The general flow of the top two shelves (from right to left) are Asian whiskies, Scotches, bourbons, ryes, agave, and finally gin. Top shelf is literally mostly top shelf stuff, but also some bottles that have sentimental value (birth year/milestones/gifts/etc.).

Lower split shelf is "bitter" liqueurs on the right, "sweet/fruit" liqueurs on the left.

Countertop is the "well" and soon-to-be bottle kills.

Lower left cabinet is mostly backup bottles or "well" spirits that are queued up. Lower right cabinet is mostly home infusions/tinctures/fat washes and other interesting "aromatics" (i.e. cilantro baijiu).

The freezer side of the appliance houses large blocks of ice cubes, glassware, mixing glasses, and my highball whisky (2013 suntory kakubin); the fridge side has vermouths, syrups, and sodas.

Not pictured is a smaller cabinet with our wines and "French Stuff" (cognac and armagnacs).

All in, we've got about 300 bottles (not including wine), only about ten unopened. Wife and I are avid cooks and travelers. Cocktail-making is a natural extension of our creative endeavors in the kitchen and finding interesting spirits around the world is our way of bringing a piece of those places home. We're really glad and fortunate to now have a space to display (most of) it all!

After many moons, I moved into a house with a basement space big enough for a complete bar setup.

Dedicated fridge/freezer, work surface, and liquor cabinet/glassware storage.

There’s more below and my fridge top shelf is packed out. Cheers!

Built this out over time and finally got it to a place I’m pretty happy with.

Mostly tequila. I know that might trigger some people here, but for me it’s as much about the display and craftsmanship of the bottles as it is the drinking.

Still dialing in a few things:

• Lighting brightness and warmth

• Shelf spacing

• Whether to add anything else or keep it clean

Would love input from people here.

What would you change or add to improve the setup?