Building a bar in my garage...

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Building a bar in my garage...

By teal_dx
- Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:51 pm #160474 Has anyone ever built a home bar?

I've been thinking about putting a bar in the new pole barn. I've seen some home made bars in people's basements and it doesn't seem too difficult to design. Is there any good advice? I've got a bunch of free 12" deep cabinets, some deeper 22" ones with a countertop and stainless sink/faucet. I've also got an old mini fridge.

Because this is going to be in the pole barn/garage, I'm going to try to use old car parts to construct the bar so they will be visible. Like use an old shock absorber as a shelf support, or an old wheel as a base for a bar stool. Instead of going to Home Depot or ebay to buy something I need, I'm going to look at my massive collection of old car parts first to see if I can 'recycle' anything into part of the bar.
I'm not looking for a nice shiny oak bar with fancy lighting & bar stools, I want to design a bar that looks like part of a working garage.

I googled and couldn't find any examples of what I have in mind, only things that I do not want...
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way too nice...
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The rough cut timbers are cool but still way too nice...
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This one is more on my budget but pretty simple. I'll be incorporating tv's, NES, lighting etc... really the only thing I like about this one is that they didn't spend a fortune on it.
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By LaMbErT*
- Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:49 pm #160487 i really do like the first 2 but i prefer ur idea if done right and the rear end of an eg for the bar ftw, spoon style c/f spoiler n all haha :P
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By teal_dx
- Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:07 pm #160492
LaMbErT* wrote:i really do like the first 2 but i prefer ur idea if done right and the rear end of an eg for the bar ftw, spoon style c/f spoiler n all haha :P


I like it! open the hatch and serve beers on the tail gate! :cheers:
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By LaMbErT*
- Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:44 pm #160495 w00t not gunna lie got the idea from sxoc who have a s13 halved and use it as a bbq :P
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By 93cxhb
- Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:57 pm #160496 dam your garage is gonna be the shit . cant wait to see it finished

By Method
- Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:42 am #160503 are you inviting us all over?
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By ikon
- Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:07 am #160506 you should use a blown turbo as a faucet and int. piping for plumbing. make the most of what u got. :lol:

By dipdawg
- Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:14 am #160520 If you can weld you could use old spark plugs for cabinet door handles.
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By Benj
- Tue Dec 08, 2009 4:06 am #160527 i like the first one and i think you would be happy with taht kinda set up but do it cheaper and not as fancy... it only has to hold beer and car parts... geeezzzz :lol:
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By pacmanlives
- Wed Dec 09, 2009 3:07 am #160721 Just let me know when you need me to come over and drink your beer :D
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By teal_dx
- Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:37 pm #160800
pacmanlives wrote:Just let me know when you need me to come over and drink your beer :D


I'm in Busch country now... You're gonna have to bring your own JDM imports over :P

I sketched out a layout last night that I'm going to tweak and probably go with.

I have a 6'8" long countertop w/ stainless sink that I got for free which will be one side. Then the actual bar will be the other side. As for material, I'm thinking stainless top with counter sunk flat head screws around the perimeter OR I have a munch of wood in the shed from a house built in the 1830's that was gutted. Most of it's 1" thick poplar flooring which looks cool in an old way. Maybe I'll use that for the front & sides. I'm putting an old TV in the corner facing the bar hooked up to a NES which will have controlers coming out hanging under the bar so I can sit at the bar, drink and play NES 8)
I got an old 32" tv for free and Ive got an old 20" in the basement. One will be for video games and the other will probably be in the same corner above for cable.

I've got a spare leather rear seat from a mustang that I'll make into a bench for the pool table area. An old D series block will make a great end table beside the bench.
And 4 heavy steel wheels that would make great bar stool bases. I've got the OEM stainless dual exhaust from my mustang which is like 6' long for each side. I'm thinking about hanging them above the bar, coming out from the wall and doing some kind of lighting from them.

I have a spare tail gate from my hatch... thinking of a place where I could mount it and have it fold down to be an extra shelf or bench 8)

more to come.... If you guys have any ideas for car parts in a bar, lets hear them :thumb:
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By Apexracing
- Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:14 am #161031 extra eg front seats would make excellent reclining bar stools!! old cold air intake as a beer can dispenser, intigrate eg corners into the corners of your bar and make them light up. car audio system built into the bar would be sweet. hatch could be mounted to back of bar lift to reveal ice chests full of beer or just ice for mixed drinks. old pistons for ash trays or beer holders.
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By ohDirka
- Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:16 am #161037 I would do the same thing if I was building a shop. I'm pretty good with fine carpentry though so I do the fancy style lol. I like all your ideas though and you should definitely do it. I'll bring a case over....in July :thumb:
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By pacmanlives
- Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:44 am #162415
teal_dx wrote:I have a spare tail gate from my hatch... thinking of a place where I could mount it and have it fold down to be an extra shelf or bench 8)

Would be cool if you set up a few shelf behind the hatch and it lifts up and exposes your shelf of booze.
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