Mini-kitchens with a bar counter (42 photos): how to do it yourself, instructions, photo and video tutorials

The modern style and the rapid pace of our life have made the youth mini-bar counter for the kitchen an indispensable attribute. In addition, it serves as a universal space divider, giving us pleasure from a daily holiday right at our home.

This element of the modern interior in our apartment creates a unique atmosphere of joy, relaxedness and ease. It organically fits into the design of a small fashionable kitchen, and combined with a dining room, where it will comfortably divide the zones.

As you can see, the bar counter can be the brightest kitchen decor.

Bar counter in the mini kitchen

A home mini-bar is a simple or complicated piece of furniture. The bar vertical counter has a tabletop and shelves for bottles and glasses at different levels.

It is advisable to move or even attach functional pictorial cabinets to it - shelves for fruits, wine glasses, wine glasses, straws, napkins.

Variants

This counter is useful in a kitchenette.

Famous designers consider it quite realistic to place a bar counter even in the smallest kitchen and offer its simple options that make the most of the space.

• The best way out is special mini bar counters for the kitchen, known as cocktail counters. Spectacular and fashionable, they are simple but versatile in their design and will profitably replace bulky dining tables, becoming a pleasant, cozy place for communication and relaxation.
• If there are kids in the family, a combined version of such a rack is advisable, combining a miniature table with a rack in a single design.
• We will save space as much as possible by placing a beautiful bar counter along the wall - this is very practical.
• Some photos offer a bar counter that is unique in its simplicity - a tabletop with support and without cupboards, which, cluttering up the space, reduce the kitchen.
• In a small kitchen, a bar counter with a glass top, refined and weightless, is very appropriate. High-tech impact-resistant glass will make the kitchen look more modern, bright and festive.
• Mini-racks made of metal, stone or its winning imitations are original and respectable (their price is quite reasonable).

The counter with a stone countertop matches the style of the kitchen.

• Now at the peak of sales are furniture made from an innovative marble-like composite - Corian. This material is excellently sanded to repair damage on its surface. In addition, it is flexible, which allows it to be rounded or multifaceted.
• The height of a traditional bar counter is a little more than 1 meter, which means that special high chairs are needed for it, which easily slide under this bar, saving space.

Note! The clear plastic chair seats are more elegant and less bulky, and the bar at the bottom is comfortable for the legs, as well as the comfortable armrests for the arms.

Read also an article on the design of a kitchen with a bar counter.

Types of bar counters for small kitchens

An elegant counter in the mini kitchen is a valuable design object: it will allow us to frequently update the interior, simply by swapping objects and other design of the open bar.

United

Fashionable mini bar counters for the kitchen with an attached dining table - the optimal multi-functional design.

• Their height coincides with the height of the working surface (standard -90 cm). Then the height of the chairs is 65 cm.
• To such a rack, we can also attach a functional rack for wine glasses, vases with fruit and sweets, bottles of wine - and a sophisticated still life is created.

Multilevel

The combined two-level design has a second, high level - a bar counter.

• This option will harmoniously and effectively separate the living room from the kitchen: turn the dining table area towards the kitchen, and the high one towards the living room. In the video we see such a successful division of the kitchen.
• The multi-level design gives the kitchen significance and special respectability. This rack is completed by the exclusive decoration of the ceiling with a decorative cornice with bright festive lighting.

Selected

The bar counter is like an island - a cafe in the design of a small kitchen can be located in its very center.

The friendly owners prefer this particular version of the bar, convenient for receiving guests and treating them to culinary delights.

• The counter can be a real independent bar, not connected to the kitchen, with a frigo bar for drinks or a small refrigerator and even a mini sink.
• Cabinets, shelves, counters and collections of elite wines on display create a luxurious setting.
• The instructions for such a purchased furniture set for a bar in studio kitchens will very clearly explain the conditions for its operation.

Read also the article on the kitchen with a bar counter.

Selection of bar counters

You can make such a bar yourself.

It is difficult to buy ready-made bar counters: we rarely find the right size, design, material and color in one product. However, we can make the desired rack with our own hands from individual items: racks, shelves, countertops, fittings, lighting. And as a result, we will get an exclusive version.

Note! It's good when the material for the bar is the same as the kitchen set and goes well with the design, but the easiest way is to make it out of wood or chipboard.

Nuances when choosing a mini bar counter

• A tall counter overwhelms a small kitchen - better replaced with a lower counter or cocktail counter.
• A mini wall stand will successfully save space.
• The straight lines and unpretentious design of the stand make it elegant.

Bar counter in the layout

Multifunctional bar counter

The installation of the bar has 3 purposes.

1. Provide ease of use.
2. Make zoning stylish, efficient and economical.
3. Strengthen the aesthetics in the interior.

A successful reorganization of the kitchen with a mini bar will create a mood of well-being and family celebration. A full rest, sincere conversation is possible only in such a cozy place, zonal separated even from the bustle of the kitchen, because an interesting bar counter is more elegant and useful than any partition.

Kitchen with a bar instead of a table - see here.