The Bar - Walnut & Cherry
About 300 years ago I spent significant time behind a bar professionally, unknowingly at the time setting me up for a 30+ year career in hospitality. When I set out to make a flexibled bar for my home use, it turned out I had some thoughts.
Designed to either sit against a wall or be worked behind, this setup is as flexible as it is simple. Walnut & Cherry were sourced from just down the creek in Mazomanie, WI and finished with polyurethane while the industrial inspired base and hardware is simple 1” threaded pipe.
I add 2 10” stemware racks under the lower bar, but otherwise resisted any temptation to complicate the design. The design can be upgraded and customized with shelves and towel holders and bottle openers and gadget holders galore; but to me that is what pockets are for.
A bucket of ice, some chunky glassware, a few bottles of my favorites, a handful of mixers and fresh citrus with delish garnish and leave the rest up to instinct and muscle memory.
All of the work is done in our family’s woodshop just beyond the Terminal Moraine in Cross Plains, WI. This is NOT your Father’s basement bar.
About 300 years ago I spent significant time behind a bar professionally, unknowingly at the time setting me up for a 30+ year career in hospitality. When I set out to make a flexibled bar for my home use, it turned out I had some thoughts.
Designed to either sit against a wall or be worked behind, this setup is as flexible as it is simple. Walnut & Cherry were sourced from just down the creek in Mazomanie, WI and finished with polyurethane while the industrial inspired base and hardware is simple 1” threaded pipe.
I add 2 10” stemware racks under the lower bar, but otherwise resisted any temptation to complicate the design. The design can be upgraded and customized with shelves and towel holders and bottle openers and gadget holders galore; but to me that is what pockets are for.
A bucket of ice, some chunky glassware, a few bottles of my favorites, a handful of mixers and fresh citrus with delish garnish and leave the rest up to instinct and muscle memory.
All of the work is done in our family’s woodshop just beyond the Terminal Moraine in Cross Plains, WI. This is NOT your Father’s basement bar.
About 300 years ago I spent significant time behind a bar professionally, unknowingly at the time setting me up for a 30+ year career in hospitality. When I set out to make a flexibled bar for my home use, it turned out I had some thoughts.
Designed to either sit against a wall or be worked behind, this setup is as flexible as it is simple. Walnut & Cherry were sourced from just down the creek in Mazomanie, WI and finished with polyurethane while the industrial inspired base and hardware is simple 1” threaded pipe.
I add 2 10” stemware racks under the lower bar, but otherwise resisted any temptation to complicate the design. The design can be upgraded and customized with shelves and towel holders and bottle openers and gadget holders galore; but to me that is what pockets are for.
A bucket of ice, some chunky glassware, a few bottles of my favorites, a handful of mixers and fresh citrus with delish garnish and leave the rest up to instinct and muscle memory.
All of the work is done in our family’s woodshop just beyond the Terminal Moraine in Cross Plains, WI. This is NOT your Father’s basement bar.