Five properties for sale with built-in bars, plus where to start if you’re considering one of your own
If you’re considering adding a bar to your home but don’t know where to begin, consider adopting the guiding principles of the standard restaurant bar: utility and storage. Vivian Bencich, founding principal of Square Feet Studio, an architecture and design firm in Atlanta with bar and restaurant clients, suggests thinking about “every linear foot, every linear inch” of your space as potential for both form and function.
The home bar, Ms. Bencich says, is also a room where homeowners can feel comfortable taking design risks, by mixing materials, exploring new motifs, and being more daring than they might be in the rest of their home. “You could have so much fun with that,” she says, “because you don’t have to worry about 200 patrons in a night.”
Add visual interest to the bar space with zinc or leather-wrapped bar tops, backlit shelves, decorative ladders, or even luxury materials, like onyx, Ms. Bencich suggests. “A lot of bars do the backlit onyx,” she says. “That’s an opportunity in the bar to under light it, so it glows.”
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As for stocking the bar itself, Marilee Foster, farmer and one of the managers of the Hamptons’ Sagaponack Farm Distillery, recommends drawing inspiration from where the home is located. “You can drink where you are,” she says.
Stocking a bar with locally sourced spirits, Ms. Foster says, is a way to connect with a place long-term. “The potato season will have eclipsed itself, but you can really hold an entire season in a bottle of spirits,” she says.
Independence, Mo. // $4.99 million
This 16,000-square-foot home sits on 75 acres, has six-bedrooms, seven-bathrooms and two ½ bathrooms. It has heated floors, a four-car garage, multiple fireplaces and wood stoves, a game and billiards room, a fully equipped gym, a steam room and sauna, and an entertainer’s kitchen.
The home’s custom bar includes decorative barn doors and extensive masonry. It is represented by Tami Froehlich at Reece Nichols.
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Park City, Utah // $11.5 million
Ski in and ski out of this five-bedroom, six-bathroom, roughly 7,700-square-foot house on over 10 acres in the middle of Park City Resort. In addition to two wood-burning fireplaces, two laundry rooms, an eight-person hot tub and mountain views, this home has a bar with beer taps, a pool table and a movie screen.
The double-lot property, which is zoned for horses, is represented by Jenya Gunnell at Homie Real Estate.
Prescott Valley, Ariz. // $7.5 million
Located in the gated community of Prescott Ridge, this roughly 11,500-square-foot home sits on 206 acres of land. It has views in all directions, six master en-suite bedrooms and 10 garage spaces.
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The bar has a stone fireplace and exposed wood beams. The home is currently represented by Paul Schneider at Re/Max Mountain Properties.
Kissimmee, Fla. // $5 million
This home has five bedrooms, five bathrooms, four ½ bathrooms and measures roughly 11,000 square feet. It sits on 5 acres. There is a brick-walled wine and tasting room, pool and spa, outdoor living area and tennis court.
The home also includes two bars, one of which doubles as a billiards room. The home is represented by Crystal Grohowski at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices.
Aspen, Colo. // $39.995 million
This home, on a private cul-de-sac, has nine bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, four ½ bathrooms and measures about 14,000 square feet on roughly 0.4 acres. This ski-in, ski-out property has 30-foot ceilings, panoramic views, a home theater and a hot tub.
The professional game room and bar has a custom billiards table, wood paneling and decorative wine barrels on display. It is represented by Heather Sinclair, Chris Flynn, Allie Lutz and Lisa Hatem at The Agency Aspen.
Source: Mansion Global