The presence of a bar rack in a modern apartment has long been not something exclusive or unusual. This is due to its high functionality, practicality and individuality, which allows you to establish this interior item in almost any room, using it for zoning space, unreleal gatherings with guests, eating or drinks.
It would seem that everything is fine, choose the right product, purchase it and install it in our apartment, but no, not everything is so simple. Surprisingly, this item of the interior does not apply to furniture, it is considered a design and, accordingly, to buy a ready -made option is quite problematic.
And here a legitimate question arises – how to get out of the situation? There is a solution! Manufacturers offer a lot of various components for bar racks: legs, functional supports, basements, backlight, fittings from matte and chrome metal, countertops. With the help of these elements and, of course, fantasies it is quite possible to construct and build a bar with your own hands.
Rack design
Advice! For greater clarity when designing, use the appropriate computer program, and if it is absent, draw a sketch on paper with mandatory markings and instructions.
In order to facilitate the work on the construction of the bar and eliminate the likelihood of its subsequent alteration and refinement, it is necessary to think over the appearance and design features of the structure even before going to the store for materials and the desired details.
When designing, it is best to be guided by the following criteria:
1. The price category is what you can and want to afford. This includes: the quality and cost of the source materials and details, as well as the method of processing and decoration. For example, it is impossible to give the necessary form of a stone countertop without special equipment, respectively, this service will have to be paid. But in a laminated chipboard you can achieve any appearance with ordinary improvised tools.
2. Functionality – here you need to decide what it will be:
● an object that performs its direct purpose;
● a product with the function of zoning of space;
● a combined option – a stand and a dining table;
● absence or presence of various shelves and stands for storing dishes and kitchen accessories.
3. Aesthetics and consonance of the appearance of the structure with the existing interior.
Important! Pay attention to the area of the room where it is planned to install a rack – in a small room or kitchen, it is not advisable to build a high and massive structure, t. To. This will significantly reduce the already small space.
The design of the bar
Differences in the design can be very significant:
● single -level – elementary, easiest option. Is a countertop fixed on a support or closed box.
● Two -level – has a separation in height between countertops, where higher performs the function of the bar, and low – the working surface or dining table.
● multi -level – includes the capabilities of a two -level rack with additions in the form of various shelves, stands and holders.
In addition to differences in the number of levels, bar racks can differ in their geometric form: straight, angular, semicircular and curved at any angle.
Advice! If desired, you can make a fairly wide countertop and place a sink and/or plate on it, this will significantly save space.
Materials
It is difficult to talk about the advantages or disadvantages of a particular material, especially since each person can have any preferences and, of course, his taste. But, there are general criteria that must be in materials used in the construction of a bar rack or their external (finish) coating:
Moisture resistance.
Strength.
Immunity to the effects of aggressive liquids (alcohol, detergents, etc. D.) and high temperatures.
Beauty is this concept, of course, subjective, but the selected material should not fall out of the overall concept of the design of the room.
The most commonly used materials:
● stone, natural and artificial.
● wood. Dear breeds – oak, ash, red tree, beech. Inexpensive, often used wood – pine, larch.
● Laminated chipboard – post -forming.
● tempered glass – is characterized by a huge number of color solutions and the possibility of decoration inlay or applying decorative drawings to it.
● composites – multilayer artificially created materials.
● Metal.
Self -designed bar, with your own hands, embodied in life is not only a matter of convenience of using living space, but also the pride of the owner who managed to give an interesting highlight, reviving the interior, pouring new modern notes into it.
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