17 Genius DIY Home Coffee Bar Ideas that You Need to Know About
This post shows you 17 genius DIY home coffee bar ideas that you need to know about.
nAdding a home coffee bar is one way to upgrade any kitchen without a renovation, and to make your morning a little more enjoyable. There are many ways in which you can create your own personal coffee bar and they will help it to match your style.
17 Genius DIY Home Coffee Bar Ideas that You Need to Know About
1.Put the Coffee Pot on Wheels
Cleaning is a key part of a successful coffee bar, as those small spills and drips and coffee grounds can get anywhere. By adding small appliance wheels to the bottom or placing a pull out tray onto your coffee bar, you will be easily able to move the coffee pot or other supplies and clean behind and under it.
2.Pod Storage
If you use a machine that takes coffee pods, you know the struggle of not only storing the fresh coffee pods for use but also disposing of the used pods. While you can buy pod storage, you can also create your own that will fit with the style of your coffee bar.
3.Add a Backsplash
Protect the wall and make cleaning splashes easy while also adding style by putting on a stylish backsplash. Glass beads applied to the wall, shelf liner with a design or pattern you love, or ceramic tiles to create a DIY home coffee bar backsplash that is easy to clean and pretty.
4.Display Mugs
Display your favorite mugs! You can grab your favorite cup and make your ideal coffee quickly and efficiently by keeping your cups easy to see and nearby. Easy ways to display mugs are a tension rod with S hooks, screw small metal hooks into the underside of the cabinet or shelf, repurpose a locker shelf or other small organizing shelf to line them up, or place them on a tray.
5.Placement Matters
Where you put your coffee bar is key to the useability and success of your project. While it does fit well in a corner of the kitchen either on the counter or in an unused cupboard, but it also fills a small nook in a room that isn’t used, works great in an office, or can even be built in the bedroom for a convenient coffee while you get ready for the day.
6.Dresser Base
For an affordable and adaptable option that won’t take up counter space, paint an old dresser or nightstand. It can be any colour you want, and even topped with a shelf or fridge liner to prevent damage from water or spills. The drawer easily holds pods, fresh coffee grounds, spoons, and other tools for making the ideal coffee. If it has an open shelf that is a great space for cups or additional supplies.
7.Use a Rolling Cart or Island
For a coffee bar that can move with you or change locations to find the one that fits the best, a rolling cart or small rolling kitchen island is a great place to start. They can be painted or chosen in the colour you prefer and will hold all of your necessary coffee needs. Use S hooks on the side or on a towel bar to hold your cups, add flavors and additives to the lower shelves, and you will have a ready to use coffee bar.
8.Plants for a Focus
Create a focus that isn’t the coffee pot by adding a small potted plant to your DIY coffee bar. It can be a real plant or fake, succulent or flowers, to add colour, brighten the area, and add life to the area.
9.Shelving
Floating shelves above your coffee bar are a great way to add storage and expand the display space as well. Mounting floating shelves above the coffee bar will increase storage and create a focal point for the space, defining it’s use.
10.Fully Stocked
Keep your coffee bar fully stocked. Items to consider are cups or mugs, espresso spoons for stirring, flavours you enjoy, other additives including cinnamon or vanilla, napkins, cup cozies, travel mugs and lids, tea bags and a kettle if you also drink tea, small biscuits or other snacks, coffee pods or grounds, a coffee grinder, filters, and a place to dispose of used coffee pods if you use them.
11.Add Tea and Treats
While a coffee bar is intended for coffee, it can also be a great place to include alternative drinks like tea and hot chocolate, and to keep a cannister or box of your favorite scones, biscuits, or other baked treats. They can add visual interest and also add to your coffee drinking experience.
12.Picture the Perfect Mug
Create a beautiful display of your mugs by using a picture frame and adding small hooks to hang them on. Hang the frame above your coffee station, allowing easy access to your favorite mugs and also adding to the display and style of the area. For added personalization you can paint or decorate the frame in any way.
13.Use the Vertical Space
There is often a lot of unused space between things that rest on the counter or other surface and the bottom of the upper cabinets or the ceiling where cabinets aren’t present.
14.Stay Minimalist
If you have a minimalist lifestyle you may want to stay with that trend and create a minimalist coffee bar. To do this you need only a surface to put the items on, a mug or two, coffee to be brewed, anything that you add to your coffee such as sugar or powder creamer, and spoons.
15. Bakers Rack
One option for making a coffee bar is to source a baker’s rack, these are often found on the buy and sell or free pages and can be easily personalized upon arrival. This will have space for storage of all the coffee supplies, extra appliances, snacks and cannisters of treats, and many have space for hanging things like cups or towels as well.
16.Flavor Storage
If you like to add syrups or sugar free flavors to your coffee, they should also be stored on the coffee bar. For larger bottles a wine rack works well, or you can use a water bottle storage rack, or small staggered shelves can be added to the coffee bar to stand the flavors upright and add pumps to them.
17.Add a Bar Fridge
If you use liquid coffee creamer or milk, whipped cream, or sauces, it may be beneficial to empty the underneath of the cupboard, dresser, or other furniture that you are using for your coffee bar and put a bar fridge under it. This will allow you to easily access all of the things you need for your coffee at any time of day and complete the coffee bar.
Recap
There are many ways to make your own DIY Home Coffee Bar so the most important place to begin is to choose the surface you want to use, select your colours or stye that you want to use, and then begin to build the ideal coffee bar for you. Some items such as the coffee maker and mugs are necessary, while others such as snacks, flavoring, toppings, and more can be added or left off depending on space and size. Build your coffee bar where it will work best for you whether that is in an unused closet of the kitchen, in a cupboard or pantry, in your office, or in the bedroom.
Resources: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/decorating-ideas/g30531842/coffee-bar-ideas/
