If you live in or around Bloomfield, Connecticut and you’re thinking of building a home bar, then this article’s for you. In it, we reveal our top three tips we picked over the course of 20+ years of experience for creating the perfect home bar in your house. The catch? You need to have an unrenovated or unused basement.
For more than 20 years we’ve been helping homeowners just like you make the most out of their homes by renovating their basements. And with over 7,000 projects under our belt, we’ve picked up a thing or two along the way. Here are our top three tips for building the perfect home bar in your basement.
- Always build a bathroom first
Every good home bar, or any other type of project that involves your basement for that matter, has to include a bathroom. And before we talk about how important a bathroom is for your home bar, think about the fact that as soon as you have a functioning bathroom in your basement, you’ve upped the value of your home by 10 to 20%. Ask any realtor and they’ll confirm it – a bathroom in your basement leads to a higher appraisal which leads to either more money in case of a sale or a better mortgage if you decide to take one.
Now in terms of how practical a new bathroom would be, we can’t say it enough – a bathroom in your basement, especially if you’re thinking about transforming it into a home bar, is vital.
Just imagine having your friends go up and down the stairs every time they need to use the toilet. It would impact the vibe and coziness of your home bar and create unnecessary ruckus throughout your home.
Another great aspect of having a bathroom in your basement is that it allows you to change it into anything you want at the drop of a hat. Tired of the bar and thinking of creating a home cinema instead? Or do you suddenly need to add a new bedroom, or maybe a home office to your house? If you already have a bathroom down there, all these flips are easy peasy.
- Plan for easy cleaning
Everything gets dirty in a bar. Everything. And home bars are no different.
That’s why it’s important to plan ahead and make sure that all surfaces are easy to clean. And the most important one of all – the flooring. Apart from installing easy-to-clean, water-resistant flooring, you should also consider putting in a drain in your floor.
Walls are also important. Make sure you can take a wet piece of cloth to them without doing any damage. On top of that, you should also prepare to have…
- Easy-to-fix walls
People go crazy once they’ve had a few. They let loose and their balance isn’t exactly top-notch, so a few cracks in your bar’s walls are to be expected over the years.
Now you can let them be and say that your walls have character, or… you could choose our Owens Corning® Basement Finishing System® and fix any hole in a couple of minutes tops.
How does that work? Well, as opposed to drywall, the Owens Corning® Basement Finishing System® is made up of panels that can be taken down and put back up with the use of a simple screwdriver. It’s so easy a toddler could do it.
Call us today for a free estimate of your basement renovation project.