Dry Bar/Buffet for Dining Room
kcsturgis
8 years ago
We bought this house in May and it is not our forever home (we expect to be here another 2-3 years max). The kitchen has been recently renovated, but there isn't enough storage for all of our china and barware. So we are wanting to create a dry bar/buffet/built in china hutch in our dining room. Since this is not our forever home, we are not wanting to sink a ton of money into it. I recently was quoted $5,000-$5,500 at Home Depot and Lowes. So we are turning to Ikea in order to get the storage we need at a price we can swing. So I have been trying to come up with a design I like with the Ikea software. I am having a difficult time with the upper cabinets, the wall on either side of the window isn't even and I have had difficulty coming up with something that looks balanced and I am happy with. This rendering isn't the best, but I would love to hear any suggestions or input for making it better! Also just for reference, the grey box on the right is a kegerator.
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Comments (24)To post images, you first need to upload them to a site like photobucket.com or flickr.com (you can get an account for free). Directions for joining and uploading images will be found on whatever site you chose to join. Once you have uploaded your image to the photosharing site, it will assign an html code to your image. The html code starts with the symbol we all learned in algebra 1 means "less than" symbol" and the letter "a". It ends with the letter "a" followed by the "greater than" symbol. Don't worry, you don't have to write code or even understand it! You just have to recognize which bit of information the assigned HTML code is. On photobucket.com, they make it easy. There you will see a box labeled "html" with the code you need in another box right beside it. Just copy and paste the code into the body of your message here on Gardenweb. You can use "ctrl C" and "ctrl V" to copy and paste. You won't see the image when you first paste it. Instead you'll see the symbols I mentioned surrounding a bunch of computer code. Once you click to preview your message, you will see the image you pasted so you'll know you have the right thing. BTW, a 1/4 inch scale floor plan of your entire house is going to be so such a large file that when you upload it to photobucket or whereever, they will have to shrink it. At the maximum file size allowable, the image reproduced on GW will likely be too small for us to read relevant dimensions. Plus I'm assuming you're happy with the rest of your plan and don't want folks here to start making suggestions that would result in you redesigning the entire house just to fit in that wet bar. (LOL!) So, it would probably be better if you crop the image of your floorplan before uploading it so that you only include that portion of your house (kitchen, dining room, and great room area) where you want the wet bar to go....See MoreSpace between dining room table and buffet
Comments (16)To answer ajsmama's questions: The china cabinet and console are both approx. 36" wide and 18" deep. There isn't room for furniture to the left of the french doors because there are double windows there (I love window : ) The table is oval. Sue I think you're right that the china cabinet would look awkward between the french doors and bay. Too much going on. Maybe I should go back to the idea of built in cabinets with window seat. And then look for a narrow, long antique console to dress up the long wall. It's a good idea to mark off the floor. Thanks everyone....See MoreHelp me design a bar/buffet?
Comments (21)We sort of decided to wait for the perfect teak modular system to arrive in my province. And it basically never will. Poor me! But also I think I need something a little sleeker and more built in just because the dining room is a bit tight. Teak credenzas tend to be in the 18-22" deep category and I'd be happier in the 12-15" territory. There will always be SOME bottles on the bar thanks to my husband's notion of hospitality. I'm hoping to wean it down from what you see above. Having glassfront cabs should help in that regard. The shelf units are 25" high wi/adjustable shelf so they should be able to hold all liquor bottle heights. My dust level tolerance has gone WAY up since I got help around the house. We use the glasses fairly often. My tolerance below waist height is not good however b/c I have three furry cats. This post was edited by robotropolis on Thu, Oct 23, 14 at 18:14...See MoreIdeas For Use of Grandmother's Old Dining Room Hutch and Buffet
Comments (31)I live by William Morris' quote: "If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." Your pieces are lovely, no question, but that doesn't mean they are right for you. Keeping things because you have a sense that you "should," regardless of whether that comes from guilt, love, memories, or any other reason is really, truly not a reason to keep them. My mother is on Hospice (my father died in 2012), and when she goes probably almost everything in the very large family home will be sold to antique dealers (if it has value these days) and in a massive garage sale. There are five children and I know four of us want very little. My other sister, who might take more, can't because she lives in low-income housing and has only a small studio. I wouldn't take any of it because I have what I love acquired over the years--and I want no more. To me, it's better that it be sold to someone outside the family IF that someone will love it and make it theirs than for it to stick around, unloved and possibly resented, just to keep it in the family because those kinds of feeling, which will grow with each year it takes up room, will eventually lead to just getting rid of it any way, any place....See Morekcsturgis
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