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Home Bar Front View

Home Bar Rear View

Home Bar Rear View

Introduction

Your home will become a relaxing center for conversation and entertainment when you build this classic bar. Your friends will be amazed when you tell them you built it yourself. This Home Bar is 72 in. long, 42 1/2 in. high, and 24 in. in depth. It features a solid oak armrest and brass footrail.

The trim in front gives the appearance of a frame and panel design but this design is much easier to build. The cabinet is made of readily available 3/4 in. oak plywood. Where edges of the wood are visible, 3/4 in. solid oak wood is used.

At the rear of this beautiful and practical home bar is a long workshelf that provides pleanty of space for an ice bucket, blender, and other bar items you may need for mixing drinks. On the left, below the top shelf are a couple of smaller shelves for storage. In the middle, you'll have two sliding wine racks for storing your wine in a horizontal position. Also, you'll have three convenient drawers on the right.

Our Home Bar Plans are divided into four sections.

First are the Assembly Instructions. Looking through the assembly process first will give you a good picture of what is involved in building this project.

The detailed parts drawings are shown next. Here you will have the details for the parts you need to make.

After the parts drawings, we have drawings that show you how to make the most efficient use of your wood.

Finally, you can see a list of the parts and hardware needed.

Assembly Instructions

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Attach The Drawer Slides To The Gussets

Assembly Drawing - Attach the Drawer Slides to Gussets

Attach The Gussets With Drawer Slides To The Panels

Assembly Drawing - Attach the Gussets and Drawer Slides to the Panels

Attach The Wine Rack Slides To The Panels

Assembly Drawing -Attach Wine rack Slides to Panels

Attach The Gussets For The Divider Panels

Assembly Drawing - Attach the Gussets for the Divider Panels

Attach The Divider Panels To The Bottom Plate

Assembly Drawing -Attach the Divider Panels to the Bottom Plate

Attach The Kick Panel

Assembly Drawing - Attach the Kick Panel

Attach The Side Panels And Shelves

Assembly Drawing - Attach the Side panels and Shelves

Attach The Gussets To The Work Shelf

Assembly Drawing - Attach the Gussets to the Work Shelf

Attach The Work Shelf To The Sides And Divider Panels

Assembly Drawing - Attach the Work Shelf to the Sides and Divide Panels

Assemble The Front Panels

Assembly Drawing - Assemble the Front Panels

Attach The Front To The Side Panels

Assembly Drawing - Attach the Front to the Side Panels

Attach The Bottom Trim To The Front And Sides

Assembly Drawing - Attach the Bottom Trim to the Front and Sides

Attach The Vertical Side And Front Trim

Assembly Drawing - Attach the Vertical Side and Front Trim

Attach The Top Front And Top Side Trim

Assembly Drawing - Attach the Top Front and Top Side Trim

Attach The Decorative Frame Moulding

Assembly Drawing - Attach the Decorative Frame Moulding<

Assemble The Rear Trim

Assembly Drawing - Assemble the Rear Trim

Attach The Rear Trim

Assembly Drawing - Attach the Rear Trim

Attach The Foot Rail Brackets

Assembly Drawing - Attach the Foot Rail Brackets

Measure The Side Rail Length

Assembly Drawing - Measure the Side Rail Length

Measure The Front Rail Length

Assembly Drawing - Measure the Front Rail Length

Assemble The Rails

Assembly Drawing - Assemble the Rails

Assemble The Armrest Moulding

Assembly Drawing - Assemble the Arm rest Moulding

Armrest Assembly Pictures

Assembly Drawing - Armrest Assembly Pictures

Drill The Pocket Holes Tn The Top

Assembly Drawing - Drill the Pocket Holes in the Top

Attach The Rear Trim To The Top

Assembly Drawing - Attach Rear Trim to the Top

Clamping The Trim Flush To The Top

Assembly Drawing - Clamping the Trim Flush to Top

Attach The Risers To The Top

Assembly Drawing - Attach The Risers To The Top

Armrest Molding, Countertop, Risers And Soffit

Assembly Drawing - Armrest Molding, Countertop, Risers And Soffit

Attach Top To The Armrest

Assembly Drawing - Attach Top To Armrest

Attach The End Soffit Pieces

Assembly Drawing - Attach The End Soffit Pieces

Attach The Center Soffit

Assembly Drawing - Attach The Center Soffit

Attach The Top To The Cabinet

Assembly Drawing - Attach The Top To The Cabinet

Assemble The Drawers For Your Home Bar

Assembly Drawing - Assemble The Drawers

Attach The Drawer Fronts

Assembly Drawing - Attach The Drawer Fronts

Assemble The Wine Racks

Assembly Drawing - Assemble The Wine Racks

Congratulations! Your Home Bar Is Complete

This completes the assembly of your Home Bar. Be sure to countersink and fill all finishing nails holes before applying the finish.

Project Parts Drawings

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Front Panel Dimensions

Parts Drawings - Front panel Dimensions

Drill pocket holes on the front sides of the center panel as shown above. These pocket holes are used to attach the three front panels together. The pocket holes will be covered with the trim later.

Side Panel and Vertical Divider Dimensions

Parts Drawings - Side Panel and Vertical Divider

Cut two side panels 14" wide and 41 1/2" high from 3/4 inch oak veneered plywood. Cut two vertical divider panels 14" wide and 23 1/2" high from the same material.

Work Shelf and Bottom Dimensions

Parts Drawings - Work Shelf and Bottom

Cut two pieces of 3/4" oak veneered plywood 52 1/2" wide by 14" deep. One is for the cabinet bottom and the other for the main work shelf.

Kick Panel, Small Shelf, and Gussets

Parts Drawings - Kick Panel, Shelf, and Gussets

Top And Bottom Trim Dimensions

Top And Bottom Trim Dimensions

Front Fluted Trim Dimensions

Front Fluted Trim Dimensions

Side & Corner Trim Dimensions

Parts Drawings - Side & Corner Trim

Decorative Frame Parts Dimensions

Parts Drawings - Decorative Frame Parts

Rear Trim Dimensions

Parts Drawings - Rear Trim

Arm Rest Moulding Dimensions

Parts Drawings - Arm Rest Moulding

Bar Top Dimensions

Parts Drawings - Bar Top

Attach Router Guides Strips

Parts Drawings - Attach Router Guides Strips

Bar Top Rear Trim Dimensions

Parts Drawings - Bar Top Rear Trim

Countertop trim pieces are all cut from 1 1/2" by 3/4" solid oak.

Risers Dimensions

Parts Drawings - Risers

Soffit Dimensions

Parts Drawings - Soffit

Drawer Box Sides, Fronts, and Backs Dimensions

Parts Drawings - Drawer Box Sides, Fronts, and Backs

Drawer Fronts and Bottoms Dimensions

Parts Drawings - Drawer Fronts and Bottoms

Wine Racks Parts Dimensions

Parts Drawings - Wine Racks Parts

Parts Cutout Drawings

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Home Bar Cutout Suggestions (1)

Home Bar Cutout Suggestions (1)

Home Bar Cutout Suggestions (2)

Home Bar Cutout Suggestions (2-1) Home Bar Cutout Suggestions (2-2)

Home Bar Cutout Suggestions (3)

Home Bar Cutout Suggestions (3)

Tools and Materials Needed

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Tools You'll Need

  • Table Saw/Miter Saw
  • Pocket Hole Jig
  • Electric Drill
  • Pocket Hole Jig
  • Sander
  • Quick Clamps or C-clamps

Materials You Will Need For Your Home Bar

Materials You Will Need For Your Home Bar

Parts You Will Need To Make

Please Note! The dimensions given are based on using 3/4" thick plywood. However, much of the plywood on the market today is actually a metric size and is slightly less than 3/4" thick. This will not affect most of the dimensions, however, you will need to adjust the dimensions of the rear trim accordingly if your plywood is less than 3/4" thick.

Parts You Will Need To Make

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