Home Bar Build

Searched this forum quite a bit for inspiration for my home bar build. Lucky enough to have had a semi-finished basement with plenty of room to start with, just a blank canvas. I'll start with some demo pics.

 

The bar was actually made out of a massive custom built bookcase that a friend found wouldn't fit in his new condo. The wood is 100-125 year old red oak. It even came with the steel that I cut up to use for support for the top. I'm not much of a carpenter, so I went for the rustic look.

 

Notice the support pole, it can't be moved, so we'll have to modify it to make it useful

 

The part you guys care about, and was finished first. I don't have good pics with me, but the kegerator is a converted stainless front refrigerator/freezer with a 3 inch PVC pipe leading into the wall. On the other side are the tap's. Behind the old beer crate "finish plate", there is a 4 inch PVC endcap with holes drilled in it for the taps and a removable coupler between the 3 inch and 4 inch sections for cleaning and disassembly. I'm a few kegs in, and it keeps the taps cold and delivers good, consistent pours. I work for Mack & Volvo, hence the Bullldog tap handle.

 

My pendent lights are old rotors from a Nascar ARCA series car. The sink is an aluminum oil pan, adapted for sink duty.

 

Used the Kleer Koat product several people have used in order to cover and even out the mixture of license plates and old beer crates that I pieces together on the bar top. Talk about a time intensive process. Lots of thin coats and time spent with a blow torch.

 

Here it is, pretty much all finished.....

 

Update on the oil pan sink. It is only marginally useful as a sink, but it does still look cool. Good for rinsing glasses, and that's about it.

 

I can't believe I didn't think of a truck oil pan