Building your own wet bar is a great way to add another interesting touch to your home. Whether you entertain a lot now or you plan to in the future, with wet bar floor plans, you can create the dream hang out area in your basement or main floor. Here are some ideas for creating a wet bar that really adds value to your home as well as to your life. These wet bar floor plans are going to make you want to be the host every time there's a celebration.

The key to wet bar floor plans is that you need to know what you will be using the bar for primarily. For example, it's a given that you will be making drinks here, but if you're more of a wine drinker than a liquor drinker, you might want to have plenty of wine storage space as well. Think too about the number of people you want to have sitting around the area so that you have enough sitting space along the bar itself.Of course, this will depend on the uses for the bar itself in terms of what you will include for entertainment.

Good wet bar floor plans will have ample room for a variety of glasses as well as liquors and ice. If you're planning on using the bar regularly, you might want to install a refrigerator space that will allow you to make ice or just store it when necessary. You will also want to have enough mixing instruments to help you fix any kind of drink for your guests as well as a drinks manual in order to make drinks you're unfamiliar with.Modern wet bar floor plans will also include some sort of entertainment portion for guests to enjoy while their drink is being made. For example, a flat screen TV is a good addition behind the bar as is a space to play cards or some other game.

Having a home wet bar in a finished basement is a luxury that many people are deciding to install, even if they aren't avid drinkers. The convenience of having somewhere in your basement where you can keep cold drinks, house dishes and glassware, and have access to running water makes one almost a necessity of human life. Finished basements are now the norm, because people are opting to expand their living space by utilizing their lower levels, and no living space is complete without at least a powder room and a space for basement hospitality. Thus the introduction of basement wet bars.

After you build your new basement wet bar, you need to think about seating. Do you want people to sit on high stools around the bar, or would you prefer to have a couple of tables and more comfortable seating? Since the bar is in a home situation, you may decide to go with the latter. Bar stools can be cute, but they aren't really very practical. Opting for something lower and with arms will probably suit all your guests much better.

It used to be that only the elite homes in your neighborhood had a wet bar, they were an extravagant luxury for those who had a little more cash to burn. But now you see homeowners taking it up a notch and installing these bars in a wide variety of middle class homes. If you're thinking of adding this to your home's decor, know that you have a wide variety of options, from built in to free standing units, small kitchens all the way up to large entertainment areas.