Based on the photos you have posted, I don't think removing the cabinet is a good idea. I would not replace it with a coffee bar. Are these listing photos or are they current with your items? If not, can you please post current photos with your furniture in ti?

Seems like a long walk to set up for coffee. I might make it more of a credenza with cabinets and art above.

these are listing, we don’t have any current item photos as the whole house will be furnished new - open canvas for now!

this was the idea for the wine/coffee bar

You might live with it for a while. I would not want coffee and wine that far from a sink. Also wine fridges are deeper than that built-in. You can change the look by wall papering or painting the back.

What a nice-looking house! I wonder -- can you put door fronts that match the kitchen cabinets over the built-in to make it look like an extension of the kitchen? Or, put door fronts on in a coordinating color -- play off some other colors you'll have in your artwork and furnishings. What I'm trying to say is turn it into actual cabinetry.

IMO way too early to be making decisions . I think always live in a space for at least 3-6 months before doing much at all in the way of major changes. I do agree not from what I can see agood place for a coffee bar . When you move in or if possible before post a to scale floor plan of the whole house every windoe doorway where those lead every meausrement clearly marked post here in a comment in jpeg thenideas will come . When you take pics please just notmal pics not these distorted realtor pics that honestly are useless .

It looks like what you want to do would stick out about twice as much as the current shelves. I would move in, do some mock-ups with leftover moving boxes and see how the space feels with a bulkier built-in. In the meantime start looking for the right person/company to complete the project. The good ones will be booked out till next year!

Also start looking at what you think you want to spend on this coffee bar. In that photo the SZ fridge is $10,365 plus custom panels and the Miele coffee machine starts at $4,500 to $6,500 for the plumbed/drain version (which I have and recommend, if you can run plumbing to that wall).

You can only address living room layout after you move in, as so much depends on what you have/are buying.

I would be considering how to connect the kitchen/living room when addressing that wall. On that note, could place a small coffee station to the right of fridge, add a wine fridge in island, and as storage doesn’t seem to be a issue, just use large art.

If you decide on a built in, aim for a warmer, more interesting feel.

thanks so much love all the ideas we are actually reworking the corner where the fridge is to fit a subzero…this was helpfulb