25 Home Bars Stashed Under the Stairs
These home bars make refreshing use of the awkward spaces under stairs
A grown-up Harry Potter would feel right at home mixing a cocktail at one of these bars, which transform the often-wasted space under the stairs into hubs of in-home entertainment. To help you work magic with your staircase, we’re serving up 25 shots of inspiration, from small, simple setups to well-appointed bars equipped with sinks, fridges and seating. Flip through the photos and tell us which of them wets your whistle.
2. A wet bar designed by Beth Howley in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rounds the corner with floating wooden shelves, modern slab-front cabinets, an undermount sink and a backsplash of tiny-format white tiles.
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3. Surprise! Open the door under the stairs of this rustic barn-style home in Greenwich, Connecticut, designed by architect William D. Earls, and you’ll find a lighted wet bar with a stone countertop and open shelving.
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4. In Austin, Texas, under the floating staircase of a midcentury modern-inspired home designed by Studio Steinbomer, is an expansive wet bar with wine and drink fridges, an ice maker, chevron-shaped wine racks and triangle-tile backsplash.
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5. A traditional house built by Patterson Custom Homes in the Lido Isle area of Newport Beach, California, features a galley-shaped bar and a full-height wine refrigerator under its stairs.
6. Sneller Custom Homes and Remodeling created this glamorous home bar in Houston, Texas, with an iridescent-tile backsplash and dark-stained cabinets that accentuate the staircase’s curve.
7. In a North Haven, New York, farmhouse, designer Timothy Godbold coordinated the rough-hewn stair treads, beams and open shelving in a limestone-topped bar.
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9. A modern home bar in Ireland crafted by Enigma Design cabinetmakers includes a wine fridge, a wooden wine rack and matching wood-backed open shelving for glassware storage.
10. Designer Katy Bell Hamnes installed a simple dry bar (a bar sans plumbing) resembling a rustic sideboard and hutch, designed to fit just so under the stairs of a transitional Nashville home.
11. Sunlight washes an L-shaped wet bar with matching built-in hutch and sideboard under the curved staircase of a New Canaan, Connecticut, home designed by Crosby and Co. and photographed by Kelsey Ann Rose.
12. In France, a modern villa renovated by Pergola BTP keeps it simple with a few wall-mounted shelves for bottles and a bar-height table and stools under an L-shaped staircase.
13. Boshaw Residential installed a small, Wedgwood-blue bar and matching built-in wine rack under the U-shaped stairs of this transitional Atlanta home.
14. Beneath the curved staircase of a Porebski Architects-designed house on Australia’s Sydney Harbor, white hinged doors open to reveal a contrasting dark-wood wet bar.
15. Renovated by Miami-based Melhem Construction Group, an artsy Barcelona, Spain, vacation home features a compact and cleverly designed under-stairs home bar with glam marble and mirrored finishes.
16. A bar’s bottle- and glass storage is integrated into the stair treads of this rustic-modern Bayfield, Colorado, home by Elevation Custom Builders.
17. The standout feature of this traditional-style under-stairs bar by Case Design/Remodeling in Falls Church, Virginia, is a built-in wine preservation and dispensing system.
18. An LED-lit stone slab is a bold backdrop for the dry bar in this Phoenix contemporary loft designed by Lynda Martin.
19. In the staircase of a modern mountain mansion, Montana-based Centre Sky Architecture built in a neat lighted nook for spirits and glasses that opens and closes via a sliding barn door.
20. A contemporary custom home built by Spokane Valley, Washington-based Parsons Construction features a quartz-topped bar with an undermount sink, a drink fridge, open wine storage and an iridescent tile backsplash.
22. Cheers to Meechi Design for squeezing a brick-backed bar with a wine fridge and ample bottle storage into a small Los Angeles condo.
23. Constructed by Builders East in Indian River Shores, Florida, a light, bright and beachy home bar features floating shelves that match the treads in the floating staircase above and the light wood floor below.
24. Alair Homes Arlington appointed this traditional seated wet bar in the basement of an Arlington, Virginia, home with a brick feature wall, a tiled ceiling and floating shelves backed with a mirror that visually doubles the space under the stairs.
25. Architect Kimberly Peck’s renovation of a three-story Harlem, New York, brownstone included this sleek home wet bar, whose cabinetry is mirrored on a patio beyond the wall of glass to the right of the stairs.
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