Last Reveal and Tour of Our DIY Basement Bar and Kitchen | Thrifty Decor Chick

 Constructing a DIY basement bar and kitchenette, from begin to end! 

I am lastly sharing a full tour of our basement kitchenette that I’ve
labored on for the previous two years! We love this house a lot and it is about
time I present you the entire room. 

I tackled so many DIY tasks for this kitchen construct and discovered a ton alongside
the best way. I even had a couple of do-it-myself firsts throughout this course of. 

The worth of our dwelling was positively elevated with this challenge as nicely.
(Though I’ll by no means go away this home if I might help it!) 

We waited about 5 years to sort out this house after shifting in. It was type
of a catch all spot earlier than: 

I did not have the builder carpet this space, pondering we’d begin this
course of immediately. I used to be slightly off on the timeline. 😉 

We had wine fridges down right here, and a microwave to make popcorn, however that was
about it. 

We had the entire water and plumbing (water line for fridge and plumbing
for sink) roughed in after we constructed the home. 

After I cleared every thing out of right here, it was time to begin constructing a enjoyable
and purposeful house for my household to get pleasure from. 

Earlier than I might begin something, we had the retailers moved to suit the format
and as much as counter peak:  

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We’re spoiled, as a result of this basement kitchenette is larger than most I’ve
seen. We might have match a complete kitchen in right here! (That is in all probability twice the
dimension of all of my kitchens up until our final home.) 

I will take you thru the steps of this challenge (with hyperlinks to full
tutorials) after which I will share the ultimate reveal on the finish of the
put up. 

I’m so extremely happy with this room as a result of I did
nearly each challenge by myself. I assumed the
massive kitchen makeover
I did at our final home was quite a lot of work — this one beat that by far! It
took me greater than a 12 months to finish the house. 

Constructing and putting in cupboards 

As a substitute of utilizing the (costlier) fridge facet panels, we had a 4×8
wooden panel lower down. I later colour matched the cupboards on the paint retailer to
paint these and the trim.

LVP flooring set up and evaluate 

This was my first time putting in LVP flooring, and could also be my final. 😂 

OK, it wasn’t actually that unhealthy. I feel if I had a extra open house with
much less issues to chop round, it would not be practically as a lot work. 

We’re thrilled with our alternative for the flooring on this kitchen space. I selected
the Nightfall Cherry colour from the Lifeproof line at Residence Depot. 

We just lately had a minor water difficulty (coming from an ice maker) and the flooring
are nonetheless pretty much as good as new. They’re waterproof and could be put in proper on
high of cement.  

Total there was ZERO put on and tear — nothing that I can see in any respect.
(That is with 4 pets in the home as nicely.) 

Countertop, sink and tap set up

I’ve put in smaller counter tops through the years, however nothing like this. I
selected butcher block counters for this space as a result of they’re 1. inexpensive 2.
straightforward to seek out and three. look GREAT! 

After I’ve put in these earlier than, it has been one piece. This time I measured,
lower down, match after which stained and handled three massive items earlier than
putting in: 

As soon as they had been in, I lower a gap for the only basin sink and put in that
with the tap. 

I am unable to imagine in my 25+ years of DIYing that I had by no means put in a faucet,
not to mention one the place I had so as to add the entire plumbing fixtures to the tough in
popping out of the wall. 

However I did a TON of analysis, borrowed some instruments from a good friend and acquired it
completed! I used to be SO happy with myself, particularly after I turned on the water and
there wasn’t one leak. 🙂 (Even now!)

Generally my need to be taught new issues comes from my full and whole
impatience to simply get it completed. Ha! It really works out nicely for me.

Tile backsplash and DIY gallery rail

I used a darkish ceramic tile with a pretend marble look and black grout for the
backsplash. I like the distinction towards the nice and cozy wooden counter tops:

I later put in black retailers and covers to mix in with the
backsplash. 

One in all my favourite tasks in right here was this “fake” gallery rail I added to a
small shelf above the tile: 

Gallery rails are metallic fixtures you possibly can set up on shallow cabinets and/or
ledges — and I like the look of them. Drawback is, they’re VERY
costly. 

It offers us an important spot to show photographs and artwork that we love. 

DIY countertop bookcases 

I’ve had these shelving models in thoughts for years! I actually needed to make the
house between them curved, however thus far I have not added that element. 

I like having a spot so as to add some decor, plus they’re an important spot to hold our
wine lessons. Keep tuned to see what I did with all of these wine corks! 

DIY bar with hidden storage

Our plan all alongside was to constructed a bar/peninsula to complete up this house, however
it wasn’t until a couple of 12 months later that I lastly accomplished that half. 

I had to determine how I needed it to work first. I ended up utilizing wall
cupboards for the primary a part of the bar: 

My solely splurge on this kitchenette was the counter tops on the bar. They’re a
black granite with gold, white and grey tones and SO a lot fairly motion. The
installers matched the motion from the highest to the facet “waterfall”
piece: 

Throughout this course of, we additionally prolonged the flooring to a close-by doorway. This
made the room really feel a lot larger and gave the chairs room to be pulled out
simply. 

Wine cork wall with dart board

This was one other considered one of my favourite tasks, despite the fact that it took FOREVER. 😂
We have had a ton of wine corks that I’ve saved up for 15-20 years, figuring out I might
do one thing enjoyable with them ultimately. 

The method was straightforward, simply time consuming. I shared how I simply lower the corks
in that put up as nicely! 

Now let’s check out the entire completed house! There was one addition I
employed out on the finish — I painted the crown molding however had some assist placing
it up. I used to be worn out! 

I had it wrapped across the bookcases as nicely, so it makes them look extra
customized and ties them into the house much more:

We have had these wine fridges ceaselessly. They are not the identical however look
tremendous comparable. 

I simply swapped the course of the door on one, so we are able to open them from
the center of this space: 

The opposite facet of the room is not as thrilling, however it’s tremendous purposeful! This
is the place many of the storage is, these cupboards present greater than sufficient down
right here: 

My cupboard format had some open, awkward areas. So as a substitute of losing house
within the corners beneath the counters, I made a decision so as to add some easy open shelving
on both facet of the sink cupboard: 

We cherished this house earlier than I completed the bar, but it surely lastly feels full
with it completed! Our son loves to sit down right here and do homework: 

I forgot one further change we had completed as nicely — an electrician ran a
couple recessed lights over the bar: 

I did not need hanging lights, as I assumed it might get too busy. The recessed
lights are good, and naturally are on a dimmer so we are able to dim the sunshine if
wanted. 

The hidden storage within the bar is superior, and I’ve to indicate everybody the place it
is after they go to. 😉 

We love this house a lot, it has been an exquisite addition after we entertain
our household and associates. However my little household makes use of it most of all — we’re
positively basement folks and at the very least considered one of us spends time down right here each
night. 

Hope you loved the tour, let me know when you have any questions! I will embrace
sources on the backside of the put up: 

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