As the holidays approach us, there is a bigger incentive to get your home ready for the impending parties and gatherings that take place during the holidays.
While making sure your home is clean, stocked up, and ready for these gatherings is par for the course, there are ways to give your home an even nicer touch than usual.
Transforming your kitchen into a mini bar can give your home a nice touch that will reflect the festive environment that the holidays offer. Not only that, it can also organize your kitchen as well.
What you’ll need
Whether you are serving alcoholic drinks or not, there are certain things that are necessary for this mini bar. It is assumed that you are living in a house or apartment with a full kitchen. Transforming your kitchen into a mini bar will not be possible if your kitchen is not complete.
This means your kitchen should have two counters, as well as the usual space for the appliances it contains. This is absolutely necessary for transforming your kitchen into a mini bar.
Depending on what you will be serving, you will also need accessories for your bar: Mixing devices, taps, and other such things. While these are not necessary, they are also recommended. You never know what somebody will want.
Things that are absolutely necessary are furniture, drinkware, drip covers, and cleaning cloths. When it comes to this, make sure you are preparing for more than what you need. You never know if more people than expected will show up.
Where to have everything
Keep your drinkware, taps, and mixing devices away from the counters. You should have them close to the counters, but not on the counters. It is important to not crowd the counters too much, and keeping drinkware on the counters could cause accidents.
Another thing to do is to keep cleaning cloths away from the other accessories. While you do want them to be close to you, you do not want anything to splash onto any of the cleaning supplies.
Drink bottles should be kept next to the kitchen sink. If you keep these in any other area in the kitchen, you run the risk of spilling even more on the floor than necessary. Keeping these bottles in the refrigerator will crowd it. Keep a bucket (or two) of ice next to the bottles.
Also, make sure every surface is covered somehow. Spilling occurs a lot in any given bar, and mini bars at home are no exception to this. Cover the counters with towels or drip covers, and do what you can to place mats on the floor if possible. If this isn’t possible, keep a mop and some kind of cleaning solution nearby just in case there is a major spill.
To complete the look of a bar, you can even set up neon signs on the higher parts of the kitchen. These days, you can order or customize neon signs to display almost anything that is necessary, and they can add a nice final touch when transforming your kitchen into a mini bar.
About Lara
Lara Douglas is a young woman who loves interior designing and home decor. She is passionate about new trends and fashion forward home décor ideas. She regularly posts at Neon Signs Depot.
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