The Faux Room Separation for Large Rooms

Not all large rooms are the same. But, particularly long rooms can be disconcerting at times. Living room and dining room combinations, long basements and long backrooms are just a few of the particularly large rooms that could use a break somewhere near the middle.

You don’t have to build a wall per se. But, it might be nice to create a faux separation that gives people the impression that one room is divided into two separate distinct areas. A small home bar will do the trick.

Length or Width

The first thing to decide is exactly where you want your faux separation. A room doesn’t necessarily have to be divided down the middle. If one area can be smaller while the other area requires more space, then choose a spot where the appropriate space is allotted to each end of the room.

The next decision to make can be rather difficult. Do you want the bar to jet out from the wall or have the wall as the backdrop? Jetting your bar out from the wall establishes a very distinguishing room separation. But, having the wall as a backdrop creates the same separation with some hiding places for specialty bar accessories.

Build the Bar

No matter which way you decide to orient your bar, it’s going to be easy to build. You can go all out with cabinets, kegerators, coolers, shelving and everything else you can imagine. But, it’s not necessary.

A bar built jetting out from the wall can be built with a simple structure made of 2x4s and plywood. Use wood planks to dress it up, finish with a countertop and place a small refrigerator on the bar against the wall. That’s the easiest that I can design for you.

But, there are some great coolers and small refrigerators that you can get that will stand as high as the bar and can be placed between the bar and the wall. That gives you more counter space. Also, you can get really creative and place a kegerator in the middle that can be reached from both sides. That way, you enjoy draft rather than cans or bottles. Of course, you can always have both.

A bar utilizing the wall as the backdrop is just as easy to build as one jetting out from the wall. But, you will be able to accomplish a little more. A nice array of cabinets for various beer specialty items is perfect for a home bar. Different coolers, refrigerators and kegerators for whatever purpose you might have can be hidden behind the bar as well.

A flat screen television can hang on the wall behind the bar. Lighting can change the entire scene dramatically. The wall itself can be decorated with faux brick, stone or wood and really change the climate of the room.

Sometimes, we just have to break up the monotony. A particularly large room can be boring if you’ve lived in it long enough. Break it up with a home bar and you accomplish two things at once. You create the impression that you have two separate rooms, and you finally get your own home bar.