Since we have three bedrooms in our apartment now, we turned the middle one into a TV lounge, hangout room. It has just about everything you could ever want in a TV room: a TV with all the accoutrement, surround sound, super comfy sofa, mood lighting. Everybody loves hanging out in there. Really, the only thing that sucks about it is when you're drinking and you have to keep getting up and going to the kitchen to throw out an empty beer can and grab a new one. It is seriously far.

Solution! The day we moved in I vowed that I would convert the TV room closet into a swank bar complete with my wine fridge, a beer fridge, trash can, cutting board, glassware. You name it, this shit is going to be nice. The more I plan, the more complicated my dream becomes. Now bear in mind that I have zero experience and absolutely no tools. But I have a dream, damnit, and sometimes that's all you need.

But seriously, if anybody has any experience or tools, I could really use your help.

The past couple of days at work I've spent drawing this conceptual drawing. I first measured the closet and then learned how to use AutoCAD to do a really nice isometric drawing as a first draft for getting my thoughts onto paper. Today I took that finished AutoCAD drawing into Photoshop and googled the different materials to overlay into this finished product. I'm obviously pretty proud of myself. Toot! Toot!

The whole thing is roughly 8' by 2' and will be covered in slate tiles. The back has four holes in the wood trim for accent lighting. There will be glass shelves above it with all my glassware, so this should create a cool lighting effect. The cutting board is actually recessed into the two-ply-wood shelf. After it's tiled, it will be flush with the rest of the surfaces. The copper flashing you see is actually just a hole that leads down to a trashcan that will be concealed by the large cabinet. Drawers flank on either side for spoons and knives and whatnot. Where you see no cabinetry is where the closet walls will actually be hiding those areas. And below each drawer will be a wine fridge or a beer fridge.

I really think I've thought of it all here, but if you have any suggestions on how to improve my little design let me know. I estimated the construction time at 2 years but Daniel thinks we can accomplish it in a few weekends. I guess all we can do is try ... and kiss our deposit goodbye. Let me know what you think!

where are the liquor shelves?

additionally, i’m not sure about the open hole for garbage. that thing’s gonna stink.
i hope this doesn’t double post.

I guess the idea behind the bar is that it would be one, large liquor shelf. And hopefully the majority of the trash will be beer bottles and won’t stink. Although, maybe a hinged door is in order….

If you empty the trash when you notice that it stinks then the stink will go away. THE COPPER CHUTE STAYS. SAVE THE CHUTE!!!

yeah, the chute is a must. however, to cut down on any possible smell, and to keep the chute itself clean, you have to plan for “wounded soldiers.”

*i have no suggestion as to how to go about that.

I am not familiar with this term, “wounded soldier.” Maybe I could rig up a weak spring hinge that holds doors closed at the bottom of the chute, and then a falling beer bottle would be heavy enough to force them open as it falls through. Finishing details, first I have to figure out how to cut plywood.

When cutting plywood the very best investment you can make is for a chalk line, oh yeah and a circular saw but the chalk line will be much more fun to work with. I think that a wounded soldier is an unfinished beer.

Well done boys! Great news!