Arlington Handyman: 80s Wet Bar Room to Coffee Bar: One Room Challenge Plans

Thursday, October 6, 2016

80s Wet Bar Room to Coffee Bar: One Room Challenge Plans

An 80s wet bar is going to be transformed into a modern coffee bar for the One Room Challenge. Here's the moodboard!

I don’t drink coffee. So naturally, I’m creating a coffee bar in my home. Makes sense, right? The thing is, we have this 80’s wet bar room connected to our family room, and since we moved into our home we’ve just used it for storage. In fact, we just hoard things in there, tossing things haphazardly inside and slamming the door, never actually entering the small room. It’s a waste of space which could definitely be put to better use. While I don’t drink coffee (with the exception of an occasional decaf pumpkin spice latte), my husband drinks enough for the both of us. He is a self-professed coffee snob, and he even roasts his own beans in a very unusual way (we shared his technique here a while back). Ultimately, we decided that a coffee bar would be a fun use of the wet bar space, plus it would give him a dedicated area to prepare his fancy shmancy pour overs and store all of his coffee-related paraphernalia. While this space is quite small for a One Room Challenge makeover, I plan on giving it a major transformation (on a budget) and the ORC is the perfect motivation for me to finally get it done once and for all. (By the way, you can check out my last One Room Challenge makeover here.)

If you’re not familiar with the One Room Challenge, it’s a fun challenge hosted by Calling it Home, and many bloggers and designers participate. We each have 6 weeks to make over a space in our home, and we will be sharing our progress each week as we go along.

Brace yourselves, because here’s what we’ve been dealing with. (I can’t believe I’m showing you this picture.)

An 80s wet bar is going to be transformed into a modern coffee bar for the One Room Challenge.

And here it is cleared out. (Don’t mind the random cot and the dust everywhere.) Also, I realize these photos are horrible, but the space is currently horrible so I didn’t try too hard to capture good shots.

An 80s wet bar is going to be transformed into a modern coffee bar for the One Room Challenge.

The room is very small, but there is a sink and counter already in the space. We will be replacing the sink and faucet, painting the cabinet, possibly tiling the wall behind the sink, replacing the light, painting the walls, adding shelving, a rug, decor, swapping out hardware, and more.

An 80s wet bar is going to be transformed into a modern coffee bar for the One Room Challenge.