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Coffee Bar Update

Feb 24, 2025 | Posted in How To & Decorating Tips | Share

Home coffee bar in Pantone Veri Peri purple cabinetry, white marble countertop, open shelving with mugs and vases, wall sconce, coffee maker, and bowl of fruit. The flooring is a thin varied plank wood creating a striped pattern.
Design by Kimball Starr / Photo by Client

Update: Client Home Coffee Bar

It’s been 2 years since we were working on my client’s kitchen and home coffee bar, shaded in 2021’s Pantone Color of the Year Veri Peri, and I want to show you an update, above. She’s so pleased with how it turned out!

Read on for tips on creating a coffee bar in YOUR home. If I can help, use the link at the bottom of this page to share your ideas with me.

A custom shite cabinet filled with a Miehle coffee machine, wooden racks for tea and coffee, and on the counterspace, a toaster and French press, that all close away inside the cupboards.
Design and photo by Humphrey Munson

I don’t know about you but I can’t start my day until I’ve had a cup of coffee. That rich, aromatic smell of ground beans, the sumptuousness of adding thick creamer and sugar, the ritual of holding a hot mug and sipping until you’re pleasantly awake and alert. To create a coffee bar in your home, here are some ideas.

A pair of white cupboard doors open to reveal a small freestanding coffee maker, multiple cups and saucers, and on the top right shelf, wine glasses. A small wine fridge and bottle storage is just visible behind a partially open cupboard door. Underneath is a white drawer with silver handles.
Photo courtesy Designpad

Choose whether to have a full-service coffee machine, French press, or single cup server like a Keurig.

A custom built-in Miehle coffee machine above a partially-open stainless steel drawer filled with white cups and saucers. Dark wood cabinetry is visible above and below.
Photo courtesy HGTV

Where will you locate your coffee bar? A dedicated set of shelves and counter space or a classy built-in are good options.

A private home is designed to look like a coffee bar, with a long bench seat and banquette along the left wall around a wooden slab table. The coffee bar itself is at the far end under a sign 'Cafe' with a chalkboard wall for graffiti, and an island with cooking surface and vent overhead visible on the right side. The sink and fridge are on the far right wall, in black countertops and white cabinetry with silver door and drawer furniture. Dark wooden floors welcome you into the long space.
Design by Peti Lau, Inc / Photo by Leslie Fisher

Providing a place to sit and talk or read while you sip your hot coffee is delightful for you and your guests.

A custom slide-out with a small coffee machine, creamer and sugar, underneath a shelf of colorful mugs, next to a window with a view to the outside. White cabinetry with black countertops, silver and dark metal drawer pulls and handles are visible next to a small stripe of exposed brick off to the left of the window. A plate of oranges dresses the counter.
Photo courtesy InDetail Interiors via Houzz

Personalize your coffee bar for that down-home touch. What a great way to kickstart a fun day!

Kimball Starr designs welcoming homes with coffee bars throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Lake Tahoe. Contact her today for a socially-distanced in-person or remote consultation!

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