Mini-kitchen bars

In our article on ideas for eating in the kitchen we explored some options for not giving up quick breakfasts or lunches in small spaces. We talked about mini-bars, the ideal solution for those who don’t want to give up comfort even if there is a shortage of square metres.

are you one of them? Then set up your board of ideas on Pinterest because we bring you a good handful of ideas of real projects from our distributors so that you can find the inspiration you need. 

We start with an idea to make the most of your kitchen peninsula as a bar without giving up a single centimetre of storage. Simply include a cantilevered worktop to extend the useful surface area of the peninsula and fit the legs of the diners, as in this example by Torama:

 
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Torama

As this example from our dealer f.alba shows, it doesn’t matter how big the peninsula is. With a little ingenuity when planning we can make room for more than one extra diner:

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f.alba

In fact, any gap, no matter how small, can be used to create a high dining area. In this kitchen by LG Agencement, with a peculiar U-shaped layout created from two peninsulas, the corner of one of them has been used as a bar:

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LG Agencement

If your kitchen is rather narrow and you are worried that the overhang of the worktop will be an obstacle (with the consequent danger of bumps), take note of this idea from Questions d’equilibre studio: lower the corners of the worktop in a chamfer or curve. Not only will it make it easier to move around the kitchen, but the diners will also have much more space and will be much more comfortable:

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Questions d’equilibre

Our next proposal is also for narrow kitchens: take the kitchen bar to its minimum expression by attaching it to the wall. In this project by our distributor Suministros Taymon, they have used the same material as for the worktop to create this practical and discreet bar. It is anchored to the wall, so the legs will not be an obstacle to keep the stools to sit on underneath:

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Suministros Taymon

Worried that the counter might get in the way? Then go for a folding one, like in this kitchen made by our distributor Confort Kitchen. All you have to do is remove the support and the bar will come down and stay attached to the wall – ideal for creating multifunctional spaces!

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Confort Kitchen

if you don’t have a free wall to install one of these bars, it’s time to use your imagination! That’s what the Sistema Cuina team did to create this mini-dining area by taking advantage of the end of a partition wall and extending the worktop beyond the limits of the kitchen. What do you think?

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Sistema Cuina

We close our mini-bar proposals with what is perhaps the simplest (but no less effective) idea of all: leaning a narrow bar against a wall to create a transition between the kitchen and the rest of the room in open spaces. An idea that we have picked up from our distributor Mobles Zamora.

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Mobles Zamora