Our New Wet Bar with Sinkology

I am so excited to FINALLY be sharing our new wet bar here on the blog! It is one of my favorite additions to our home. We finally finished construction a little over a month ago, and I LOVE the finished product!

When we purchased our home, we knew we were buying a fixer upper. As I mentioned in my playroom sneak peek post, our home was originally constructed as a mother/daughter. As part of our transformation from a two family to single family home, we ripped out the downstairs kitchen and bathroom to put in a new laundry room, guest bathroom, and wet bar. We added a wet bar because we love to entertain. E is really into craft beer (to say it is an obsession would be a MASSIVE understatement), and we both really love wine. It just made sense!

After months and months of scouring Pinterest for wet bar inspiration, I decided we needed a sink, a wine fridge, cabinets and some open shelving. Nothing too complicated. I described my vision to our contractor, and he drew up a plan. We were going for a modern yet functional design. It was so exciting to see my concept come to life. When it came time to finally order all of the pieces, I decided I NEEDED to have a farmhouse sink for the wet bar. I had ALWAYS wanted one in my kitchen but, unfortunately, a kitchen remodel is not in the cards for us at the moment. WOW are renovations expensive!

I was admiring this Sinkology kit, available at Home Depot, that includes a farmhouse sink, grate, Pfister Faucet, and more, when the Sinkology team offered to send me one! I literally JUMPED at the chance. I was like a little kid on Christmas morning when it arrived! And then I counted down the days until it was time for the install. Let me tell you, it is even more gorgeous in person! It is HUGE. I can’t wait for it to be full of wine and beer glasses!

Initially, we were going to go with a laminate countertop and no backsplash. What a travesty that would have been. I am so happy that I pushed our contractor to do the wood countertops. They are STUNNING! And the grey subway tile backsplash really added another dimension to the space. They add such a nice contrast to the stark white shaker cabinets. I went with all black hardware for the cabinets and fixtures. These modern matte black cabinet pulls were perfect and inexpensive. I selected this Pfister Faucet for its modern design and because it matched our cabinet pulls so well. I also love that it has a pull down faucet. That makes it so much easier to clean ALL OF THE GLASSWARE (and as you can see, we have a lot of it).

When I mentioned the idea of open shelving to my contractor, he was a little skeptical at first. He wasn’t sure the shelves would be able to handle much weight. I assured him that we wouldn’t be storing anything all that heavy on the shelves. I just wanted a place for E to display his empties. Yes, I have open shelving for E to display empty beer bottles and beer cans. He is just so proud of them. I actually love the way the different beer labels pop against the grey backsplash. And, don’t worry, he has a lot of beer in his cellar and in the beer fridge in our laundry room!

I am so happy I remembered to take progress photos of all of the construction. It wasn’t easy! All of our construction was happening while I was massively pregnant with Nora. Scroll down to see photos of the entire transformation!

Thank you Sinkology for partnering on this post.

Photography by Me and Laurel Creative