
How to Set Up a Home Bar Furniture Set
A home bar furniture set is a great way to improve your at-home hosting ability. It provides a functional gathering area for friends and family alike to enjoy themselves. Home bar furniture is a great investment. Not only will it serve as the center of many gatherings, but it will also act as a décor piece where you can express your style. Dress it up for the holidays and down for casual get-togethers.
DutchCrafters offers a wide variety of both indoor home bars and outdoor home bars. We’ve picked out our favorite Amish-made home bars (and a wine cabinet) to help you decide what will work best for your home.
Home Bar Essentials Checklist
If you want to have a proper home bar setup, you are going to want to keep a few essentials on hand at all times. Check out our handy checklist below for everything you’ll need to create your favorite drinks and more.
Print or download our Home Bar Essentials Checklist to help you stay organized while you shop.
1. Glassware
With a few varieties of glasses kept in your home bar, you’ll be ready for any occasion. We recommend having stemmed glasses and a selection of short and tall glasses. These three basics will surely prepare you to tackle any drink recipe. Just make sure you have enough glassware to accommodate large parties.
2. Barware
Having these tools readily available in your home bar will make things flow smoothly throughout the night. You’ll need:
- Bottle opener
- Ice bucket
- Cocktail shaker
- Cocktail strainer
- Bar spoon
- Jigger for measuring
3. Bar Accessories
This is where your personal touch will shine. Add a pop of personality with your favorite decorative coasters, cocktail napkins, and a delicious-smelling candle to create some ambiance. A serving tray is a nice touch as well. We also recommend having a few drink recipe books at your home bar to keep you inspired.
Choose a Home Bar Style
You may have already decided that you want a home bar set, but now you need to decide what sort of home bar style will fit best with your home decor! Browse all of our indoor solid wood bars and wine racks. for more ideas
Classic Home Bar Style

A home bar with a classic design is an excellent backdrop for all occasions. You and your guests will love gathering around the beauty of a bar as timeless as your favorite martini. Our Amish Kennedy Bar and Wine Cabinet offers sophisticated functions for your home’s entertaining needs.
Rustic Home Bar Style

A rustic home bar fits right in with the concept of creating your own drinks. This natural element goes hand-in-hand with the making of your handcrafted cocktails. Enjoy a cold frosty lager at our Amish Rustic Wood Bar. This bar is made of solid logs and looks like something out of an old Western.
Hidden Home Bar Cabinets

Consider selecting a home bar that does double duty. For the wine connoisseur, a cleverly crafted cabinet serves many purposes. The Amish Napa Wine Serving Bar opens up to reveal spacious storage and is tucked away just as easily.
Come see it in person at our Sarasota, Florida Showroom!
Outdoor Patio Bar Set

A backyard home bar is a great way to enjoy your patio, poolside area, or the great outdoors with friends and family.
If you like piña coladas, you’ll love our Berlin Gardens Poly Outdoor Bar Set with Backless Bar Stools, styled here with woven baskets for organization and fresh fruit to enjoy by the pool.
Choose Bar Stools or Bar Chairs
Do you want backless stools or bar chairs with seatbacks for your home pub set? Do you want the functionality of swivel barstools so you and your guests can casually swivel away from a bad conversation into a good one?

Backless Barstool
The standard backless barstool provides the ultimate flexibility and can come with a lower cost. They don’t take up as much space and can fit more pleasingly into the flow of your home bar furniture set.

Bar Chair or Barstool with Seatback
This bar chair is essentially an elevated chair that doesn’t have as much flexibility as the standard barstool but it does offer maximum stability and supreme comfort for long sessions at the home bar. The additional size goes a long way in enhancing your theme. The mission-style bar chair featured here can only add to your motif.

Swivel Barstool
The swivel barstool is the best of both worlds. If you want the presence and the comfort that comes with the seatback but the ability to swivel and easily change directions, then go with the Swivel barstool or chair.
Be sure to browse all of our American-made bar stools to find the perfect fit for your home bar set.
And don’t forget the most important essential for your home bar: friends and family to share in all the fun! Cheers!

Seth Carter has been with DutchCrafters since 2020. Seth has won multiple awards for his work in Amish furniture while with DutchCrafters. He has advised and partnered with more than 150 Amish wood shops on furniture presentation, design, industry trends, product options, and the development of exclusive products. He is originally from Indiana and even lived in Amish country (LaGrange, Indiana) for an extended period of time while working with DutchCrafters. He contributes to the Timber to Table Blog and has written content throughout the DutchCrafters website. Seth has a B.S. in Business Administration from IU-East and has owned Carter Family Insurance, LLC. since 2014.