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It’s a part of the beer enthusiast’s life to head out and grab a beer from our favorite drinking hole. We love all kinds of bars. The dive is a relaxing joint while the club is where we can meet new and interesting people.

But, we can’t live out in the bars all the time even though we’d love it. We eventually have to break away and come home to the families and the household responsibilities. That’s why building a home bar makes us feel like home when we’re home.

There are plenty of ways to build your own home bar. You have to use your imagination and creativity. What it boils down to is your personality. Some people like a 50s theme while others like a beach theme. But, those are merely decorations. You have to build the bar first.

Choose Your Space

Choosing the perfect location is sometimes the hardest part. While some people know exactly where the bar should go, others find it difficult to imagine where they would like to have their bar. A basement bar is out of the way and a great location where you get away without technically leaving the home.

It’s smart to put a bar in an unused room or a room that isn’t frequented much. Also, you can add an extension to the house. But if you’re going to go that far, why not just put the bar outside. It’s great for warm weather and in warm weather climates.

Materials

To build the structure, you’ll need 2 x 4s and plywood. You’ll need enough nails and screws to hold it all together. Also, you want finish. I like dark wood finish and polyurethane. But, some people finish in other ways. They’ll use a faux wood finish, wood slats, tile, granite counter tops and I’ve even seen wallpaper. It’s up to you and your style. Give it all a thought and decide on what’s perfect for you.

You’ll also need the features. Brass railings look great against a dark wood bar with dark green lighting fixtures. Cabinet doors make it easy for you to finish your bar in style. You can get them at most hardware stores. Round it off with a kegerator for your keg and a cooler for bottles and cans.

Build

If you know how to design and build, you are ready to go to town. If you don’t, find a friend that will help you design so that you will have all the materials you need. Make sure it’s someone who knows how to build or else it’s the blind leading the blind, which can be fun if you have a temperament like mine and nothing gets to you.

But, the easiest bar I have ever seen built was when a friend of mine bought cabinets from the local hardware store. Not cabinet doors like mentioned earlier, but cabinets. He put them side by side, connected them with a countertop and was practically finished building his bar in an hour.

After that, he simply rocked the bar with bar stools, brass railings, dark green lighting fixtures and a kegerator. He purchased a radical cooler for the end of the bar where he puts bottles and cans. A plasma screen is attached to the wall behind the bar and a stereo is wired to it. It’s just about the neatest bar I have ever seen.

Bars are an extension of your personality as a beer enthusiast. If you are serious about your beer, you need a place to put it on display. Whether you brew for yourself or you just like to try new and exotic beers, build your bar soon and start enjoying the beer world with the rest of us.

The painting of walls with foam is a simple application technique, which has a short drying time and resulting in a mottled finish that looks like a textured surface. Best results are obtained using natural sponges.

Among the techniques of painting walls, the foam is one of the simplest and fast executions. It used to create the illusion that the surface is textured. It provides a pleasant mottled finish.

This technique can be applied on various surfaces, plaster, wood, ceramic, stone, etc. It also supports its application in a variety of environments, such as hallways, lounges, large rooms. It used to cover imperfections such as uneven walls, holes, scratches, etc. Paper can be applied to upholstery, or in combination with these, choosing one of the tones of the paper.

Technical paint walls with foam:

The paintings are suitable for these technique acrylics. If you want more depth, apply several coats of paint.

The colors shown are those that are within the same range, so as not to saturate the wall color and give a delicate effect. Never use colors that are on opposite sides of the spectrum.

If a stain or defect in the color, apply clear base color to hide the stain again. It is preferable to work with mixed white and not pure white. The different colors can be applied simultaneously, or allowed to dry before applying one another. When applied two coats of color, it is leaving the lighter on the surface.

For the painting of walls, a number of tricks we can use for best results:

• Avoid excess paint, drain sponge before painting.
• Choice of color should be careful. It is appropriate to take a test in a carton, to ensure that the right combination.
• The design is created must not be obvious or very geometric.
• When painting the corners and edges will cut strips of sponges.
• When the job is done, carefully washed away the tools.
• To make the foam, make emulsion paint mixed with the desired tone.
• The final aspect depends on the type of pad is used, and the number of layers are applied. Natural sponges are more expensive, but the outcome is better.