Sacramento Custom Bars
22 project photographs — every one an AV’s Cabinets build.
A custom bar is furniture, cabinetry, and display in one build. The bars below — each built by AV’s Cabinets — range from compact butler’s pantries to full entertaining walls with stone counters, glass shelving, and integrated refrigeration surrounds.
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What a bar has to hold, and how it gets used
A bar is a storage problem wearing a good-looking face. Bottles, stemware, glassware, ice, tools, and usually refrigeration all need a home, and each wants different dimensions — bottle height dictates shelf spacing, stemware wants hanging rails or dividers, and a wine fridge needs a surround built to its exact specification, with ventilation.
Then there is how it will actually be used. A butler’s pantry serving a dining room is a working corridor; an entertaining wall in a great room is furniture people sit at, which changes counter height, overhang, seating clearance, and whether a foot rail belongs. Those are settled before anything is cut.
Display is what makes it look expensive. Glass-front uppers, interior lighting, a mirrored or stone back, and glass shelving turn storage into the focal point of a room — and keeping the same door and finish language as the kitchen keeps the house reading as one house.
Home Bars — questions, answered
- Do I need plumbing for a home bar?
- Only for a wet bar with a sink. Plenty of bars are dry — storage, display, refrigeration, and a serving surface — which keeps the project simpler and puts a bar in rooms plumbing was never going to reach.
- Can you build in a wine fridge or beverage cooler?
- Yes. Appliance surrounds are built to the specific unit’s dimensions and ventilation requirements, so bring the model to design selection rather than after cabinetry has been built around a guess.
- How much bottle and glass storage will fit?
- That falls out of the space and how you entertain, which is why it is a design-selection conversation. Shelf spacing is set to real bottle heights, and stemware gets dedicated storage rather than an afterthought shelf.
General questions — cost drivers, process, licensing, hours — live on the main FAQ.
Other work we build
- Kitchen CabinetsFully custom kitchen cabinetry — designed, built, and installed.
- Bathroom VanitiesCustom bathroom vanities and bath cabinetry.
- Entertainment CentersBuilt-in entertainment centers and media walls.
- Custom DoorsCustom wood doors, built by hand.
Consultation & design selection
Talk with Andrey about your home bars project.
The time spent at the beginning of the process is critical — you look at as many options as you want until the design of your new or rebuilt space is right.