RAISING THE BAR

Do you want to offer guests a signature cocktail and show off your mixology skills on your next get-together? Set up a home bar and up your game 

- BY SMITA TRIPATHI

A free-standing bar with bar stools in front is a great place to entertain guests. Get behind the bar and fix up some mean cocktails even as you have conversations across the bar. While the minimum space required is one metre to accommodate at least two stools, you should ideally have a 6 ft to 8 ft-long bar

When shweta and ajay prasad were renovating their south Delhi home, just before the pandemic, they decided to convert a part of their hall into a bar. “A home bar. A place where I could entertain my guests as well as have date nights,” says 42-year-old Shweta, a senior marketing executive with a leading multinational. A few months later, the pandemic hit, along with the resultant lockdowns. “Bars didn’t open for several months post the lockdown. We really enjoyed our home bar. It turned out to be one of the best decisions we have taken,” she smiles.