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Party Barns, contemporary landscapes, and at-home cocktail bars are the in-thing
Backyard barns are playing host to elaborate get-togethers, and custom cocktail bars are serving drinks in style at home. Here are the latest trends in architecture, and design.
Invited Guest Contributor Daniel K. Glick
Bespoke backyard barns, which are being built to host big events as well as private parties in primary residences, are expanding the concept and physical boundaries of the traditional family room. (Anyone holding a special wedding, anniversary, Halloween square-dance party, Hunt after-party, or just family birthdays and anniversaries?)
“They serve multiple uses,” says Daniel K. Glick, founder and partner of B&D Builders. “People are drawn to spending time in a barn structure because of the inherent feelings of comfort and relaxation the atmosphere naturally provides.”
He notes that the company’s barns, which typically are made of Douglas fir, include accent beams, wall paneling, and furniture crafted from reclaimed wood. They also feature hand-forged hardware and are used for everything from large-scale charity events to family reunions and weddings to yoga studios, basketball and tennis courts, and art studios.
In some cases, existing barns are renovated. For a private historic estate in Chester Springs, Pa., B&D Builders was commissioned to reimagine a working barn as an events space that features heated floors, a full kitchen, restrooms fashioned out of old horse stalls, a guest suite, a bar, several seating areas, and fireplaces.
(Doesn’t this remind you of the beautifully designed barns at Hamilton Farms In our very own town of Gladstone?
The trend for party barns, Glick adds, took off in high gear when people were forced to stay home during the pandemic.
“Typically, they are a labor of love for the owners.”
Sophisticated and glamorous, the bespoke cocktail bar has taken up residence in the private home
Interior Designer Green says;
“Clients want the option to entertain more from home without forgoing the fun or luxury of a night out.” “They are using them to reward themselves with a drink at the end of a stressful day or busy week and as a reason to have their guests in their best room, which is often the living room, and to create something of a spectacle.”
The cocktail bars offer sparkle to new and old homes alike. Outfitted with illuminated mirrors and glass shelves that showcase glittering collections of cut-crystal bottles and drinks glasses, they are comfortably inhabiting alcoves, including those on each side of the fireplace, and hallways adjacent to public rooms.
“I tend to design the bars to be a feature in themselves,” designer Green says. “Who wants to hide a gorgeous cocktail cabinet away?”
Called into action for before-dinner aperitifs and after-dinner cocktails, they often feature a refrigerator/freezer that promptly produces ice cubes as well as a small sink for washing all those lemons!
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