my V-Day gift...a custom bar!

so lately I was obsessing over bar carts and was really really wanting to purchase one, but could not find one that I LOVED that was anywhere near our price range. Hubby decided he would make me one, but I quickly decided that I would be settling and did not want one made out of wood and did not want him to go through all that and me not like it. SOOOO we decided instead to build a bar - since we have sooo much room for all that in our tiny apartment and all. (sarcasm, people). Well Matt started drawing and sketching and I just rattled off some ideas of what I wanted it to look like. That was the beginning. Turns out we totally went over budget and changed quite a few things from the initial drawing that my handy husband drew up. BUT I LOVE it and it is one of a kind and my sweet, handy, intelligent, hard working husband made it for me (I mean us!?). I took pictures along they way thinking that I would blog step by step how to make a bar in a baby apartment on your baby 2nd story patio BUT so many things went differently and I am not really sure how we even got to the point it is today HA - so sorry if you wanted to make one just like ours! You should want to though, cause its amazing! Now all we need to do is get a bigger place and have parties! I really enjoy entertaining so that was one of my reasons for wanting this bar and I needed a place to store all of our bar ware so why not? Well here ya go! Lots of pics and a little commentary...

I ordered a stencil online of our wedding logo that we designed together for the wedding and stenciled it on the top of the bar with glitter (yes, glitter - spray glitter) and sealed it.

I was given the fleur de lis lamp for Christmas from my boss but never had a spot for it - FINALLY a spot! The lamp was originally more rustic and traditional and of course I had to glam it up with the same glossy black paint as the bar, some spray glitter (gilver - or silver and gold)and some black blingy ribbon on the shade.

And before you judge our weirdo 80's looking kitchen chairs that is because they are 80's - our kitchen set was my parents first kitchen set. Next up on Matt's handy man to do list is a new kitchen table - we will probably just purchase the chairs.

We plan to maybe eventually get bar stools so if we want we can sit at the bar - originally we were going to do 2 shelves but decided if we ever wanted to sit at the bar it would be much more comfortable to slide in a chair with just one shelf.