Breakfast Bar

[Kris Cook]

As part of my LR remodel and trimming project I am going to build a new breakfast bar. I built one out of DF with Walnut trim when we first bought our house. It was built on 4 fold-down supports and was functional and solid. My wife didn't like seeing the supports, and regardless the wood types aren't going to work with the current trim/wood plan.

So, the old bar will go into my office upstairs above the shop (some day).

I am planning to build he new one with hidden support and fixed. Our LR is small, so I am trying to keep the bar as shallow as possible and still be functional.

I am thinking 16" or less.

Any thoughts on depth of bar would be appreciated.

[Jamie Buxton]

Try sitting yourself at your current breakfast bar, and looking at where your feet and knees are -- the way you like to sit. Those might be the limit of how shallow your new bar can be.

[andy bessette]

16" is plenty.

[andrew whicker]

You can always measure like Jamie says and just see what you want. If you really want to geek out about it, I use an ergo book called "Human Dimensions & Interior Space" as a reference book for my projects.

As Andy says, you're more than fine with 16"



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