Mike and Ashley Harris were turning a traditional, formal dining room in their Dublin, CA home into a billiards parlour room and needed a large built-in looking focal piece. It would be the first thing you see when opening their front door, and they wanted it to represent the feel of the room right away. The Harrises met with Jerry Archer, one of Valet's Senior Designers. Ashley stated, "After having Valet out to our home, we honestly didn't get any other quotes on the project. Jerry ensured us that our project would come to life just as we imagined and that there was not a problem working within our budget."
Jerry has been a Valet designer since 2001. Jerry works out of our Danville showroom and services our customers in the East Bay. He is very detail oriented, and his customers appreciate how he always goes the extra mile for them.
After meeting with Mike and Ashley, Jerry got to work on the design for the bar. "The collaboration was fun, which is not always the case when designing," says Ashley. "Jerry was always able to find items that we requested to be included and made them fit. From start to finish the process was seamless and very professional."
The final product was constructed using Belgian Chocolate melamine with Thermofoil fronts and a high-pressure laminate countertop.
The completely custom bar has a wine cooler and a wine cubby, as well as two locking cabinets with Top Knob door pulls. The wine cubby was custom made to the Harrises specifications, as not all wine bottles are the same size. This custom design ensures that all sizes of bottles will fit properly.
The stemware holders were chosen to fit their stemware collection...
...which is perfectly balanced underneath their flat panel TV. It was important to the Harrises that the TV not stick out at all, so the design that Jerry created made sure that everything was flush.
The shelves and counter space provide ample room for storing and displaying a variety of bottles and accoutrements.
Glass shelving and mirror backing allow the flush mount puck lights to illuminate the items all the way down to the lower shelves.
This was the first bar that Jerry had designed, and we were thrilled with the result. More importantly, it was exactly what our client wanted. "The end product really took our breath away. The unit fits our home and our style perfectly," says Ashley. "If you can't tell, we are incredibly happy with the process as a whole, and we are in love with our Bar." Read her testimonial here!
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