How to Build a Bar This Old House

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Senior technical editor Mark Powers builds a bar for entertaining. (See below for a shopping list, tools and cut list.) • SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse • If the notion of building a bar conjures fond and fuzzy memories of hammering 2x4s into some makeshift cup stand back in college, terrific. But that experience won't help you much here. This is a real piece of furniture, as you can see from the trimmed panels, sturdy oak bar-rail molding, and stainless-steel foot rail. • Follow along as This Old House senior technical editor Mark Powers and colleague Douglas Adams build this handsome rec-room centerpiece. And if you want to break out the toga when your DIY home bar is finished, well, that's entirely your call. • Shopping List for How to Build a Bar: • Lauan to sheathe the outside of the bar. Get one-and-a-half 4-by-8-foot sheets. • 1/2-inch birch-veneer plywood, to sheathe the interior. Get one-and-a-half 4-by-8 sheets. • 3/4-inch utility-grade plywood, for the base of the bar. Get one 4-by-8 sheet. • 1x4 common-pine boards, to be sandwiched between the sheathing. Get eight 8-footers. • 1x4 clear-pine boards for the stiles and rails. Get seven 8-footers. • 1x8 clear-pine board, for the bottom rail. Get one 8-footer. • 1x10 clear-pine boards, for the shelves. Get two 6-footers. • 1x2 for the capping and supports. Get one 6-foot common-pine board and one 8-foot clear-pine board. • 1x1 for the shelf cleats. Get two 8-foot lengths. • Panel or base cap molding, to trim the inside edges of the stiles and rails. Get six 6-foot pieces. • 1x12 oak to finish the bar top. Get one 10-foot board. • 1x2 oak for the trim. Get one 12-foot board. • Oak bar-rail molding. Get one 12-foot length. • Foot rail, brackets, and caps (optional) • 1-inch nails • 1 1/4-inch nails • 5/8-inch brad nails • 1 1/4-inch screws • 3-inch screws • Construction adhesive • Wood glue • Tools for How to Build a Bar: • Circular saw • Miter saw • Drill/driver fitted with a combination drill bit • Pneumatic nail gun • Small hand saw • • Cut list: • ½-inch plywood: 1 @ 60 by 42 inches • ½-inch plywood: 2 @ 24 by 42 inches • Lauan sheathing: 1 @ 60 by 42 inches • Lauan sheathing: 2 @ 24 by 42 inches • 1x2 framing: 11 @ 37 inches • 1x2 framing: 4 @ 24 inches • 1x2 framing: 2 @ 60 inches • 1x4 nailing block: 2 @ 6 inches • 1x4 stile: 5 @ 31¼ inches • 1x4 corner stile: 4 @ 42 inches • 1x4 corner stile: 2 @ 42 inches (Rip ¾ inch off the board’s width.) • 1x2 stile: 2 @ 42 inches • 1x4 rail: 1 @ 54½ inches • 1x4 rail: Scribe 2 to size. • 1x8 rail: 1 @ 54½ inches • 1x8 rail: Scribe 2 to size. • Panel molding: Miter 32 to size. • 1x2 shelf supports: 1 @ 54 inches • 1x2 shelf supports: 2 @ 6 inches • ¾-inch plywood bar-top substrate: Cut 2 to size. • ¾-inch plywood bar-top substrate: Cut 2 to size. • 1x12 bar top: Cut 1 to size. • 1x12 bar top: Cut 2 to size. • Bar-rail molding: Miter 3 to size. • Looking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? Join This Old House INSIDER to stream over 1,000 episodes commercial-free: https://bit.ly/2GPiYbH • Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/st... • Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: • Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB • Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter • http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter • Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest • Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG • http://bit.ly/AskTOHIG • For more on This Old House and Ask This Old House, visit us at: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite • How to Build a Bar | This Old House • / thisoldhouse

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