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Coffee Bar Makeover: One Room Challenge Reveal!

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Well, six weeks have flown by in the blink of an eye, and it was a close call but I finished in time! I am so excited to share the coffee bar reveal with you. The One Room Challenge is always a whirlwind, but who would have thought that such a tiny little space would be so much work? This project was so much more work than my master bedroom makeover which I shared for the last One Room Challenge, and that’s one of the largest rooms in our house! But I’m thrilled to have this space finished, as it’s one we’ve had on our to do list since we moved into our home nearly 3 years ago. I challenged myself big time with this one, and learned new skills along the way. (More on that later!) Today, I’ll let the pictures do the talking while sharing sources as I go, and you can shop the entire space at the bottom of this post. I’ll follow up in the coming weeks with individual posts featuring the projects I did for the room, along with sharing what I learned. (This post contains affiliate links.)

You can catch up on the last 6 weeks here:

Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5

First, let’s take a look at what this space looked like BEFORE. It was an 80s wet bar/butler’s pantry area connected to our family room.

This 80s wet bar/butler's pantry was transformed into a gorgeous, modern coffee bar for the One Room Challenge. You HAVE to see the after!

Ok, let’s be real. 99% of the past couple of years, it’s looked like this. It became our “catch all” storage closet.

This 80s wet bar/butler's pantry was transformed into a gorgeous, modern coffee bar for the One Room Challenge. You HAVE to see the after!

COFFEE BAR MAKEOVER

But now, it looks like THIS!

This is stunning! This 80s wet bar/butler's pantry was transformed into a gorgeous, modern coffee bar for the One Room Challenge. You HAVE to see the before and after! What a dramatic transformation!

One risk I took in this space was tiling for the first time ever! I tiled the entire wall behind the sink with White Carrara honed marble subway tiles. You can find my tips for installing marble subway tile here.

When you live in a house full of boys, you learn to love Star Wars. Hence, the Boba Fett art.

This is stunning! This 80s wet bar/butler's pantry was transformed into a gorgeous, modern coffee bar for the One Room Challenge. You HAVE to see the before and after! What a dramatic transformation!

Star Wars Art | Rug | Light Fixture | Mirror | Cabinet Hardware

The rug is a vintage Persian hand woven carpet.

This is stunning! This 80s wet bar/butler's pantry was transformed into a gorgeous, modern coffee bar for the One Room Challenge. You HAVE to see the before and after! What a dramatic transformation!

Brass Pour Over Stand

I built the shelves and spray painted these brackets gold. (I’ll share more on these soon.)

This is stunning! This 80s wet bar/butler's pantry was transformed into a gorgeous, modern coffee bar for the One Room Challenge. You HAVE to see the before and after! What a dramatic transformation!

The room is so tiny and hard to photograph! Shooting into the mirror helped capture more of the space in the shot. It also gets zero natural light, so this was a challenge.

I am absolutely in love with our new Delta Trinsic bar prep faucet in Champagne Bronze. I’ll share more about it soon too.

This is stunning! This 80s wet bar/butler's pantry was transformed into a gorgeous, modern coffee bar for the One Room Challenge. You HAVE to see the before and after! What a dramatic transformation! This Delta Trinsic Bar Prep faucet in Champagne Bronze is beautiful.

Here’s another mirror shot.

This coffee bar makeover is stunning! It was an 80s wet bar/butler's pantry made over for the One Room Challenge. You have to see the before & after!

You can’t have a coffee bar without some sweet treats!

This is stunning! This 80s wet bar/butler's pantry was transformed into a gorgeous, modern coffee bar for the One Room Challenge. You HAVE to see the before and after! What a dramatic transformation! These macarons make the perfect sweet treat to go with the coffee.

Chris drinks pour overs every morning, so we don’t really use a coffee maker. We do have a Keurig for when guests visit, so we’ve opted to store it in the cabinets below and we will get it out whenever we have visitors.

This is stunning! This 80s wet bar/butler's pantry was transformed into a gorgeous, modern coffee bar for the One Room Challenge. You HAVE to see the before and after! What a dramatic transformation!

Glass Mugs | Gold Spoons | Book | Dish Towel

I can’t say enough how much I love our light fixture from Lucent Lightshop. We love Mid Century style lighting, and they have an amazing selection and can create custom artisan pieces too.

This gorgeous Mid Century inspired Sputnik light fixture by Lucent Lightshop is gorgeous in this coffee bar makeover for the One Room Challenge!

This Mid Century style sputnik light fixture from Lucent Lightshop makes this modern coffee bar look gorgeous!

This is stunning! This 80s wet bar/butler's pantry was transformed into a gorgeous, modern coffee bar for the One Room Challenge. You HAVE to see the before and after! What a dramatic transformation!

Mason Jar Coffee Grinder

Huge thanks to my One Room Challenge sponsors who provided items for the room: Lucent Lightshop and Delta Faucet.

Be sure to visit Calling It Home to see all of the other participating bloggers’ One Room Challenge reveals!

SHOP THIS ROOM:

This coffee bar makeover is stunning! It used to be an 80s wet bar/butler's pantry and was made over for the One Room Challenge. The transformation is amazing!

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-Erin

Comments

    • Erin Spain says

      Thank you, Kyla! Don’t worry, we have an entire catch all basement. LOL! Maybe someday I’ll do something about that too.

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  8. heather says

    Oh my gosh, I LOVE it Erin! It has personality brewing over the top of your Keurig. It’s perfect. And knowing how much DIY went in to this, my smile is like so wide…and that says a lot today 😉 Love you! And I’d like a coffee, please 🙂

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  15. Laurie @ VinYet Etc says

    Oh my goodness Erin I love everything! That tile though makes me a little weak in the knees, it’s so beautiful and the fact you installed it yourself very impressive! I know how much work goes into a reno/makeover plus every day living… what a huge task, excellent job!

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    • Erin Spain says

      Thank you, Erin! It was really the last 2 weeks that I had to speed things along. I thought I was going to collapse from exhaustion at the end! Haha!

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    • Erin Spain says

      Thank you so much! As for the photography, I used a lighting kit and a tripod with a remote and long exposure. Then good old Lightroom to edit! It was quite a challenge!

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  31. Jennifer V. says

    It looks great. Way to go! Question: what brand/color of grout did you use? I’m doing marble in our kitchen and still haven’t decided what color of grout. Thanks for the help!

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    • Erin Spain says

      Thanks Jennifer! I used Mapei Flexcolor Premixed Grout in “Silver.” I’ll be doing a post all about the tiling and the products I used very soon!

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  32. Jessica | Petal + Ply says

    Such a dreamy space! I have major coffee bar envy right now! We have a sunroom off of our kitchen and I have plans to turn the space into a butler’s pantry and seating area of sorts. Ahh. This makeover is making me itch to get working on our next space. 🙂

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  46. Lesley says

    This is amazing. And I have to admit I laughed when I saw how much stuff you got in there before you started! I love everything about it but all the gold has to be my absolute favorite!!! Well done, Friend!!! Lesley

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    • Erin Spain says

      Thank you, Lesley! Hey you know I am a professional hoarder, I probably could’ve fit a few more things in that room before if I really wanted to! LOL

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  55. Iris Nacole says

    I’ve been itching to get to this makeover, Erin! Wow, it’s amazing! Hands down one of my favorite out of the entire bunch. Y’all must love it, and he must feel very special for you to have put so much thought into a space for him to enjoy.

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  62. Donna says

    Hi, was looking for the info on how you drilled through the marble to install the brackets……said you would include but can’t find on your website…..can you clarify what you drilled thru the marble with. Also did you use honed marble, what type of grout did you use, and what particular marble sealant did you use? So many variating opinions on this out there. Thx.

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