For their family room bar, the Malloys wanted an antique look, but because of the location and relatively small footprint, nothing too heavy looking or dark would be appropriate. Working with interior designer, Karen Woods-Piazza, we came up with a curved bar cabinet and then added a stepped back bar, which is a base unit only with a mirror above.

The darker wood is a mixture of Tiger maple and curly maple, stained, glazed, and lightly distressed. For the panels and the bar top, we chose Bird's eye maple, which was stained and glazed to give it an antique look. Surrounding the panels we inlaid a small border of mahogany accents.

On the splash of the back bar, we added some diamond detailing in white maple and mahogany accents. Over the back bar, the mirror frame was painted a copper color, then distressed, and finally accented with van dyke brown glazing to give it a rich patina.

A bar table with a granite top was also commissioned to complete the triad of furniture pieces in the bar area.