How To Build A Garden Bar

Garden Bar Ideas for Enjoying Your Outdoor Space in the UK

There is nothing quite like enjoying your favourite drink outdoors on a warm evening, but the British weather does not always make it easy. A garden bar is a stylish and practical way to create a dedicated outdoor entertaining space, allowing you to enjoy everything from an ice-cold beer to a rum punch without relying on the forecast. It transforms your garden into a usable social space all year round, bringing comfort, convenience and a touch of luxury to your home.

Garden Bar Ideas

How to build a garden bar:

• Add a garden building as a year-round option
• Add bar furniture into the open garden space for sunny weather use
• Plan what style of bar or pub you are wanting to achieve
• Make sure to add the essential bar-top counter
• Choose themed accessories and bar decor
• Decorate to suit your chosen style; whether it be a stylish cocktail bar or rustic garden pub
• Add all the essential bar accessories – glasses, coasters, games and a cocktail shaker are on our list!

Not sure how to plan your space? Use our 3D design tool to help visualise your own garden bar and bring it to life!

Your Garden Bar Building

As a unique space detached from the house, your garden bar building offers complete freedom to decorate and furnish however you’d like.  Be inspired by some of our coolest garden bar builds below! 

1. Pub Shed

Make every day feel like Friday with the addition of a garden drinks bar that is sheltered, safe and secure. Compared to a typical garden shed, a garden room is a quality investment that is built and designed to be “lived-in”.

With a Green Retreats garden building, the hard work is done for you – all you need to do is pick out your favourite furniture and accessories to make your garden bar the envy of all your friends and family. That leaves your shed as it is, and what it’s good for; storage for bits and bobs and spiders!

2. Pool Bar

Who needs to travel abroad when you can create a poolside bar at home. This style of garden bar turns your outdoor space into a social hub, perfect for summer gatherings and relaxed evenings outdoors.

With a seamless indoor outdoor feel, you can design a space that works just as well for daytime drinks as it does for evening entertaining.

3. Gin Palace

If you prefer something more refined, a gin garden bar brings a sense of luxury to your garden space. Think soft lighting, elegant seating, and carefully chosen finishes that elevate the atmosphere.

This is a space designed for slow evenings, good conversation, and beautifully styled entertaining.

4. Sports Bar

A sports bar garden room is perfect for entertaining friends and watching live events in a dedicated space.

Add a pool table, dartboard and large screen TV to create the ultimate games and viewing environment. This type of garden bar works particularly well for football, rugby, boxing and Formula One fans.

Did you know…?

A garden bar isn’t just for summer!

Thanks to our premium grade insulation used throughout our buildings your garden bar doesn’t have to shut up shop once summer is over. With the addition of a quality insulated garden room, you can create a space that is designed for use all year round – meaning you can keep the summer feeling going as long as you like!

Don’t Forget Bar Accessories!

Any bar needs the all essential barware. Glasses, shakers, stirrers, trays, coasters and of course the drinks! You can add to your collection through time, no need to rush this part and in no time you will have a fully-stocked bar to please the tastes of all your guests. 

How to build a garden bar – The Alternatives

We’ve been following this trend for a while now, and we love seeing the exciting ways that our customers are using our garden buildings to create luxury bars that dreams are made of!

Whilst we’ve been keeping an eye out, we have found some rather ingenious alternatives that might be a way to dip your toe into the garden bar game. 

Like this pallet-wood drop down bar – we love it! A bit of a DIY project, but for those of us who don’t have space in the garden for a full garden building – something like this is a compact alternative. Find out how to make one at cassiefairy.com.

There are also clever table cool boxes that would suit as a garden bar start off point on the patio, or use it as part of the outdoor seating arrangement of your bar building. Find out more at outsidegang.com.

Start your Garden Bar Project!

If you have been inspired and are interested in finding out more about how to build a garden bar request a brochure  for more about our garden rooms!

Even if you are in the very early stages of considering a garden building, contact a member of our sales & design team to start gathering the information you need.