Custom Ikea Home Espresso Bar

I just completed setting up my custom Ikea coffee bar.  I built the bar out of a 3-drawer 15" cabinet and a 21" 2-shelf single door cabinet.  The countertop is laminate, but it seems pretty durable. 

Featured on the bar is my Quick Mill Vetrano, a Macap M4 espresso grinder, and a Breville Ikon grinder used for press pot and the occasional cupping session. 

The new bar is quite a nice upgrade from my previous version, a kitchen cart on wheels from Lowes.  The cart worked fine, but it was top heavy and wobbly. 

The unit is free standing on adjustable steel legs, which allowed my to compensate for a slightly sloping floor in the breakfast nook.

Since this is a dedicated coffee bar, separate from our kitchen, I couldn't resist going with an in-counter knockout chute.  The chute is by Rattleware and was ordered from Chris' Coffee.

 

 

Interior view showing the waste basket.  Notice that the knock chute is deep enough to actually go into the opening of the waste basket.

 

 

 

I mounted my power strip to the inside wall, providing easy access to the appliance timer.

 

 

 

The Ikea drawers are great, they run the full depth of the cabinet and pull out completely.  I haven't totally decided how to arrange all of my coffee bar paraphernalia.