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Have you ever gotten to that point in your life and said, “enough is enough”? It’s high time for me to spruce up my home and get a lifestyle makeover! I am simplifying and throwing the stress out the door! I am determined to do what makes me happy!
Step #1 is starting to address the style and decor in our home. We are on a mission to spruce up our home one room at a time. We started with the room that hasn’t had an update in 15 years or more! The dining room has just gone through a major facelift. Now the fun part starts, decorating that space. For some time I have wanted a coffee bar area. We like our coffee! Hot, cold, frozen, black, with cream and sugar, we can enjoy our morning coffee just about anyway you can think of. Flavored coffee is always on the menu too.
BEFORE
Thanks to Pinterest, I had so many ideas. Out of all my “pins” the dressers repurposed to coffee bars were some of my faves! That led to a thrifting hunt for the perfect dresser to convert to a coffee bar. It didn’t take long until I found a dresser with some curves and not a lot of intricate detail, that would look great after some new paint and TLC.
After
We decided to use black as the base color and use the blue paint color from our dining room walls for the accent color. The dresser had many layers of paint in a peachy color. It took many hours of sanding to remove the layers of paint. Thank goodness the family all chipped in. I love the way it turned out! What do you think?
Did you notice the lamp on the coffee bar? It’s the main reason, I decided to paint our dining room and start sprucing up our house! You can’t see the whole saying, “Enjoy the little things in life. Someday you will realize they were the big things” The coffee bar project was inspired by this lamp. My life was crazy and I was about to lose my mind. I wasn’t taking the time to do the things I enjoyed and losing focus on what was important, faith, family and friends! I needed to slow down and enjoy a cup of coffee and reconnect with my life. The coffee bar is the starting point of a much needed lifestyle redo.
Now that the final painting is complete, we have our much awaited coffee bar. I am slowly deciding how to accent and decorate the focal point of our new dining room. My first thought was all good coffee bars need to start with a great coffee pot. We headed out to our local Walmart and picked up a Mr. Coffee® Optimal Brew™ Thermal Coffee Maker.
While we there, I checked out the coffee aisle and was able to find Millstone® coffee in the flavored decaf. Hazlenut Creme and French Vanilla, it ws so hard to choose, I had to have both of them.
I was super excited to set up our new coffee bar with both a high quality coffee, Mr. Coffee® Optimal Brew™ Thermal Coffee Maker and embark on our new #coffeejourneys. I was amazed at the difference in taste of coffee when you brew with a drip coffee maker.
Look at the great features you get to enjoy from the Mr. Coffee® Optimal Brew™ Thermal Coffee Maker:
• Brews 10 cups in less than 7 minutes to ensure thorough extraction and full bodied flavor, which is considered by coffee experts to be the optimal time for extraction.
• Pour a cup of coffee while the coffeemaker is still brewing using the Pause n’ Serve feature.
• Ensure your coffee is hot and fresh when you need with the Fresh Brew timer.
• Coffee is kept hot with the vacuumed-insulated stainless steel carafe.
• Eliminating calcium build up is easy with the special cleaning cycle.
• Maintain the temperature of your carafe by using the removable water reservoir.
• Reduce chlorine in water by up to 97% with the built in water filtration.
• Fast and easy filling and cleaning with the side mounted removable filter basket
How awesome is all of that? My husband is normally drinks vanilla flavored coffee, but he was thrilled with the superior taste of the Millstone® coffee and is exclusively drinking it. I enjoyed both the Vanilla and the Hazelnut Creme Millstone® coffee, I still can’t decide which I enjoy most. Being able to enjoy a great cup of coffee in 7 minutes or less is definitely something I am looking forward to every morning. Mr. Coffee® Optimal Brew™ Thermal Coffee Maker is my new best friend. Finally, a chance to enjoy the little things!
Now I have a great coffee maker and delicious coffee to enjoy hot or cold, it’s on to round 2. Finding and creating the perfect accent decor for the coffee bar corner. I have a few ideas in mind, hopefully that post will be coming soon. #CollectiveBias
How do you enjoy your morning coffee?
Now here’s your chance to enhance your #CoffeeJourneys. Enter the giveaway for a chance to win your own Mr. Coffee® 10-cup Optimal Brew™ Thermal Coffee Maker and one bag of Millstone® coffee. Entries are open to US Only. You must be 18 or older to enter. Giveaway ends 5/12/2014. #CollectiveBias Good luck!
About Michele Brosius
I just love that!!! I have my coffee stuff on an old desk. I should really make it more of a coffee bar. Such a cute idea!!
Your coffee bar is great! I take my coffee with one splenda and a bit of flavored coffee creamer. Usually french vanilla, but sometimes I change it up.
The only way I can drink coffee is tons of milk and sugar. More like flavored milk than coffee.
That blue and black is so sharp looking. You really did a great job on this piece.
I like it black or sometimes with a little bit of half & half.
That’s super cute. I would love to have one of these at my house!
That is such an awesome coffee bar! I love how you up-cycled that dresser too! I’d love to do this for a hot cocoa bar since we don’t drink coffee.
I wish I could drink coffee all the time, but it hurts my tummy. BUT my husband drinks it daily!!
What a fantastic idea to create a coffee bar! One day when we own our own house I will have to create my own coffee bar too
How cool! I don’t drink coffee but most of my family loves it and would love something like this.
Oh I love your coffee bar! That hutch looks so rustic and cozy, I wish I had room for something like that in my dining room!
Cute idea for when guest come over!!!
The brown and blue colors you chose are just wonderful! I really am envious of how beautiful your furniture transformation is! Love a good coffee bar.
How cute!!! Would love this in my kitchen!
That is so fun and unique! I bet it makes your at home coffee seem a treat!
What a nice upcycle - love the idea of having a coffee bar in your home - I so want to do this!
I love your new coffee bar! My daily coffee is with a splash of half and half and occasionally a sweetener in it.
You did a great job redoing that piece! I tried Millstone French Vanilla and it was pretty good.
I Like My Coffee With Cream And Sugar!
So pretty! This does look super convenient for entertaining-while I like my coffee black, I do like having various additions around for guests. A setup like this would be a great way to declutter the countertop.
I love your coffee bar!!! I hope to make me one soon!!! Millstone French Vanilla with lots of sugar!!!!
Thank you for your generosity! I’m in need of a new coffee pot!!
I don’t have a computer and for some reason on my phone when I go to tweet the page just goes blank. I can copy and paste it with my twitter app just can’t get a link for the entry
Umm, wow, what a transformation! I want a coffee bar!
Your coffee bar looks amazing; isn’t it fun to re-paint furniture to look amazing new…?? Love your new coffeemaker, sooo jealous. Thanks for sharing and what a fun Giveaway
I love your DIY coffee bar. I love my coffee every morning.
I drink my coffee black to enjoy the full flavor.
Have it first thing in the morning and throughout the day!
Your coffee bar is out of this world!
thank you
I Like my coffee With cream . thanks
I enjoy my coffee first thing in the morning. I like a strong cup of coffee with a hint of sugar-free Italian Sweet Creamer. It’s how I start my day
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I like the coffee and enjoy the morning with my family to start or end the day is delicious with cream or milk i like!
I like black coffee without sugar
Looks like an awesome product to use! Need to win it so I can try it out!
Need to win it so I can try it out!
I love my coffee iced!
Hot, strong, and black! That’s the only way I enjoy coffee.
Most of the time I drink my coffee black but sometimes I add creamer.
I usually make it with 2 cream and 1 sugar and enjoy it out on my patio in the morning. I sip on my coffee while checking emails and enjoying the view of my garden.
I like my coffee really hot with a splash of milk. yum!
I love coffee. Hot, cold, sweet, with chocolate.. Even straight up! I just gotta have my coffee!
DH drinks a pot a day, at least, by himself! Strong, black, coffee is how he likes it!
Coffee-what does it mean to me? The difference between starting my day off right! I am a school teacher and this is what helps get me going…and helps keep me going…and helps relax me when I am done!
I MUST have my coffee in my zebra print cup with a C on it at 5 AM every morning with my salted caramel creamer. Don’t try and speak to me before then.
I really enjoy Cafe Du Monde coffee with chicory in it. A little bit of sugar and cream and it’s done.
Coffee is a necessity for life! Yum:)
I like my coffee best when it is made and poured for me by someone else. I like it black. No fuss no muss.
I enjoy my coffee first thing in the morning on the front porch!
With sugar and french vanilla cream
I enjoy my coffee everyday with half and half and sugar.
I love my coffee sweet and flavorful. I like more coffee w/ my cream than the other way around.
Also love the DIY desk, very creative and beautiful
I like to add Stevia to my coffee!
This is a super cute idea! I just have my stuff on an old table.
I enjoy my coffee with lots of cream and sugar.
With cream and hot,
lots of creamer and LOTS of sugar !:) for sure
I enjoy my coffee by sitting on the deck watching the sun rise.
i like my coffee with sugar free flavored creamer! thanks clallen @ ntin . net
I enjoy my coffee every morning with creamer and sugar. Thanks!
I just love the coffee bar idea!!! I have a desk in my kitchen that i rendered useless! Not now!!!
I love my coffee with plain almond milk and sugar.
I like my coffee with lots of creamer
Over ice with cream and caramel coffee liqueur
With sugar and cream
Oh how I love my coffee…. hot, iced, spiced up a bit…. MMMMM!
black with lots of sugar and tsp of cream
Love coffee