First of all, I love my mini Keurig. I like it better than the big Keurig I started out with. I’m not sure why. Of course this one is red, so that might have a bit to do with it!
Morning coffee, I think for most folks, is more than just a cup of java. It is a pleasant ritual to look forward to. Oh, that first delightful sip!
I don’t drink mine black. That would be your hard core coffee drinkers with a stomach less delicate than mine. There has to be a sweetener, a dollop of half-and-half, and a bit of Coffee Mate French vanilla added.
Judy gave me some of her red and white ribbon she found thrifting, so I went to town at the coffee bar, as you can see. Because I want a cheerful and appealing coffee bar that greets me each morning after I’ve eaten my cereal and fruit.
The other day I took the lid from the glass container I put my K-cups in outside and painted it with red spray paint. Red, as you know, makes me smile.
Anyone can have a coffee bar, or beverage center. I’m using the white cart left behind by the previous tenants. But it could be anything. A dresser, a table, anything with a nice flat surface with enough room for what you need.
I like to have a lamp on my coffee bar. I’m not an overhead light type of person. I like a more diffused “ambiance.”
Oh, and I see I need to put a pretty dish towel on that bar. How on earth did I miss that? Probably because I needed a cup of coffee.
If you’d like to have a coffee bar or station, you can probably look around the garage or in the attic or basement, and find some cast-off that would work for the task at hand. Dress it up a bit. And you’ve got yourself a cute coffee bar.
Brenda, this really is such a cute coffee station and I love your wall collage. Hugs, Marty
Hi Brenda,
I love your coffee bar with all of the pretty red things to go with it. I received a mini kureg for Christmas and I love it. I bought an insert to use my own coffee rather then the K cups. They were just to strong for me. After experimenting some I found just the right amount of coffee to make the perfect cup. Since I had some k cups left over I brought them to school for friends. I decided to open one and use it in my four pot coffee maker. Wow perfect coffee every time.
I love the idea of your Thursday A team. What fun to see what they will come up with.
Suzan
Ladybug cottage
One other thing, I love your cart and I am glad you didn’t let your daughter talk you into getting rid of it. You go girl!!!!!!!!!
suzan
Brenda, I really love the idea of a free standing coffee bar! Hmmm….my mind is reeling with inspiration now. I do have room in my dining room for one!
I have to say that I couldn’t agree with you more abut lamp light. Ask my husband, he’ll tell you I rarely ever turn on overhead lights, becauseI think they cast a harsh light…(It’s actually become a joke.) I have lamps in every room, including the bathroom. They exude cozy!
Blessings and have a wonderful day!
Leslie
Hi Brenda! Love your post today so bright and cheerful your kitchen is..love your wall display too! The sun is shining bright here in Iowa today…Have a nice day Brenda!Happy Valentines day to you!! Love ya! Carol
Very cute Brenda, I quit drinking coffee and pop about 15 years ago. Now all I drink is water, but I so still love the smell of coffee brewing. About once every 3 years I do drink an iced coffee. Great little spot you have there:)
I love this cheerful space!
Brenda,
I just love this!! I love the red ( you know that) and I am a lover of lots of things on the walls so this post just tickled my fancy so much!!
Hugs,
Deb
Your coffee bar is so cheerful! Mine is blah!! I need to spiff it up a little!
love it, I made a coffee/tea/ hot choc station a few weeks back, love your touches of red’s, red just makes everything look better as I’ve aded more reds to my kitchen lol!
Helen
I’ll come have a cup of coffee with you! I can’t drink my coffee black, either. I have to have a little half ‘n half and natural sweetener. I use stevia or Truvia.
The coffee bar is so cute! You are just so talented. I agree, my coffee has to be doctored up. I think my mom started me out on coffee early with lots of milk/sugar. I wouldn’t’ drink it if I had to drink it black. The wall collage is fantastic! Happy Valentine’s Day to a real sweetie!
Pretty ! : ) I am laughing about your missing dish towel though…..but wherever it went to I am sure it was red or red and white!
Brenda, That coffee bar is so you…with the red and the dishes. Hope you are enjoying yourself. xoxo,Susie
What a wonderful way to begin your day, Brenda. Coffee and the color RED is sure to start you off on the right foot. There’s such happy energy that radiates in a home where the color RED resides.
Happy Valentine’s Day, my friend!
Carolynn xoxo
Love your coffee bar..all that red. (my favorite color!) You have inspired me to move mine from the end of a long counter to the other side of the room on a short counter. The electricle outlet is inside the appliance garage but my husband is going to drill a small hole so that my cord will slip inside. I am so excited to move it to a place that will make it so much “cuter.” I check you blog every day. God bless you, Carolyn in Florida
LOOOOOOve it! Every time you do something,.. now I have to. Your so inspiring Brenda. It sure is cheerful looking
Brenda! Cute! cute! cute! coffee bar, i don’t even drink coffee but yours makes me want one, i love all the rooms you show of your cozy home, can’t get enough, i am like the lady from New York i go back and read your old blogs when i can’ sleep. Been wondering if you were going to have your Esty shop again, i bought a pillow and there was another one i had my eye on.
I’m so glad the former tenant of your house left that wonderful piece of furniture. I would think that all of the cheery colors on your wall and all of the red on the coffee bar would just draw you to it.. That is one of the things that drew me to your blog~~~~your LOVE of red.. It’s always been my very favorite color.. LOVE your bird plate.
When I was a very little girl, I asked for a ring with a RED stone in it.. I still have it, but the size of it tells that my finger was very small.
I’ve never been a coffee drinker until just lately.. I found Folger’s single cup bags and I use them.. I can make the coffee any strength I want~~~usually not very strong.. I like to put sugar and half and half in mine.. I love my tea also~~~~various flavors are so nice and comforting..
Enjoy your evening,
Charlotte
I love my morning coffee! I love your coffee bar with all the pops of red! I also don’t like overhead lights…give me a lamp always!
hugs,
Linda
Hi Brenda,
I really do love your coffee bar! I am forever in love with your colors, they are so me too.
Thanks for featuring me on Tuesday too. I am just now getting caught up with my blog reading, it’s been one of those kind of weeks.
Hugs,
Cindy
I have a case of the envies. I envy your coffee bar. Lovely.
Very colorful and cheerful, a great start for the day!
That cart from the previous owner certainly came in handy, Brenda! You’ve set up a really pretty area. Love the lamp. I use a lot of lamps in our place, too. I especially like it in the early morning when I am making my coffee and can’t deal with bright light. Great idea to spray paint the lid on that container; it really ties in with the red in this area.
Brenda! Love your coffee bar! Yes, coffee drinking is a ritual that can be savored alone or with company! Your coffee bar is delightful. Love the way you’re always changing things up and creating new vignettes. I’ve always been a fan of having a lamp on the coffee bar or kitchen counter. Somehow it makes the room seem more cozy. Your coffee bar and home have a wonderful colorful personality! Of course red is one of my favorite colors.
That’s just about the coziest thing ever! I’m typing this enjoying my first cuppa joe wishing I had one of those sweet spots in my home. So cute!
I love your cheerful and cozy coffee corner.
I used to have a coffee corner in our previous home and I loved it… I don’t have enough room in our kitchen right now, but maybe one day!
Hi Brenda,
Gorgeous coffee cart! Love the makeover on your lid. The new red is amazing! I love coffee too! But I take my black now for about the last two years… How you take yours though sounds delicious!! Happy Valentine’s Day!
All the Best,
Christine
Oh, I noticed right away that you didn’t have a dishtowel on the bar……NOT! But, I know exactly how that feels…after all the pictures are taken, etc. This is adorable! I love all your bright reds. I want a cute coffee bar like this!! Even a red Keurig! Love it!
Karen
Brenda, I am sharing this with my daughter-in-law who hates having the Keurig on the kitchen counter. I bought them a tray to hold the k-cups which sits under the Keurig and that helped as before my son kept a bowl on the counter as well with a variety of flavors close at hand. She also loves white, blue, red and tea pots so she’s going to adore this coffee station.
I LOVE your coffee bar Brenda! I too am a coffee lover, and I look so forward to my morning coffee! I even wake up in the night sometimes, thinking…oh gosh, is it almost coffee time? I can’t believe those previous tenants left that darling cart behind! It is perfect for you coffee bar!!!
XO Kris
Brenda, you were the first to introduce me to the concept of a coffee bar…and I do love it.
Yours is always so nice to look at.
Jen
Love your coffee bar and how you decorated the wall above it…so cute!! I’m not a coffee drinking, but I could to the same kind of thing with a tea bar. I just love how you decorate.
~Cindy
Love this post, I have a blue mini Keurig upstairs on a little table at the end of the hallway outside the bedrooms so I or my guests can enjoy a cup of coffee before going downstairs to face the day. I have a little lamp there, too, to avoid overhead lighting. I love coming to your blog because of posts like this, love cute and cheerful, do-able ideas that you share! Also following you on Pinterest, you pin the neatest things!
I’ve set up a tea and chocolate (two of my all time favorite things!) bar on my bedroom radiator, which is (happily) only about 3 feet from my bed. I live in an old house and there are wooden tops on all the radiators, so my teas, sugars, bon bons, and electric kettle look lovely on the old wood. Plus, in the winter the wood warms up and keeps everything toasty. I don’t drink much hot tea in the summer, but I still keep the bar stocked with chocolate!
Love your “treat” bar, especially all the red!
Your coffee bar would cheer me up every morning! Love those signs and that red is so pretty the perfect pop of color! I LOVE it!
xx
Anne
When I saw the words Coffee Bar I thought of a candy bar. Our coffee pot, container of coffee, and the coffee cups are in three different spots in the kitchen, so we definitely could use a coffee bar. And I wouldn’t mind having a candy bar too. Thanks for sharing your adorable coffee bar with us.
We have gardening and lots more in common, but I don’t drink coffee or like red(except in the garden)….I know….hard for some to believe! I do love the smell of coffee grounds and brewed coffee…I do have one red piece…a wheeled kitchen metal cart(aluminum frame…old). I had to have one, and then when I got it home….saw, really saw it was red….it’s OK….love it!
I love your pretty drink station.
I have the perfect piece of furniture to make a drink station in our new home, WHEN and IF we ever get moved in…:)
Thanks for all the inspiration;
xo