The Hawthorn

A Home Bar Remodel Las Vegas Designed Around One Phrase: Hotel Bar

A home bar remodel Las Vegas homeowners take on rarely starts with a blank slate. It starts with a room that no longer works. At The Hawthorn in Southern Highlands, the room in question was a formal dining room — architecturally present but functionally idle. The homeowners approached Kingdom & Co. with a clear vision: retire the dining room and build something they would actually use every evening. Their two-word brief was simple: hotel bar.
The result is one of Kingdom & Co.’s most refined residential projects — a complete conversion of the existing dining space into a lounge and wet bar, paired with a full home office renovation in the adjacent room. The project was completed in 2023. Every phase was managed through Kingdom & Co.’s design-build process, from concept through final styling.

Steel-Framed Glass Doors That Define Without Dividing

Creating an intimate bar atmosphere inside an open floor plan required solving a spatial tension. The room needed to feel enclosed and moody without cutting off natural light from surrounding living areas. Black steel-framed glass partition doors solved this precisely. They define the bar’s boundaries while keeping sightlines open and allowing daylight to filter through — a detail that makes this home bar remodel Las Vegas project feel intentional rather than isolated.
The partition doors also serve as the room’s visual signature. From the hallway, you see the lounge framed through steel and glass before you enter it. That threshold moment — the shift from open floor plan to dedicated bar — is what gives the space its hotel-bar quality.

The Wet Bar: Marble, Brass, and a Window Problem Solved

A second design challenge emerged along the back wall. The existing window sat directly where the wet bar cabinetry needed to go. Rather than work around it awkwardly, Kingdom & Co. designed the sink cabinet slightly taller than its neighbors and carried the countertop down in a waterfall detail on each side. What started as a constraint became the bar’s most distinctive feature — a move that reads as fully intentional.

Behind the bar, a Calacatta Viola marble backsplash introduces purple-white veining that catches light differently throughout the day. Floor-to-ceiling glass shelving on brass poles, backed by mirror, creates depth and display space without adding visual bulk. The matte black gooseneck faucet and under-counter sink keep the wet bar operational without dominating the aesthetic. A reach-in wine cellar completes the setup — temperature-controlled storage built directly into the cabinetry run.

Materials That Set This Home Bar Remodel Las Vegas Apart

Every surface in this home bar remodel Las Vegas project was chosen to reinforce a sense of weight and permanence. Dark navy shaker-style cabinetry with brushed brass hardware anchors the room. Above, a coffered ceiling with damask wallpaper inset panels adds texture and formality that you do not see in typical residential bar builds. A white glass globe chandelier on brass arms provides ambient light that feels warm rather than functional.

Paired with cognac velvet barrel chairs and a black pedestal cocktail table, the seating area invites lingering — exactly the atmosphere the homeowners wanted. The finish palette works together because every material was selected to disappear into the overall composition rather than announce itself. Nothing competes. Everything contributes.

The Home Office Next Door

Adjacent to the bar, a home office received its own transformation as part of the same project scope. Navy built-in bookshelves frame the workspace with the same color palette, creating visual continuity between the two rooms. A white beaded chandelier softens the office atmosphere, making it feel considered rather than corporate. Steel-framed glass doors — matching those at the bar entry — separate the office from the hallway while maintaining the open, light-filled quality that runs through both spaces.

The result is a room that supports focused work while still belonging to the home’s broader design language. Both rooms share materials, hardware finishes, and proportions, proving that a home bar remodel Las Vegas project can anchor an entire wing of a home when the design is cohesive.

Completed in 2023 Under One Design-Build Contract

This home bar remodel Las Vegas project was completed in 2023. The scope included demolition of the existing dining room layout, all new cabinetry, electrical work for bar lighting and the wine cellar cooling unit, plumbing for the wet bar, finish carpentry for the coffered ceiling and built-in shelving, and the full home office renovation.

Kingdom & Co. managed the entire project under a single design-build contract — the same approach used on every project in the portfolio. No separate designer and contractor. No coordination gaps. One team from concept through completion. Kingdom & Co. is a member of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) and a back-to-back NARI Regional Remodeler of the Year.