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Learn when a back-row bar can be a better value than building one yourself, and how it can help create a second or third row of seating in rooms where depth is limited.
A bar behind your theater seats can add more seating without using the floor space required for another complete row of recliners.
A back-row bar can be placed behind your first row to create a second seating row, or behind an existing second row to create a third row. This can be especially valuable in theaters where the room is not deep enough for another conventional row of reclining seats.
At first glance, building a bar yourself may look less expensive. But the real comparison is the total finished cost: hardwood, tools, labor, finishing, waste, transportation and installation.
The lumber price is only the starting point. A furniture-quality bar requires materials, equipment, finishing work and your time.
You are buying a finished hardwood furniture piece with known dimensions instead of starting with raw materials.
These are the project items that are easy to overlook when deciding whether to buy or build.
Room depth is often the most important reason to consider bar seating.
Measure the available width and depth in your theater before ordering.
Overall Width
Counter Height
Bar Depth
Rear Height with Backsplash
An eight-foot-plus bar can be difficult to move through basement stairs, hallways and theater doors if it is built as one piece.
The HT Design Back Row Bar ships as two fully assembled 50.25-inch sections. Each section can be moved separately into the theater, then joined together inside the room to create the finished 100.5-inch bar.
Each section weighs approximately 75 lbs., making the sections manageable for two people to move into place.
Furniture finishing is one of the easiest parts of a custom project to underestimate.
A furniture-quality wood finish typically requires preparation, sanding, stain or color application, sealing and multiple finish coats. Professional finishing can add meaningful cost, while doing it yourself requires equipment, workspace and time.
Buying a finished bar eliminates that stage of the project and lets you choose from established wood and finish options.
You already have the woodworking tools, finishing experience, workspace and time needed to build furniture, or you require a very unusual custom dimension.
You want predictable dimensions and cost, want to avoid woodworking and finishing, or need an efficient way to add a second or third seating row in a smaller-depth theater.
For many theaters, a finished back-row bar offers a simpler way to add a second or third row of seating while using much less room depth than another full row of recliners. If you need help determining whether the HT Design Back Row Bar will fit your theater, contact HTmarket.
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