Add a Room Without Adding On

Closet to Open Bar

The Challenge: How does a couple find extra space to entertain?

The Solution: Convert an undeveloped and undervalued walk-in storage closet into a centrally located wet bar.

Known by family and friends as consummate entertainers, Toni and Gary Hightower believed that this essential space, at the heart of just about everything, was not reaching its full potential. "I call it my hole in the wall because it wasn't supposed to be," says Toni. "It was a regular closet. You always need storage, but we entertain so much, we needed a wet bar even more. It's large enough to fit the basic elements for entertaining."