Valentine's Coffee and Hot Cocoa Bar

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After the holiday decor is put away, the house looks so blah. I jazzed up our coffee bar this year and included the kids with a hot cocoa bar, too...all in heart decor. Come check out our Valentine's Coffee and Hot Cocoa Bar below.

In all honesty, I don't normally have Valentine's decor up *this* early, but I have to tell you about my new lil' side job. For the second issue in a row, I'm working with a local lifestyle magazine as their DIY and decor person. It's been a blast, y'all...kind of taking me back to my roots with a bit of publishing and design work, too. With the February issue coming up, I had Valentine's decor out the day after Christmas so I could photograph everything. I invited our sweet little friend over and we had a couple of photoshoots. Today's Valentine's Coffee and Hot Cocoa Bar ended up on the cutting room floor (in favor of a Valentine's Baking Station, which I'll show you after the magazine hits shelves), but I did want to share this here with you! And, I'll be sharing the free printable this week, as well. Check out our Coffee and Hot Cocoa Bar below.

Valentine's Coffee and Hot Cocoa Bar

This little spot in our home is, by far, the hardest working space ever. All five of us partake of the coffee and hot cocoa bar all day long. I fill up the K-Cup jar almost every single night...it's coffee mayhem, y'all.

I post about this space a lot here on the blog, but it's such a fun spot to decorate seasonally. You can see it here in all its vintage Christmas glory. I tend to post about it even more over on my Instagram account. Again, this is my sweet friend, Bonnie's daughter featured in this post, along with my youngest son.

While this space is usually just coffee, it's been fun having it double as a hot cocoa bar this time of the year, too. My kids have made at least one cup of cocoa every night for themselves. It was so easy to just throw cocoa packets and marshmallows into some of my jars for easy access.

Key Items for a Coffee and Hot Cocoa Bar:

• coffee maker
• Our Keurig is the perfect coffee maker for our family of five. Now that my oldest is in high school, we have four family members partaking of coffee, so the Keurig fits the bill. Grab the latest model of Keurig here on Amazon.
• coffee cups
• You can see my red and white striped ones on the top shelf of this coffee bar. They're actually Christmas ones, but I always use them for Valentine's, too, with their fun red and white colors. These particular ones were a gift from both my husband and a friend several years ago. They both scoured all of the local Starbucks for me when I fell in love with these cute cups!
• large glass jars for holding coffee pods, cocoa packets, marshmallows, sweeteners, etc.
• Grab the jars I used here on Amazon (it's a set of four).
• small glass jars for "extras" like sprinkles, etc.
• Grab the small apothecary jars I used here on Amazon.
• seasonal artwork (it's perfect to anchor the space, just change it out as needed)
• My hearts printable was a freebie here. I have lots of free seasonal printables for you to decorate your space. 

Last year, I made this super simple heart hoop art for this space. It wasn't anything too fancy. I used a hoop quilt from the thrift store, a dotted fabric scrap, felt that I cut into a large heart, and an embroidered blanket stitch to hold it all in place. I gave it a coat of Scotch Gard to protect it from any coffee or hot cocoa bar mishaps.

As I mentioned above, the Watercolor Heart Printable I displayed here is one of my freebies. It's available in both vertical and horizontal versions. It's definitely become a reader-favorite this time of the year.

Again, I used apothecary jars for some seasonal candy. I had to laugh...a few days before Christmas, a Facebook friend posted about how annoyed she was that the grocery store already had Valentine's candy out. While I understand her sentiment, I was secretly so happy to see her post and go grab all of this in time for my photos! I used these smaller jars here from Amazon for my Valentine's sprinkle collection. I love Valentine's, y'all...so much so that I have a sprinkle collection for it. 

And I use these vintage cracker jars for everything. I've had them for years, y'all. It's nice that you can easily see the contents of the jar. I originally bought some of these after we got married (16 years ago) at Target. Since then, I often see them at Marshall's or TJ Maxx for a good price. I also just found a set of FOUR of the big gallon-sized ones here on Amazon.

I'm not even a little kidding when I say that I love these jars so much. Here's a little peek at that baking station I'll be sharing next month. 

 Sprinkles make everything better.

More Coffee and Cocoa Bar Ideas

• How about an Iced Coffee Bar when the temperatures are warmer outside? Mine was so much fun to set up.
• And this is what our coffee bar looked like in our previous home. We used a piece of furniture for it since we didn't have enough counter space to accommodate it over there.
• This three-tier coffee bar from A Shade of Teal is really cute! Everything is ready for your cup of yum.
• And I love Jenn's Valentine's Hot Cocoa Bar over at Clean and Scentsible.

Would you enjoy a coffee and hot cocoa bar in your kitchen?