10 Locations Where a Bar Cart Will Bring the Party
If you like to entertain, but don't have the space to build a home bar, the bar cart's the next best thing! Let us show you how
Since having a built-in bar at home isn’t always practical or affordable, a bar cart is a great alternative for entertaining friends and family for not too much space or dough. While parking your bar cart in a living room or den is a popular and perfectly fine option, there’s no need to limit yourself. Here are 10 other spots to consider when playing bartender at home.
2. Small wall filler
If you’re having a hard time finding the right spot for your bar cart, search your walls and look for the smallest one. Chances are it’s already in need of a little extra love and attention.
If you’re having a hard time finding the right spot for your bar cart, search your walls and look for the smallest one. Chances are it’s already in need of a little extra love and attention.
3. Below-art standout
After hanging your favourite piece of art, it can be difficult to decorate the space below it. Seating encourages people to face away from the art, while a bar cart allows them to study the piece while also contemplating their next cocktail.
After hanging your favourite piece of art, it can be difficult to decorate the space below it. Seating encourages people to face away from the art, while a bar cart allows them to study the piece while also contemplating their next cocktail.
4. Stylish corner
A corner of a room can be a notoriously difficult spot to decorate. A potted plant or an old chair that no one ever sits in are common choices, but a bar cart can add instant interest. This gilded beauty against a wallpapered accent wall creates a captivating vignette.
A corner of a room can be a notoriously difficult spot to decorate. A potted plant or an old chair that no one ever sits in are common choices, but a bar cart can add instant interest. This gilded beauty against a wallpapered accent wall creates a captivating vignette.
5. Tucked under the stairs
The space under the stairs is a gold mine for all sorts of uses, from an office space to a powder room to this cozy little nook outfitted with an armchair and bar cart to warmly draw you in.
8 Clever Ideas for the Space Under the Stairs
The space under the stairs is a gold mine for all sorts of uses, from an office space to a powder room to this cozy little nook outfitted with an armchair and bar cart to warmly draw you in.
8 Clever Ideas for the Space Under the Stairs
6. Dining area delight
A bar cart in a dining area can perform double duty. It provides an extra surface for side dishes during dinner and then for a selection of aperitifs during dessert.
A bar cart in a dining area can perform double duty. It provides an extra surface for side dishes during dinner and then for a selection of aperitifs during dessert.
7. Kitchen knockout
Let’s face it, as much as we try to make other rooms in our house alluring, when friends and family gather, it’s often in the kitchen. A bar cart makes perfect sense there, not only for hosting guests but for storing the cooking sherry to boot.
Let’s face it, as much as we try to make other rooms in our house alluring, when friends and family gather, it’s often in the kitchen. A bar cart makes perfect sense there, not only for hosting guests but for storing the cooking sherry to boot.
8. Office party
Having a bar in your office has a distinct Mad Men feel to it, but you don’t need a swinging midcentury pad to pull it off. A classic bar cart in the corner of your home office can be a good way to unwind after a stressful day pushing paper.
Having a bar in your office has a distinct Mad Men feel to it, but you don’t need a swinging midcentury pad to pull it off. A classic bar cart in the corner of your home office can be a good way to unwind after a stressful day pushing paper.
9. Take it outside
With summer quickly approaching, there might be no more enjoyable spot to roll out your bar cart than the patio or balcony. Feel the warm breezes wash over you with a cool daiquiri in hand.
With summer quickly approaching, there might be no more enjoyable spot to roll out your bar cart than the patio or balcony. Feel the warm breezes wash over you with a cool daiquiri in hand.
10. Built-in bar butler
Having a built-in bar is a luxury, but during a busy house party the line there can get pretty backed up. Having a cart on hand allows you to spread the cheer throughout the room.
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Having a built-in bar is a luxury, but during a busy house party the line there can get pretty backed up. Having a cart on hand allows you to spread the cheer throughout the room.
TELL US
How do you stock your home bar – in a cart, a shelf or more? Show us by posting a photo in the Comments section.
MORE
Bar Cart Complements
Cheers to Dreamy Wine Cellars
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Depending on how rough your day’s been, a bar cart might be the first thing you’d like to see when you walk through the front door. Consider placing a mirror above it, to open up the space and for last-minute primping.