12 Ways a Trolley Serves More Than Drinks
With a glam reputation these days as a bar cart, trolleys are showing off their stylish moves. Here are other iterations
1. Styling vignette
Not into alcoholic beverages? A trolley lets you show off your flair for putting decorative objects together (or simply your good taste in homewares) on not just one surface, but two or three, without taking up extra floor area.
Not into alcoholic beverages? A trolley lets you show off your flair for putting decorative objects together (or simply your good taste in homewares) on not just one surface, but two or three, without taking up extra floor area.
2. Side table
Whether you’re enjoying a cuppa (or serving it), a trolley can always double as a side table for that accent chair.
Whether you’re enjoying a cuppa (or serving it), a trolley can always double as a side table for that accent chair.
3. Kitchen island
If your don’t have enough space or budget to build a kitchen island, but like the idea of having extra food prep surface and storage, try a trolley. There are kitchen-specific ones in several sizes and finishes so you can select something that fits your kitchen.
If your don’t have enough space or budget to build a kitchen island, but like the idea of having extra food prep surface and storage, try a trolley. There are kitchen-specific ones in several sizes and finishes so you can select something that fits your kitchen.
4. Mobile kitchen station
Similarly, a kitchen trolley can go with you where and when you need the extra surface (and the accompanying ingredients or kitchen accessories). You can even wheel it to the dining room if you’re serving something like a roast with all the fixings. Imagine your guests’ delight at a dessert trolley!
Similarly, a kitchen trolley can go with you where and when you need the extra surface (and the accompanying ingredients or kitchen accessories). You can even wheel it to the dining room if you’re serving something like a roast with all the fixings. Imagine your guests’ delight at a dessert trolley!
5. Sideboard alternative
While a sideboard might crowd a small dining room, a trolley is light in appearance, and can easily be moved back to the kitchen after guests have taken their crockery and food, buffet-style.
While a sideboard might crowd a small dining room, a trolley is light in appearance, and can easily be moved back to the kitchen after guests have taken their crockery and food, buffet-style.
6. Laundry and ironing caddy
Organise your laundry accessories on a sleek little trolley. If you hang clothes to dry or do your ironing in different areas of the house, it’s convenient to roll it to wherever you need it at that moment.
Organise your laundry accessories on a sleek little trolley. If you hang clothes to dry or do your ironing in different areas of the house, it’s convenient to roll it to wherever you need it at that moment.
8. Arts and crafts caddy
Wheel out your tools when you need them, and organise and store them away easily with a trolley.
Wheel out your tools when you need them, and organise and store them away easily with a trolley.
9. Mobile bookcase
Utilise an odd space, such as this attic, by placing a book trolley where regular-height shelves can’t fit. Simply wheel it to where the ceiling height is higher when you need to get something, then wheel it back in when you’re done.
Utilise an odd space, such as this attic, by placing a book trolley where regular-height shelves can’t fit. Simply wheel it to where the ceiling height is higher when you need to get something, then wheel it back in when you’re done.
10. Mini planter
If you like indoor plants but can’t be bothered to move every individual pot out to the balcony to sun and water them, consider arranging them on a trolley instead. It’ll take you one trip, and you have an instant green vignette indoors.
If you like indoor plants but can’t be bothered to move every individual pot out to the balcony to sun and water them, consider arranging them on a trolley instead. It’ll take you one trip, and you have an instant green vignette indoors.
11. Cleaning assistant
This is how hotel housekeeping gets all that cleaning done in a jiffy: a cleaning trolley where all housekeeping needs (spray bottle, dusting cloth, bin liners, etc) are within easy reach as you clean room to room. After that, you don’t need to lug all that stuff back to the storage cabinet or service yard; you just wheel it over.
Other tips for service yards
This is how hotel housekeeping gets all that cleaning done in a jiffy: a cleaning trolley where all housekeeping needs (spray bottle, dusting cloth, bin liners, etc) are within easy reach as you clean room to room. After that, you don’t need to lug all that stuff back to the storage cabinet or service yard; you just wheel it over.
Other tips for service yards
12. Catch-all
Parents will appreciate a receptacle for little toys, diapers or washcloths, and the odd decor object – that can be easily wheeled out of sight when guests arrive.
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Parents will appreciate a receptacle for little toys, diapers or washcloths, and the odd decor object – that can be easily wheeled out of sight when guests arrive.
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Wheels allow you to bring it from the kitchen to the living room, easy-peasy.
There are other things the versatile trolley can do, too.