Look For Pretty Packaging Color, pattern and texture all come into play when styling your pub cart. "Custom coasters add style and function," Owens says. "Cloth cocktail napkins are a little touch that may go a long way, and researching a local or small distillery can yield quite packaging in addition to equally delicious spirits"
Show Off Your bar cart can be the screen space. Use it to present a number of your favorite glassware and dishes. "My pub cart was super easy to style. It's vintage and contains only the perfect patina, so just about anything looks good on it," says designer Naomi Stein of Design Manifest. "It's the place where I inventory my favourite mixers and showcase my classic eyeglasses and fancy plates. Fresh flowers are crucial to include beautiful aroma and colour. The finishing touch for me is the painting over. It's like the cherry into my bar-cart cocktail."
Make It Work Turn an antique bar cart into a modern treasure using just a little elbow grease and a clear vision. Catherine Sheppard of The Life Styled transformed this flea market find into a classic focus. "I scoured flea markets looking for something that had the look I wanted until I finally scored the perfect classic at a junkyard. It had been tarnished beyond recognition ... and the deal had been broken off. After a couple rounds of polishing, a trip to a brass solderer plus a glassmaker, it came back looking like new"
Play Dress Up "The best part was dressing it up with all my favorite antiques: special bar tools, cocktail recipe books, glasses from various flea markets and only the most adorable liquor bottles," says Sheppard. "I love that it's the first thing you see when you walk into our home. It instantly invites our guests to enjoy themselves while they're with us."
Va-Va-Vintage Search vintage and thrift stores for stylish bar carts you can select up for a steal. Here, designer Emily Henderson uses this retro cart as a single part console one and part cocktail tray.
Insert Wit and Whimsy A different way to make your pub cart super trendy: Add character to the wall. Here, a chalkboard-painted wall adds a bit of humor to an otherwise traditional setup.
The Essentials Monika Hibbs from The Doctor's Closet likes to hint in both masculine and feminine details inside her bar-cart screen. "When it comes to a pub cart, show off some personality and style. I love to exhibit both my husband's serious, conservative whiskies with my treasured flirty champagnes."
Infuse Your Personal Style With the holidays approaching, now's the opportunity to combine family heirlooms in together with your newer pieces for a bit of nostalgia. "Mix in the older -- crystal glassware, mixing novels, corkscrews -- together with the new -- vibrant napkins, straws as well as fun bottles of water"
Master the Mix Hibbs' rule of thumb? "Always have a favorite bottle ready for a celebratory event" Beth Dotolo also proposes having items prepared to display for holiday entertaining, "Festive straws, stirrers and napkins are great for adding a festive touch to your holiday fun. Consider taking your cocktails a step further by utilizing fun-shaped ice cubes or simply by freezing colorful fruit in your ice cube trays. It will result in a stunning display on your bar cart when serving cocktails"
Festive Particulars Think about the two colour and caliber when picking spirits. Here, a collection of blue liquor bottles complements the styled stack of books on the lower shelf. If your favourite spirits come in less-attractive bottles, then scour antique shops for vivid decanters.
Color-Coordinate Now that your bar is beautiful, what should you serve your guests? Spiritual May of Maison 21 suggests mixing the practical with the sudden. "Have a selection of fundamental liquors: vodka, gin, bourbon or whiskey and vermouth," May says. "Round these out with a few awesome liquors in bottles with different shapes for visual appeal."
Stocking the Bar A trendy pub cart has to be practical and beautiful, so make sure you add items in moderation. "Keep lubricant and soda in multiples. A number of the very same bottles are going to continue to keep the bar looking warm and not overly cluttered," May says. "Part of the appeal of cocktails is visual, so keep you pub cart rather than overburdened with bottles."
Less Is More Philip Erdoes, CEO of The New Traditionalists, knows precisely what goes into making a fantastic bar cart, and how to put it into good use. "Good barware is vital, and at The New Traditionalists we adore vintage pieces. Artisanal cocktails always taste better in old-school glasses. Ebay has some candy midcentury eyeglasses and accessories."
Get Artisanal "A proper bar should always have a great mix," says Erdoes. His preferred lineup? "Hendrick's gin, Maker's Mark, Hudson rye, Tito's vodka, Antica vermouth, Brooklyn bitters and salty snacks like popcorn with hot sauce and sea salt"
Cocktail Menu "A found treasure always garners a second look and a posh set of marvelous midcentury highballs or dapper decanters will also be a nod to the glamorous retro ritual of cocktail hour," Owens says.
Go Old-School After the party's over, you can make use of your bar cart in a whole new way. "Your dining room isn't the only place you can use a stylish pub cart," says Manja Swanson, chief creative officer of Lamps Plus. "Try dressing your office with a stylish, metallic framed pub cart. It's a great way to free up your desk space while adding a reasonably element to the room. Place your office accessories like a notepad and image frame up top along with your favourite books on the bottom shelf."
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