Bar Update

I love the bar cart trend!  It is very Mad Men.  What a crazy and stylish era.  When we moved into our first house we saw a bar at Crate and Barrel and fell in love with it.  I found a similar bar at Sears for about $800 less than Crate and Barrel so we decided to purchase it as a gift for each other one Christmas.  We have accumulated items for this bar and I haven’t done a good job of keeping it organized.

 

 

I never realized how many different types of glasses I had for our bar or the fun stuff we had that I couldn’t get to easily.  I took everything out and gave it a good dusting and I wiped out all of the glasses.  I took a few of each type of glass that we use frequently and placed them back inside.  I took the rest and put them in the cabinet above the fridge.  I figured this would be a good place to store them since I wouldn’t probably use them unless I was setting a formal table or having a party and I have a hard time accessing anything above the refrigerator.  I also thought this would be a place they wouldn’t get broken by accident. 

 

 

I then pulled out the liquor that we tend to use frequently and placed it on a tray on top of the bar.  The others I placed back inside and made sure you could easily access all of them.  We have a drawer that housed the many beer cozies that we own along with some other fun things like our pocket guides and drink markers.  I ended up putting the cozies in the door so we could access them easier and they were shoved in the little drawer.  I may end up doing something else with these down the road like placing in a basket on top because we use them a lot but we will see how this goes first.  I put the cocktail napkins where you can actually access them and I placed our drink markers, bottle openers and wine stoppers in there too.  I added our candy dish and a cute little candle to the top as well.  When we have company I will probably flip the bar out and add a few other things to the top like cans of pop for mixing and some lemons and limes for garnish.  I saw a really neat garnish tray that was constructed from a votive holder and I may have to add that for my next party. 

 

 

The same blog post had a neat sign with the recipe for the signature drink.  I think I may try that during our next party as well.  We did a Bloody “Merry” Bar at Christmas and I am thinking about doing one again this year.  If that is the case, I could probably do a few drinks that morning now that I have room!  I already have a festive poinsettia in a vase ready to go on top and a few ornaments in one of the wine glasses.