How To Style The Perfect Bar Cart (And Make It Fashion)
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It’s 5 o’clock everywhere, all day every day for lots of us nowadays it seems—at least y'all know our house loves a well-crafted cocktail and what’s more? A stylishly curated bar cart! Get into our best practices for how to style the perfect bar cart (and make it fashion!)
Choose your bar cart
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This is the easy part. Choose your bar cart by how it appeals to you and compliments other furnishings in the room. For instance, you can go gold if the legs of your sofa are also gold, mix metals, or choose a fun acrylic style bar cart like the ‘Lucite Bar Cart with Brass’ (above) that we love, love, LOVE!
Showcase the pretty stuff
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As far as bottles go, style your bar cart in such a way that the prettiest (and/or most expensive) bottles are on top, front and center for a hint of luxury. Make sure that the bottles are free of dust, labels are intact, and free of messy stains to make the styling of your perfect bar cart fashion.
Accessorize for the GAWDS
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You can accessorize with a small bouquet of flowers or your favorite potted plants, cocktail-table books, and of course, cocktail shakers and other mixing necessities. Seemingly random objects like plants, books, and statues can convey an overall theme whereas your cocktail go-to’s (decanters, bottle openers, jiggers, etc.) are readily available whenever you need to shake things (your favorite spirits) up a bit.
Use trays to group -ish together
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Okay, so you won’t want your accessories laying flat on your bar cart like surgical tools. Instead, try grouping them in trays or decorative containers to keep everything together.
Vary Height
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This one’s a biggie—to create interest and captivate the eye make sure the height of the items on your bar cart vary in height. Basically, try not to purposely line everything the same height up next to each other. Instead, try sitting your artful decor piece on top of books or add a stylish plant a bit taller than your bottles to create variety in elevations.
Don’t forget the art
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If your now perfect bar cart is flush against a wall, why not add some great art as a backdrop. You can choose artwork that speaks to your theme, adds a pop of color, or even quirky text your guests will love. Just keep in mind the recommendations for hanging wall art. If you have no idea what the heck that even means—check out our tips and tricks here.