Here has Beautiful housewe are suckers for home decor items that are designed with both pleasure and function in mind. And there’s nothing quite like an almighty bar cart, or, more playfully known as a drinks trolley. It is a storage piece and a beautiful party entrance. There are also many great use cases for bar carts. While they look and act like a side table, they’re also on wheels, so you can party from room to room, while simultaneously providing decorative items, glasses, dishes and much more. So if you’re looking for new ways to reinvent your bar cart or just considering buying one but want to see how others are using them first, the 18 bar cart ideas and styling tips at coming will give you all the inspiration you need. .
Limes are a home bar essential, but besides being a great cocktail ingredient, they also brighten up a space. In this tropical oasis designed by Kevin Isbellthe bowl of limes evokes the real greenery as well as the floral curtains.
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Put your wine rack on wheels
A wooden rolling stand displays wine and is strategically placed between the living room and open kitchen dining area in this Darryl Carter-designed home. It’s also bigger than your average bar cart, which means more booze!
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Place a tray on a table
Fitz Pullins used a small cabinet to prop up bar utensils and hold glasses in this dining area. It’s a great alternative for anyone who doesn’t want to splurge on a new bar cart and can reuse an existing dresser or nightstand.
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Keep water on it for guests
Displaying family photos and easy-to-access waters for guests on a circular bar cart adds even more character to this living room designed by Bunny Williams and Ferguson & Shamamian Architects. The cheeky statue of Allen Iverson around the corner is a fun surprise, too.
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Put on our brightest glassware
A rounded rattan bar cart attracts us every time. Colorful accents draw attention to the cool curves of this cart in a living room by Beata Heman. Very Mrs. Dalloway meets the Parker Palm Springs. No room for a full-fledged home bar? Its good! Just decorate a bar cart instead, because Beata Heman done in this eclectic living room.
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Place it near an outdoor space
Studio DB moved the black rattan bar cart in a room that leads to the terrace to optimize it for outdoor entertaining during the warmer months.
Don’t overload your bar cart, just keep a few items displayed on it at a time. Arent & Pykd supported a vase with a dramatic arrangement that flatters the color palette, along with two liquor bottles and decorative bowls.
Three shelves and a copper material make this bar cart the perfect display for a chic home library designed by Studio DB.
A decorated bar cart is a surefire way to liven up a boring or empty hallway. Studio DB placed it under two draws and opposite a pair of sleek floor lamps to bring the dead space to life.
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Bring it to a game room
In this basement game room designed by Arent & Pyke, there is a traditional and understated, sleek and modern adjacent wine cellar, and a small folding table doubles as a bar cart by the pool table.
Multiple seating areas, a lounge chair, and a fully stocked bar cart make this mid-century modern living room designed by Analisse Taft the perfect place to host fun parties. The bar cart is a vintage find from the 1940s.
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Keep it in the dining room
A wall shelf creates surface space for displaying vases, crockery and barware, while a small bar cart and magazine rack liven up the corner of this dining room designed by Tamsin Johnson Interiors.
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Put it under the art of statement
Decorate your bar cart with candlesticks and coffee table books, as Regan Baker Design did in this thumbnail. To draw more visual attention to it, place it under an eye-catching photo on the wall.
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Use a free-standing bottle holder
This freestanding storage piece wins the small space home bar jackpot. It’s slim enough to tuck into a corner without blocking any main usable space, and the minimalist design ensures it doesn’t take up too much visual space either. Thus, we can highlight the superb lines of this sofa in a living room in Etc.
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Use a secretary desk instead
Double the functionality of your living room by investing in practical and versatile furniture. Here, in a space designed by Justina Blakeney, the console table doubles as a fold-down desk. But that’s not all the work – there’s definitely room for play, from lush plants to fun details and colorful patterns.
Pretty bottles don’t need to be put away! Keep your collection out in the open on a shelf in your dining room or living room above a dresser or cabinet. Another pro tip? Maximize the perceived size of your space with a mirror above the sideboard, as a designer Ellen Kavanaugh made in this whimsical Florida home.
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Use it as a side table
A surprisingly great use case for a bar cart? A bedside table. In this bold bedroom, a bar cart has been used as a makeshift bedside table. The slim silhouette ensures low visual impact, but there’s still plenty of room for a nightlight, books, and flowers.
Michelle Adams came up with a two-tier side table by placing a tray for barware. Although the table is not on wheels, you can transport the tray while you serve.
Hadley Mendelsohn
Senior Writer
Hadley Mendelsohn is the design editor of House Beautiful and the co-host and executive producer of the Dark House podcast.
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