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Vintage Barware For Modern Bar Cart Styling

August 3, 2017
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It’s no secret that retro cocktail recipes are all the rage. So when shopping vintage shops, one thing I always have my eye out for is vintage barware. Usually, it can be picked up at a fair price, and of course, it will elevate your hostess status to an eleven. So let’s time-travel and take your kitchen liquor cabinet to a speakeasy-style cocktail bar. I’m here to help you find affordable pieces for a collection that would have Don Draper green with envy.

Vintage Barware Styling Ideas and Bar Cart Styling Tips

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While at a flea market or estate sale, looking at vintage barware can be a bit overwhelming. So many colors and patterns to choose from. Where should we begin? Let’s start with the bar cart. It’s pretty much the foundation. Now, I like to change mine around a bit. Throughout summer and during the holidays, my bar cart is stocked with liquor bottles of all sorts. I can wheel it around, and guests just help themselves. This beauty was a lucky flea score, but here is one in black. Cuz sometimes you just don’t have the time to hunt yourself. Don’t worry. I always gotcha covered.

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  • Bar Cart Styling Ideas With Vintage Barware
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  • Discover More Unique Cocktail Recipes and Eclectic Home Decor Ideas

Bar Cart Styling Ideas With Vintage Barware

Vintage Barware Styling Ideas On A Bar Cart

During our winter hibernation and busy back-to-school months, I like repurposing my bar cart into something more functional like a small shelfie or side table. Plus, it’s fun just to change it up.

Vintage Barware Styling Ideas

So you’ve got your bar cart, now what? Glasses of course. Nothing adds glamour to cocktail hour than sipping a Brandy Old Fashioned from a gold-rimmed rocks glass. My favorite is Mid-Century Modern barware…it’s like the costume jewelry of glassware. And it should go without saying, you don’t have to use these gems for special occasions or alcohol only. Wanna glass of water? Why not drink it in style? But, word of warning, always handwash or that gold will just fade away in the dishwasher.

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Beautiful 24k Gold Vintage Cocktail Glasses

Shoji Trellis Glasses – SHOP THEM HERE

A few of my favorite vintage barware designers are Dorothy Thorpe, Culver, and Georges Briard. Although I have yet to score a set of Shoji Trellis glasses at an affordable price. They are the vintage unicorns that allude me. Mark my words, one day, I will have a set to call my very own, and I will use them on the daily.

Vintage Ice Bucket for a Bart Cart

Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ice Buckets – SHOP THEM HERE

And for the maraschino cherry on top, let’s add red lipstick to deck out our bar, shall we? These bar accessories will set it apart from the neighbors. I’m talking a slick ice bucket, a cocktail shaker,  tool set — with lucite or bakelite handles, and swizzle sticks…maybe I’m weird…well, we all know I’m weird, but I get a good giggle from a naughty swizzle stick. Nothing says “bottoms up” like a nekked lady bum! Talk about a conversation piece.  Eeeep!

Naughty Vintage Swizzle Sticks

Bottoms Up Stir Sticks from The Forest Sleeps Etsy Shop – sold out

Now all you need to make your vintage modern cocktail bar cart complete is a fancy drink recipe, and you’re all set. Check out my past cocktails recipes, like the best sake cocktail, but fasten your seatbelt because I am working on a boozy beverage that’ll knock your socks off. At least that’s what it did to my neighbor Jamie. It’s a passion fruit cocktail will Lillet blanc. Click that link for the drink recipe.

bar cart styling ideas with vintage barware
Kyla Herbes House of Hipsters home decor influencer living in Chicago, IL

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Kyla Herbes

Kyla Herbes is an interior designer and home decor content creator based in Chicago, IL. She shares daily doses of home decor, corners of her home, interior styling tips, and will inspire you to do it yourself. House Of Hipsters has been featured in Architectural Digest, Apartment Therapy, House Beautiful, HGTV, The Huffington Post, Refinery29, Rue Magazine, and Style Me Pretty Living. Kyla has also made appearances on BravoTV and WGN TV and was named a Better Homes and Gardens Style Maker 3 years in a row.

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    COLOR N INTERIOR
    August 5, 2017

    The gold rim glasses are great for adding a retro touch to the interior and liked the bottoms up stir sticks> thanks for such great inspiration.

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      kyla
      COLOR N INTERIOR
      August 9, 2017

      I’m so tempted to buy those stir sticks myself! I love them!

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    amyks
    August 5, 2017

    I wish I was cool enough to need a barcart. I’ve always wanted to like drinking martinis, but it’s just not going to happen. Wine and beer are the beverages of choice with my husband and I.

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