I Took Our Home Editor’s Advice and Ditched My Bar Cart

Come build a bar corner with me.
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The credenza, the sofa cushions, the tub ledge—all of a sudden, my 1-year-old is pulling up on everything, to my blood pressure’s dismay. Which means I officially have to do something about our cute but very precarious bar cart before she discovers that, too. There’s probably some way to babyproof it, but home editor Lydia Geisel’s case for ditching the furnishing entirely in last weekend’s Enthusiast edition of Home Front is inspiring me to reimagine how we store our spirits and glassware altogether. Lindsey Mather, digital director

On Board: Raise the Bar

Bar cart alternative ideas
Photography by Nicole Franzen

Let’s build a bar corner:

01. I’ve tried my fair share of nifty wine openers, but I always come back to the classic restaurant corkscrew. Diane Keaton gave it a fresh update in her signature red.

02. The one-of-a-kind tumblers my husband and I use every weekend are souvenirs from a trip upstate. Mine sports vivid stripes; his has a more subtle wash of color.

03. Once we started investing in grown-up furniture, I understood why coasters are a thing. (Don’t you dare mess up my handmade wood table!) It doesn’t get chicer than this brass set.

04. This wax-cast oyster bottle opener is equal parts workhorse and work of art.

05. My husband and I are Negroni people, so we always have good gin on hand. This Mexico City bottle gets extra points for being stylish enough to display.

06. I love how designer Robert McKinley corralled the bar nook accoutrements in his latest vacation rental on a couple trays. I’m eyeing this…

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Lindsey Mather

Digital Director

Lindsey Mather is a proud “words person” who oversees Domino’s content strategy and creation. Whenever she can, she squeezes in time to write and edit stories about the ways people shape their spaces—and how their spaces shape them. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, Sam, and daughter, Stella.