Close-up: Booze Display/Storage

Winter makes us happy to spend Friday nights in with a good glass of something. Our at-home bar is both concealed (some bottles sit on shelving in our old stereo cabinet) and displayed, spilling out onto a vintage tray. From past house tours, we find that Danny and Carlos display their liquor on a vintage bar cart (above), while minimalists Jim and Derrick keep theirs tucked away (shown below)...

What about you? Is this the kind of thing you display or conceal?

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Since my children are both at college I have started a bar area on my console. Liquor bottles are displayed, and mixers, napkins, etc. are in drawers. I have really enjoyed setting this up! One of the perks of being an empty-nester.

posted by whitexb on January 28th 2008 at 9:25am
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Both. I keep Gin and Vermouth on my bar with my barware, and the rest stored away.

posted by Doug on January 28th 2008 at 9:26am
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I usually keep a few bottles of my favorite vodka in the toilet tank...

Just keeeeding!

I re-purposed a hallway closet into a nice little bar area complete with glass shelving, cabinetry, glass tile backsplash and a limestone countertop.

I keep the actual bottles in the cabinet below.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/art_chel/sets/72157602246616922/

posted by art on January 28th 2008 at 9:32am
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conceal

posted by designerny on January 28th 2008 at 9:43am
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I repurposed a bookcase I inherited a couple of year ago as my bar. The wire cage doors do lock but since I live alone right now, I don't have to worry about the strength of those locks. I've had a bar in my house for years; it would be quite an adjustment to have to rethink liquor storage because of kids- believe it or not, I had never considered that aspect until I read whitexb's comment!

My bookcase bar

posted by CQ in DC on January 28th 2008 at 9:48am
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ha! ya bunch of lushes..
☺

posted by *heather leaf* on January 28th 2008 at 10:46am
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oops, that's supposed to be a smiley face.

posted by *heather leaf* on January 28th 2008 at 10:47am
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WE WANT TO SEE EVERYONES PICS!!!!

posted by ilovebc on January 28th 2008 at 11:05am
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We have all of our liquor on the top shelf in the front closet. It's quite a surprise to guests when we hang up their coats to see a full bar above them. :)

posted by rjsweeton on January 28th 2008 at 11:55am
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I've had an ongoing debate with myself over this. I have been displaying it, mostly because I don't know where to store it. During the holidays, because I didn't have people over to serve it to and wasn't drinking it myself, I put it away in a canvas grocery bag and I kind of liked not having it around. I might see about finding a place for it--the bottles are too tall for most of the cabinets I have.

posted by Christine (the one in DC) on January 28th 2008 at 12:43pm
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Show it off..... And make sure you have what everyone likes, nobody likes a half-a** cocktail. I'm up to 42 unique bottles.

posted by sh1ft3rdtcom on January 28th 2008 at 2:26pm
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http://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc02174js6.jpg

posted by sh1ft3rdtcom on January 28th 2008 at 2:26pm
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Doug, the vermouth should be in the fridge.

posted by Max on January 29th 2008 at 6:43am
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