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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.

Both. I keep Gin and Vermouth on my bar with my barware, and the rest stored away.

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.

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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

ha! ya bunch of lushes..
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oops, that's supposed to be a smiley face.

WE WANT TO SEE EVERYONES PICS!!!!

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. :)

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.

Show it off..... And make sure you have what everyone likes, nobody likes a half-a** cocktail. I'm up to 42 unique bottles.

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Doug, the vermouth should be in the fridge.