The Ultimate List Of 7 Home Bar Essentials For Effortless Entertaining

Good or bad, going out with your friends is always an experience. But sometimes, figuring out where to go becomes a bigger challenge than figuring out when to go. Between managing schedules, dietary preferences and the overall travel time for each member of your group, you start to wonder if going out is even worth it.

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And finally, when you close on a place, and peruse through a menu that casually states your salary as the price of the dish you cannot quite pronounce, it is time to take matters into your own hands and bring the bar home. Here are seven must-haves to turn your home into your friend group's personal speakeasy courtesy of The Bar Collective.

1. Minibar Refrigerator (FAB10R) – 50’S Style, Pastel Blue, SMEG

Both aesthetically pleasing and technologically advanced, this mini-refrigerator from SMEG, is the perfect addition to your at-home bar. Blending in perfectly with the aesthetic of your bar (given its wide array of colours), it has all the markings to become the designated refrigerator for your bar.

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2. Oeno Motion Wood & Chrome Vertical Lever Crockscrew, L'atelier Du Vin

Compact and practical, this ergonomic corkscrew is perfect in every way. Allowing you to open your bottles of wine easily and efficiently, there is no longer a need for you to pass the bottle and the corkscrew through the group to see who can get it to budge.

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3. Parisian Rose Gold Cocktail Set, VonShef

With everything from a muddler to a shaker, Hawthorne Strainer, and a jigger, this cocktail set equips you with everything you need to create the cocktail of your dreams. Not only is it aesthetically designed, but it will also level up your cocktail game.

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4. Decanter Carafe On A Wooden Base, Eisch

Decanter Carafe On a Wooden Base
With a wooden base, this decanter can hold a full standard bottle of wine (750ml). Its distinct, aesthetically pleasing shape is carefully crafted in a way that allows the wine to sit at the widest part of the decanter, allowing the wine to be well aerated.

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5. Zalto Burgundy Glass, Zalto

If you take your wines seriously, this one is for you. Perfect for the more perfumed wines, the shape of this glass allows the sweeter nature of the wine to blend well with the sweeter nature of the same.

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6. Miami Small Bar - Blue, Three Sixty

Sometimes you need your bar to travel with you, esspecially when your guests have gotten a little too comfortable in another corner of your house. So, instead of corraling your friends and bringing them your bar or spending the rest of the evening shuffling drinks back and forth, meet your new best-friend. This small portable bar has more than enough space for your bar needs and it's sleek and mobile style makes it the perfect accessory for your house.

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7. Brauchzeit Wheat Beer Glass #1, Ritzenhoff

Blending both a classic and an urban aesthetic, these beer glasses not only have a personality, but their long stems let your drinks shine and enhance the more glamorous side of your drinks.