The December issue of House Beautiful featured home bars and inspired me to set one up, especially because I’m having a dinner party for friends Christmas week and then hosting family on Christmas Day. The bar is my way of hoping to shoo guests away from gathering in the kitchen.  Normally, I like kitchen parties, but our kitchen is small and not the prettiest room in the house and  it’s just going to stress me out if everyone ends up in there. Ta da: my solution:

The tray is over 90 year’s old and it was given to my husband’s great grandmother from his great grandfather as a “push present” when his grandmother was born so she could have breakfast in bed. The lamps are from Pier 1 and were $30 each! The crystal decanter was a wedding gift. When I opened it as a 27 year-old newlywedI burst out laughing, certain I’d never have a use for something as formal as that. What a difference a decade plus can make.

The wall needs something, so I’m going to ask David for this convex mirror from West Elm for Christmas. I’ve had my eye on it for a while because I thought it would be fun to hang a starburst mirror over our canopy bed. But now that the bar is set up, if I get it, I most likely put it here.

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