Bars have become the new staple of high luxury in affluent homeowners’ mindsets. According to Million Dollar Listings star Chad Carroll of The Carroll Group of Douglas Elliman, the bar offers all the ingredients for entertaining away from the traditional kitchen, outdoor terraces, or living rooms.” In Regalia, the space has been designed and furnished by AD100-lauded designer Charles Allem, and features focal points like a single slab of amethyst stone from Israel as the bar top with hand-hammered bronze finishes. The back of the bar also features an incredible 1,000 bottle temperature controlled wine cellar of millwork, metal, and glass that looks out onto the Atlantic ocean through the windows.

The two story, 10,755 square foot home also features luxe amenities outside the bar such as a rooftop pool, bespoke fixtures from around the world, a private glass elevator, six bedrooms, two being full masters, six full bathrooms, two hald bathrooms, and a poolside bathroom. If that wasn’t enough to tickle anyone’s fancy, there’s also a home movie theatre, private spa, wine cellar, game room, and wrap around outdoor terrace. So finding a core entertaining space at the bar may provide for the perfect gathering point, but feel free to let people roam and explore the expanses of this incredible estate.

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Find the right cart.

A good bar cart should be a focal point, that draws people together. It doesn’t need to be a big piece, but rather a small, portable table, preferably tiered, that can hold everything the home bartender may need at his or her disposal, glasses, booze, cordials, tumblers, even garnishes. A bar cart should be an elegant piece to compliment any home. Here, two different bar carts offer the same refined, though practical approach, for two very different aesthetics.

Ethan Allen, $1,699

Not all bottles are created equal.

Bar carts are not infinite spaces. The curating of bottles should be those that have a great finish to the glass and a well-designed label on the front. Even ones with an interesting glass bottle like Crystal Head vodka can make great additions to classic shapes like Bombay Sapphire gin's look. That said, there’s no need to have bottles on their that will never be touched. If you don’t care for a certain spirit, don’t keep it on there. Though for staple spirits, it’s always a generous gesture to guests to keep some in the cupboard as a back up. As you plan which bottles make it onto your personal top-shelf selections, consider the following elements when designing the look of your cart: bottle shape and size, interesting labels, and the color of the spirit inside. It’s nice to always have a mix of whiskies, gins, rums, vodkas, and cordials. Above all else though, include spirits you will enjoy drinking, because no bottle looks worse than with a layer of dust on it.

Decant tell you enough.

While top shelf booze at the ready is great, there are always the labels and spirits that may not be so high-class, but hold a special, sentimental place in our hearts. If there’s a bottom shelf whisky or flavored vodka your significant other may enjoy (but be a little embarrassed by) there’s no need to get rid of it all together. Having a glass decanter can be a great way to hide that bottle of Sailor Jerry Rum while still having it on hand.

Those in glass houses…

Finding the right glassware is important to completing any cocktail. Having a good mix of highball glasses, old fashioned glasses, and champagne glasses and flutes are important to matching the right cocktail to the right drink. Glasses should also go on the middle or lower tier of any bar cart, away from the bottles and covered from any spills or drippings from the flight above.

A little extra.

Cordials, or liqueurs, are an important fixture in any bar cart. With hundreds of different options, one more specific than the next, stocking a bar with cordials means knowing one’s own tastes enough to not oversaturate the bar. Like White Russians? Be sure to have Kahlua. Cosmopolitans? Have some triple sec ready to go. These bottles are also filled with sugar though, and a little goes a long way. Be sure to be careful when pouring unless you’re ready to unload everything to wipe the cart down.

…and Jack came tumbling after.

The final, and most important piece to a bar cart, is having a solid tumbler or two at the station. For any cocktails that require a good shaking, having a few metal tumbler is important to not need to be running back and forth to rinse out.

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Pampaloni Ice Bucket ($1,040)

Barneys New York Silver Tray ($640)

Ercuis Transat Champagne Bucket ($770)

  Barneys New York Champagne Bucket ($540)

  Ercuis Transat Jug ($578)

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Check out this amazing home bar, complete with 22-foot marble countertop, leather-tufted stools, ceiling complete with wood and aluminum, and a liquor/barware display in front of a rosewood/bronze mirror.

This homeowner went over-the-top with this 450 square-foot home bar, making it reminiscent of a hotel’s high-end lobby bar design.

The bar room boasts indoor/outdoor seating, modern lighting fixtures, massive backlit wine coolers and white brick walls.

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