We finally set up our bar area in the dining room this weekend. For Christmas I got the wine storage shelving from Pottery Barn that I’d been drooling over for months …..

I love being able to display our stemware – such a simple and classy way to dress up the dining room.

(In case you don’t remember, this is what the area looked like before. )

We use the large cabinet to store extra kitchen linens, and the drawers to store items such as our bottle openers, cocktail napkins, straws, toothpicks and other assorted bar items. I can’t wait to host a dinner party now. I can just see our bar buffet set up with bottles of wine and cocktail fixings with cute little bowls for garnishes & olives!