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Posts tagged “bar”

Make A DIY Bar From A Vintage Trunk

Having lived in extra small spaces before, we've often run across the need to store some of our kitchen items, well, out of the kitchen. One of the easiest things to pawn off into another room is yo...

Bar Tour: Pravda Infuses Russian Mystique
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Something’s brewing in NYC’s Nolita. Hidden away down a narrow flight of concrete steps off Lafayette St. is Pravda, an atmospheric Russian bar-bistro. Infused with the rich, warm tones of well-...

Do You Have a Kitchen Bar?

One thing I am currently wishing for in my kitchen is a long bar that is open on both sides. Whenever we have guests at meal-time or while I am cooking my back always has to be to people. It's hard to...

The Out-in-the-Open Bar: Do You Display Your Liquor?

We saw this photo in the August issue of Domino. It's from designer Thom Filicia's lake house, and it's (obviously) a picture of his well-stocked bar. In his entry way. It got us thinking... ...

Technique: Muddling

Many warm weather cocktails use fresh ingredients such as herbs and fruit, and often, muddling is required. To muddle means to press the ingredients against the side of the glass with a muddler....