Home Bars, Bar Carts and Trays are hotter than ever right now!  So, we thought we would ask an expert… what do you really need to have a chic, functioning home bar?  Revae Schneider the fabulous Chicago Mixologist and owner of Femme de Coup provided us with a list, and helped us shop for the “best of bar” essentials.

Whether you are looking to Re-jigger, or Register, or just want to Rock Out with the Hottest bar of the Holidays, read on….

Revae says, for a well stoked home bar you need the following; a jigger, (she likes OXO), a good shaker, a pretty stirring glass, with an equally lovely spoon, a julep strainer, and ice bucket with a scoop.  Revae also loves vintage glassware, like the return of the classic coupe for a cocktail.  She recommends “a good rocks glass with one or two cubes resting in the bottom or a less than half full glass”, and lastly a Collins glass.

Revae and I both love the collection of glassware at Anthroplogie and these Bistro glasses from Pottery Barn which I own some of both.

I had fun trolling for gorgeous bar treasures from her list as well as some more.  Here is what is pictured above:

1. Teardrop Barspoon $25.95
2. Barney’s New York Martini Shaker $290
3. Match Double Jigger $88
4. Premium Julep Strainer $21
5. Michael Aram Nut Bowls $119
6. Ralph Lauren Broughton Decanter $595
7. Anthropology Fleur de Lis Tumbler $8.00
8. Mauviel Hammered Copper Champagne Bucket $299

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