Ever since I got hooked on Mad Men last year, I have been in love with all the cocktail sets and office bars featured in the show. Damn they make drinking look good! It even inspired me to ask for decanters for my birthday last year, and I guess I am not the only one who has gotten the itch for easy liquor in my home. While perusing the new online magazine Lonny (which is great by the way) I noticed not one, not two, but FOUR different bars featured!
Sadly, a lot of vintage crystal decanters have lead in them, so they are not in good shape for regular use. You will notice that many of the bars in Lonny don’t have decanters at all or just use empty ones for decoration.
In general, putting together a bar set is pretty easy. I made one using the two decanters I got for my birthday last year along with some brandy glasses and bottles of Kalhua and whiskey (that’s what I randomly had at my house). I arranged it all in a wooden tray I bought at West Elm a while back and then added a little ceramic skull I bought in Austin, TX last year. I think its pretty cute, but it needs more alcohol!
If this post has made you thirsty, check out AMC’s Mad Men Cocktail Guide for some authentic 60′s cocktails.
Ooo! These bars are beautiful!
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