Aspiring home bartenders need some basic equipment to make sophisticated cocktails: a shaker, strainer, jigger, mixing glass, cocktail stirring spoon, ice bucket, tongs, and beautiful glassware.
On Stage
Frye two-tier bar cart shows off spirits, sparkling glassware, and bar accessories. The brass-plated cart is finished in antiqued gold. $699 crateandbarrel.com
Scandinavian Style
Georg Jensen Sky Barware full set in mirror polished stainless steel includes a cocktail shaker with stirring spoon and jigger, a corkscrew, a bottle opener, and an ice bucket with tongs. $49 to $439 food52.com
A Must for Drinks
Digitally printed cotton napkins capture the art of Shibori, a Japanese resist dying technique.
Set of four $19.95 crateandbarrel.com
Beautiful Pours
Schott Zweisel full bar 12-piece cocktail set comes with four glasses each in three shapes: the Martini, the Nick & Nora, and the modern coupe. $99 food52.com
Here’s Looking at You
The Porthole Infuser, originally designed by Martin Kastner, a former blacksmith, for the bar chefs at Aviary in Chicago, is perfect for creating stunning cocktails. $125 crucialdetail.com or store.moma.org
Now You See It, Now You Don’t
The Janus bar cabinet designed by Sebastian Herkner shows off barware against a mirrored background when doors are open. Close the doors for a functional storage cabinet. From $4,030 ligneroset.com
