Photo: Finnish Design Shop
Cover Photo: Finnish Design Shop
Photo: Finnish Design Shop

Delectables and drinks are best served on a vintage bar cart

Give your family and house guests another reason to delight themselves with the food and drinks you serve with these vintage bar carts that are just as Instagram-worthy as the selections you've presented.

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So whether you're planning happy hour, high tea, or just serving more items during mealtime, you'll want to have these bar carts at home!

Bar Globe Cart

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Trolley bar globe (Photo: Bar Globes)
Above Trolley bar globe (Photo: Bar Globes)
Trolley bar globe (Photo: Bar Globes)

Explore different tastes of wine, rum, or beer that's safely kept on a globe bar cart. You can choose from the Blu Ocean, Tucano, Artemide, or Vivalto which are differentiated based on the globe design. These bar carts have entertained guests since 1949.

Bar globe ‘Vivalto’ with wheels, $460 bar-globes.com

Tea Trolley 901

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Photo: Finnish Design Shop
Above Photo: Finnish Design Shop
Photo: Finnish Design Shop

The Tea Trolley 901 has a geometric design that was inspired by the British tea culture, a heritage that its designers Aino and Alvar Aalto had become accustomed to through their many travels. It's so versatile that you can choose to use it as a bar cart, a tramcar, or even as a surface for your living room decor.

Aalto tea trolley 901, $3,389 finnishdesignshop.com

Libations Antique Brass Bar Cart

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Libations Antique Brass Bar Cart (Photo: Crate and Barrel)
Above Libations Antique Brass Bar Cart (Photo: Crate and Barrel)
Libations Antique Brass Bar Cart (Photo: Crate and Barrel)

What's better than a drink in hand? A globe bar cart where you can keep all of your favourite ardent spirits within reach. The Libations Antique Brass Bar Cart has a vintage appeal with its clear glass top, antiqued mirror shelf, and iron with brass-plated frame. It's also not bulky and can be pushed around the kitchen on its rubber wheels.

Libations Antique Brass Bar Cart, PHP54,990 crateandbarrel.com.ph

Vintage Bar Cart 1970s

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Photo: Pamono
Above Photo: Pamono
Photo: Pamono

Here's a blast from the past that will make happy hour much more interesting—a Mid-Century Brown Lacquered Goatskin and Brass Bar Trolley by Aldo Tura from the 1970s. The structure, wrapped trays, glass centres, and a steering wheel that's modelled after a sailboat's steering wheel make this piece one of the most unique creations of Tura. Only one of this cart is available!

Mid-Century Brown Lacquered Goatskin and Brass Bar Trolley by Aldo Tura, 1970s, €2,499 pamono.eu

BDI Verra Bar Cart

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BDI Verra Bar Cart in aqua (Photo: Furnitalia)
Above BDI Verra Bar Cart in aqua (Photo: Furnitalia)
BDI Verra Bar Cart in aqua (Photo: Furnitalia)

This BDI Verra Bar Cart in aqua blue gives us the 50s vibe. Make hosting even more fun with an elegant and bright-hued bar cart. You can keep bar essentials on the centre storage drawer that's lined with non-slip material and a wooden stemware rack right under to keep your wine glasses secure. You may even keep as many as 12 bottles on the go!

BDI Verra Bar Cart, $999 furnitalia.com

Christine Andas
Features Writer, Tatler Philippines
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Christine Andas is a features writer and the style lead of Tatler Philippines. She mostly covers style-related content but enjoys writing about space, sneakers, and her favourite stars. She acquired a master's degree in Creative Writing at the University of Santo Tomas and has written young adult short stories which can be read online.