How To Style Your Drinks Trolley
As the most social season of the year, Christmas and Halloween are perfect for parties. Above all, it’s a time for socialising and spending quality time with loved ones. So, whether you’re hosting Christmas dinner or throwing a festive soiree, some preparation for time spent entertaining is essential!
From giving the kitchen a spruce to stocking up on alcohol, ALL the best parties happen at home. Specifically, in the kitchen (aka the temporary home bar). This means that your drinks trolley or bar cart is an essential element of any entertainment plan! But how to style it? Where should the glasses go, versus the booze? Should you have an ice bucket, or a cocktail shaker? And what about accessories like stirrers or tongs?
Before you get yourself into a hot mess trying to design the perfect drinks trolley on the hoof, remember that although they come in all different shapes and sizes, there are a few failsafe tips that make styling it easy and stress-free.
Follow our handy guide and look forward to showcasing the drinks trolley this Christmas.
How To Use Your Drinks Trolley
We love any excuse to entertain, and Christmas, New Year's Eve or Halloween parties are the ideal opportunities to celebrate in style.
First of all, when planning how to use your drinks trolley, it’s important to embrace your individuality. Because your home is unique, your drinks trolley should be too! As a result, there are a few key essentials we’ve outlined below, but the rest is up to you. From your favourite tipples and glassware to fun decorative touches, there are plenty of ways to make it feel personal. So don’t be afraid to go all-out – the more personal and eccentric, the better.
Why We Love The Drinks Trolley
A dedicated home bar needs a lot of space, which is why a drinks trolley makes such a great alternative for so many homes - they come in all shapes and sizes and are perfect for the kitchen, dining room, living room (or even bedroom - go on, you know you want to!)
Wherever yours lives, this homeware accessory makes a great addition to your home. Designed for kitchen discos, Halloween parties and seasonal soirees, our bar cart collection is curated to add style to any setting.
As the basis of your home bar, your drinks trolley can be styled with everything from pretty bottles of booze to plants, or glassware to quirky ornaments. Also, it happens to be the perfect spot to make up a Christmas cocktail (or five)! So, get ready to style up a storm with festive finishing touches and bar cart essentials that promise to get the party started.
Cocktail Glasses
First of all, no Christmas drinks trolley is complete without a collection of gorgeous glassware. (EVERYONE knows drinks taste better out of a pretty glass, right?!) Not just an essential for serving, glasses also look great when styling! With this in mind, we recommend investing in a selection that will suit any Christmas cocktail. While Champagne coupes are always elegant, no bar cart can function without highball glasses and a tumbler or two.
We like to add quirky glassware to our drinks trolleys, too, because hey - it wouldn't be Rockett St George without a touch of quirk. Our Green Embossed Whiskey Glass brings an extra pop of colour to proceedings. But the stars of the show have to be our Organic Cocktail Glasses With Gold Rim. These are works of art in their own right, and a beautiful addition to your drinks trolley.
Quirky Ornaments
The trick to making your drinks trolley unique is to introduce a few quirky ornaments that celebrate your personal style.
Chances are you already have a few around the house that can be re-homed on top of your trolley, or a couple of Christmas decorations or Halloween decorations you haven't yet found a home for. As we like to say, the devil's in the detail - it's the little flourishes that make the biggest differences in your home and this is the perfect example.
From glamorous candle holders to unique trinket trays and quirky coasters, decorative ornaments and accessories add instant style to your drinks trolley vision - be as bold as your dare!
Wall Mirrors With Bar Shelves
A fun (and clever, if we do say so ourselves) alternative to a drinks trolley or bar cart is a bar shelf. Perfect for those who love the look of a beautifully styled drinks trolley but are short on floor space, a bar shelf is a brilliant way to create your own little home bar without taking up too much room.
The beauty of our bar shelves is that they're designed with a wall mirror as an integral part of the piece, making them multi-tasking home decor at its very best. The mirror adds instant glamour and glitz, while bouncing light beautifully off your glassware and favourite bottles.
Plus, a bar shelf maximises your space brilliantly – think of it as an elevated drinks trolley! Style it with your favourite tipples, cocktail glasses and bar accessories, then add a few decorative touches to give it your own personality. And if you have the space, pair it with a classic drinks trolley for the ultimate home bar setup. Drinks trolley and bar shelf? Consider your entertaining area well and truly sorted. Bottoms up!
Bar Cart Party Accessories
Finally, it’s not a Christmas party without a few fabulous party accessories, styled with and around your drinks trolley (your home, your rules, remember).
After all, Christmas is all about the finishing touches so you may as well have fun. A perfect pairing with twinkling fairy lights, there’s nothing quite like glitter at Christmas. In our Xmas and Halloween 2026 collection, we also have gorgeous paper decorations perfect for styling throughout the season. Pair this with our garlands - choose from an array of colours and styles, and you have yourself a totally dazzling scheme!
For more ideas and styling inspiration, head over to our Instagram! @rockettstgeorge.co.uk
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