8 Bar Cabinets For Corralling Your Great Taste

8 Bar Cabinets for Corralling Your Top-Shelf LiquorDining room clutter and a crowded liquor cabinet begoneThe coffee bar in architect Monica Sanga's San Francisco home is integrated into a central cabinet that breaks up the free-flowing floor plan.Photo: Sylvia Hardy, Styling: Leila NicholsYour mixology deserves more than a cluttered corner of the kitchen counter. The best bar cabinets deliver just that—a dedicated and stylish space for hosting, experimenting, and, let’s face it, showing off. Teetotalers will find them equally useful for holding china, hiding a rampant board game collection, or putting together an impressive coffee bar. As dining rooms become cluttered, wine racks overflow, and bar carts reach their limit, bar cabinets offer a simple solution: hide the mess.Our bar cabinet picks balance generous storage with plenty of surface space and good looks. From solid wood hutches to marble-topped bar cabinets, we scoured the internet for the best pieces that seriously upgrade your setup, be it a dream coffee station or a well-stocked home bar. Whatever you’re pouring, it deserves a setup worthy of the ritual.Our Top PicksBest for Small SpacesArticle Adel CabinetRead moreBest for Serious Home BartendersCB2 Alpena Dark Acacia Wood Bar CabinetRead moreBest for EntertainingSundays Roll Out CabinetRead moreBest for Small SpacesArticle Adel CabinetThis cabinet's clean lines and circular recessed pulls keep the silhouette mimimal—no traditional hardware required. It’s compact enough to fit in a kitchen corner or breakfast nook, yet offers generous storage behind dual doors for a full-fledged liquor cabinet. We also love how the natural wood finish adds warmth while keeping the overall look understated.Best for Serious Home BartendersCB2 Alpena Dark Acacia Wood Bar CabinetThis dark and mysterious cabinet taps Brutalism for inspiration, but the stained acacia wood veneer warms the piece considerably. You won’t want for storage here, with soft-close drawers, adjustable shelves, pull-out shelves, and a built-in wine glass rack to keep cocktail-hour essentials close at hand.Best for EntertainingSundays Roll Out CabinetA clever roll top cover opens to reveal a roomy prep shelf, giving you plenty of space to mix drinks or display your favorite glassware. Below, push-to-open doors conceal two generous storage areas with adjustable shelves to stow barware and miscellaneous bar accessories..Best SplurgeArhaus Grant Bar CabinetAt 7-feet tall, this bar cabinet is both elegant and dignified, pairing a walnut finish and forest green leather with brass hardware. As home bar furniture goes, it’s hard to beat. Such esteemed material and craftsmanship could make plastic cocktail glasses look crystal, and Montezuma taste like Clase Azul. Use the mirrored shelves to display your best glassware or your collection of rare whiskeys, then tuck less sightly bar tools or miscellaneous linens in the cabinet underneath.Best Coffee Bar CabinetMuuto Enfold SideboardThis sideboard brings a bit of an industrial edge, making it a distinctive choice for a coffee bar. Its design features a solid oak top and base enveloped by gently folded steel panels, creating a unique juxtaposition of warm wood and cool metal.Most VersatileWest Elm Herman Basket Woven Veneer CabinetOur writer Julia Harrison doesn’t use this bar cabinet for bar things at all, instead employing it as additional shoe storage. Be that as it may, she attests its ample interior shelving is perfectly able to stow an impressive spirits collection. The woven doors and warm wood give the piece a look that lands between mid-century and coastal, making it a friendly piece especially opposite darker materials like a velvet couch or Turkish rug.Best Color StatementAnthropologie Wright Lacquer Bar CabinetAny living or dining room in need of a jolt of color will benefit greatly from this bright lacquered wine cabinet. In aubergine and vibrant teal, it’s an instant antidote to any space suffering from greige. As maximalism regains its footing, there’s no need to toss the white couch: A bold piece like this, paired with a textured throw blanket or an eccentric pendant light, can do plenty of heavy lifting.Best Sculptural StatementWinslow Oak Wood Bar Cabinet by Jake ArnoldThis piece says your coffee—and your furniture—seriously. The push-to-open doors reveal an olive green interior equipped with two pivot drawers and seven shelves that make clever use of the cabinet's sculptural contours. Better yet, the cabinet highlights the wood’s natural knots and varied grain, so each piece is truly unique.Bailey Berg is a freelance writer and editor who primarily covers design and travel. Her bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, TIME, Conde Nast Traveler, Lonely Planet, and beyond. She previously served as the Associate Travel News Editor at Afar (where she still ... 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