The Pink & Gold Cheers Bar Cart

Every house that entertains well has one small corner devoted entirely to the idea of a good time, and ours is a gold rolling cart with white marble shelves parked where the afternoon light lands. The top shelf is the pretty one — a silver shaker, a jigger, a bowl of strawberries, coupes and martini glasses with pink bows tied at the stem, and a bucket of ice with something rosé in it. Behind it, a “Cheers” neon lightbox glows just enough to make the whole corner feel like six o’clock. Underneath, the wine rack does the storing and the stemware rail does the showing off, so nothing has to live in a cabinet. Then the glasses go in, and the glasses are the fun part: heart shot glasses in clear and pink, strawberry flutes, cherry and daisy juice glasses, aqua margarita tumblers, blush seashell wine glasses, and a bow tumbler for the morning after. A brushed gold tray corrals the bottles. A gold script “Happy Hour” hangs on the wall above it. Add roses in a glass vase, one candle, and pink napkins folded over the rail, and the cart is done — permanently pretty, and ready in about four minutes.