I keep mine in a kitchen cabinet, then put them out on a bar cart when having a party. I have a friend who just purchased a Pottery Barn piece with closed doors and a wine rack that she put in her dining room to hold the liquor and wine.

When we had our kitchen gutted and completely remodeled seven years ago, our oldest was heading off to college and our youngest was just 14 years old. We decided to have a liquor cabinet/bar built into the area between our kitchen and the living room. There are now cabinets, a lower one of which we can lock with the key that holds our bottles on two slide out shelves. A counter to mix our drinks with a shallow drawer right beneath it that holds drink napkins, corkscrew, wine glass tags, stirrers, etc. Above it, we have upper cabinets with glass doors to store our good glassware. It works well for us. If I was looking for a furniture piece to purchase, I'd first look at credenzas, as I know that there are many that have been outfitted to use as liquor cabinets. I hope that whatever you do find, Selcier, you come back and share it with us. I'd love to see what you find.

Mine is in the upper cabinet just inside the door to the kitchen, and just across from the fridge. Liquor is on the bottom shelf, glasses on the upper shelves. The top shelf has bar-related but little used things. In the drawer immediately below the cabinet, like Lynn, I have corkscrews, cocktail napkins, and all the other accouterments. Someone wishing to mix a drink can take a step or two into the kitchen and mix their drink right there without getting in my way.

My only issue is I buy Cathead vodka. I didn't have any when I set up the cabinet. The Cathead bottle is about 1/8" too tall to fit. And I'm too lazy to clear out all the glasses to move the shelf up one notch. So it is in another cabinet.

The backside of our oven cabinet has glass doors at the top, solid doors on the bottom, and opens into the living room. That's where we keep ours.

We keep ours in a mid-century walnut sideboard/buffet that we bought at an estate sale when we bought our dining table and chairs, which are also circa 1960. We had to pay full asking pricing for the dining set, but they gave us a good deal on the buffet, as well as a couple of solid walnut parson's tables and a walnut bookcase. We weren't going to buy the buffet, but the sellers (antique dealers from Palm Springs who were handling the sale) said that we could use it for storing liquor, and that seemed like a good idea. I also store table cloths and napkins in it.

Mine is in a 1930s Silvertone floor model radio cabinet in a corner of the LR...well it was, until 2 weeks ago. I'm refinishing the cabinet.

Mine is in my grandparents' old oak ice box that I saved from going to the landfill 40 years ago. Still has the original finish, hardware and innards, and still makes me as happy using it as it did when I played with it as a child (it had been relegated to my grandpa's workshop for storage when they got an electric refer way before I was born).

I have a lot (similar husband) and he insists on having most of it out. So I have a mid century sideboard and a bar cart.

I had no idea it was still popular to have liquor displayed or in special furnishings. Ours is on the top shelf of the pantry. Well, I should say MINE - DH is an alcoholic.

I have noticed that many furnishings stores show/sell these specialized cabinets. It is rare to see booze on display around here. In fact, when you do...folks are thinking...." Oh, someone has a problem"....So, I prefer not to see it.

There are many nice options out there. I like that many of you have "upcycled" pieces to serve the purpose.

Ours is stored in a variety of places. We have two crystal decanters on the DR sideboard, filled with whatever is appropriate for the dinner or time of year, for example in winter I keep spiced rum in one as a handy kick for hot tea or cider, and I keep Cointreau or Grand Marnier in another as an after dinner drink. We keep a selection of liquor in the kitchen on the counter above our icemaker, and more bottles, shakers, toothpicks, cocktail napkins, etc. in the cupboard above. And we have a wine cellar for wine and champagne and where all extra alcohol of any kind is stored, including cases of beer when we are having a party. I love those vintage brass bar carts, but the only place we'd need one is in the library, and it is three steps down on a separate hallway so getting it there when needed would be a pain in the you know what.

Ours is in what was sold as a china cabinet with a lighted top shelf section.

Wine below, in the 3-buck Chuck cases lying on their side.
Most commonly used booze on the shelf, as well as the stuff in tall bottles
The special stuff in the glass front cabinet above.
Glassware on the glass shelf in the upper section.

Liquor is in a kitchen cabinet where it rarely sees the light of day. Wine is in wine racks in the basement. It stays cool down there which I think is good for the wine.

In kitchen cabinet above the range hood. Wine stands on the countertop in the corner. May get a wine rack in the future.

We have a small bar area in the kitchen that's near the lr/dr and the fridge. We designed the cabinet to hold bottles and it's worked out well for us.

Really everywhere where it probably shouldn't be kept. I have a dream and it includes a bar someday.

Hard liquor is kept on bottom shelf of pantry cabinet located next to our bar area in the kitchen. White wines are in beverage fridge in same area and red wines are also in pantry. Mostly drink wine and beer so this works well for us.

We had that same dilemma when we repurposed our living room last fall. I knew we wanted a bar area but wasn't sure what to do. Residential bars were expensive and looked far too formal for the feel of the room. Then I happened on the perfect fit at a local antique mall. Some guy there makes furniture out of old salvage and puts a distressed finish on. The craftsmanship was outstanding. Below you can see a couple pics of the backbar and the bar. The doors on the hutch are old windows, the tabletops are hardwood floors. The tin in the doors and on the bar front are old tin ceilings. The embellishments are tablelegs and such:

I installed LED lights in the hutch to brighten it up (I can choose a rainbow of colors for this):


We enjoy this bar every day! DH and I eat dinner here too (the flatscreen is across the room, unseen in this photo). We are thrilled with our new space!



Kelley

That looks great, Kelley. We keep most of our hard liquor in an old German shrunk in the study. It's a large multi-compartment cabinet DH brought back from Germany many years ago. I'm kinda tired of it but he wants to keep it. I've yielded so far but I'd really like to get rid of it or pass it to one of the kids and have some built-ins installed. Other than a few wine glasses & bottle openers I keep in the kitchen for convenience, it does hold most of our bar ware, but I have to move it to a more convenient serving area for parties.

I used to keep it on top of the refrigerator which meant it was the first thing you saw when you walked in the back door -- which is the only door people ever use on my house. Since I'm not sure "welcome to my booze" was a message I should be sending and since it was always a dusty mess, the booze got moved to a pantry shelf in the cellar next to a big wine rack when the kitchen was remodeled several years ago. It's still dusty, but now I don't care -- and I tote it up to wherever I'm setting up the bar for different social events. I do have a smaller wine rack on the kitchen counter as well where I keep a few bottles ready for quick access.

It seems like many of you have room for it in your kitchen. Ours is about 8 by 12 and filled with actual kitchen paraphernalia. I guess I'll just have to keep my eye out for something to fit in the dinning room.