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9. Alfresco On a hot summer day you’ll want to take your drinks outside into the garden or on the verandah. Some drinks, such as Pimms and lemonade, or a fruit punch, conjure up memories of lazy summer days like nothing else. If you don’t happen to have a full bar outside, then a little trolley is the ideal way to get them around your garden. Look out for them at vintage stores or op shops.
And, of course, they are highly functional because you can wheel them around to exactly where you want them. Contemporary Living Room by Lizette Marie Interior Design Lizette Marie Interior Design Save Email You can put your trolley anywhere in the house, from the bedroom, to the library, to the lounge – or right next to the chaise so you can simply stretch out your arm and pour yourself a nice little drink after a long, hard day…
Traditional Kitchen by Chalet Chalet Save Email Keep glassware next to where you make drinks This photo shows a ‘wet pantry’, where everything one would need to fix a drink is right next to the refrigerator. When I interviewed architect John Mattingly of Chalet and he explained this, I had another forehead-slapping moment. When I’d moved into my house, I simply wanted to get the boxes unpacked, and my priority was styling the cabinets to make me smile when I opened them and saw their well-organised beauty. Of course, this was the antithesis of being truly organised, and this style-over-function thinking landed my drinking glasses across the room from the fridge, where I grab my ice and beverages from. Hey, moving and unpacking is exhausting; we’re never thinking sharply by the time we get to the juice glasses.
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