A Toast to the New Year

Ring out the old, ring in the new,

Ring, happy bells, across the snow;

The year is going, let him go;

Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

In Memoriam

A toast to the new year.

Happy 2013!

"The homeowner asked artist Richard Woods to work his fun, faux-bois magic on the bar, transforming a closet-like space into a vivid focal point."

Interior design by Mica Ertegun.

Photography by Alec Hemer.

Interview by Frances Schultz.

"Cordial Spirit" produced by Doretta Sperduto and Rebecca de Ravenel.

House Beautiful (November 2012).

 Bar created by Phoebe Howard.

Photography by Laurey W. Glenn.

"How to Stock the Bar" by Zoe Gowen.

Southern Living (November 2012).

"Dujardin redesigned the bar's cabinetry. By providing more counter space as well as drawers and a wine refrigerator below, the functionality of the bar increased dramatically."

Summer home on Nantucket Island owned by designer Trudy Dujardin and her husband, Frank Fasanella.

Architect/Interior designer: Trudy Dujardin, Dujardin Design Assoc. Inc.

Photography by Terry Pommett.

"Before and After: Eco-Friendly Summer House" written by Amy Elbert.

Traditional Home.

"An antique hutch from New England was converted to a wet bar adjacent to the kitchen." Faucet by Kohler.

Naples, Florida vacation home of Sydney and Charlie Jerabek.

Interior design by Molly Frey (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerabek), Molly Frey Design.

Architectural consultation by Mario La Mendola, La Mendola Architects.

Photography by Michael Partenio.

Text by Amy Elbert.

"New House New Kitchen" produced by Stacy Kunstel.

Traditional Home.

 "Next to the wet bar, the Jerabeks added a small climate-controlled room for storing wines. Although the antique French bottle corker does work, it is for display only."

Naples, Florida vacation home of Sydney and Charlie Jerabek.

Interior design by Molly Frey (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerabek), Molly Frey Design.

Architectural consultation by Mario La Mendola, La Mendola Architects.

Photography by Michael Partenio.

Text by Amy Elbert.

"New House New Kitchen" produced by Stacy Kunstel.

Traditional Home.

"An antique bookcase doubles as a bar."

New York City apartment.

Interior design by Jim and Phoebe Howard.

Photography by Francesco Lagnese.

"An Apartment Inspired by Something's Gotta Give" by Christine Pittel.

House Beautiful (November 2010).

"Skip's ingenious solution to avoiding the off-putting look of a bar in the living room. Now you see it . . ." (see photo below)

Washington, D.C. home of Skip Sroka.

Interior design by Skip Sroka, Sroka Design Inc.

Architect: Anne Decker, Anne Decker Architects. 

Builder: Gibson Builders.

Photography by Werner Straube.

Text by Candace Ord Manroe.

"Designer Skip Sroka's Own House" produced by Eileen A. Deymier.

Traditional Home.

". . . now you don't. The beautiful paneling conceals the bar [seen open in previous photo] when it's not in use. 'I think there are a lot of practical things we use on our lives that we need to hide,' Skip says. 'That's what I've done here.' "

Washington, D.C. home of Skip Sroka.

Interior design by Skip Sroka, Sroka Design Inc.

Photography by Werner Straube.

Text by Candace Ord Manroe.

"Designer Skip Sroka's Own House" produced by Eileen A. Deymier.

Traditional Home.

"In the dining room of their Barnard, Vermont cottage, Deirdre Heekin and Caleb Barber set up a sumptuous old-world bar on her childhood desk, placed against a backdrop of vintage wallpaper from Second Hand Rose."
Photography by Ditte Isager. 

"A Cozy Vermont Cottage" by Mimi Read.

House Beautiful (November 2011).

"A bookcase is designed with a mantel-like shelf 'to make it hearthlike, since we don't have a proper fireplace,' Heekin says."

Barnard, Vermont cottage of Deirdre Heekin and Caleb Barber.
Photography by Ditte Isager. 

"A Cozy Vermont Cottage" by Mimi Read.

House Beautiful (November 2011).

"Inspired by a gentleman's smoking lounge, the bar, built by C. Stasky, is clad in Maya Romanoff's True Metals Coffers. William Yeoward crystal. Ebony Pearl Silestone counter."
Apartment in 1906 red-brick warehouse on western edge of Manhattan.
House Beautiful 2012 Designer Visions Showhouse.
Interior design by David Rockwell, Rockwell Group.
Photography by Thomas Loof.
Produced by Sabine Rothman.
House Beautiful (November 2012).

"Once a closet, the wet bar in the media room is now handy when settling in to watch a movie."

1947 Georgian Colonial in Hickory, North Carolina - home to Bob Williams and Stephen Heavner.

Interior design by Bob Williams, Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams. 

Contractor: Glaze Construction Co.

Photography by Colleen Duffley.

Text by Jenny Bradley.

"Classic House, Major Renovation" produced by Andrea Caughey.

Traditional Home.

"A Marc Chagall painting graces the bar, which is paneled in distressed walnut."
Home in Las Vegas.
Interior design by Alexandra and Michael Misczynski of Atelier AM.
Architect: William Hablinski.
Photography by Pieter Estersohn.
Text by Mayer Rus.
"Classic Inclination" produced by Howard Christian.
Architectural Digest (September 2012).

"A metal-and-mirror bar cabinet doubles as a chessboard; the painting at right is by Robert Rauschenberg, and a pair of palettes used by the painter Balthus is mounted on a mobile."

Stone "castle" on Lake Geneva that is home to Prince Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia.

Photography by Gianni Franchellucci.

Text by Ingrid Abramovitch.

"Royal Treatment" produced by Anita Sarsidi.

Elle Decor (November 2012).

Wine room by Carol Egan and Wayne Nathan, Nathan Egan Interiors.

"Custom-made wine cabinets from Christopher Peacock were painted electric blue as a brilliant partner to the graphic black-and-white scheme. The Union Jack backsplash is constructed from Irish blue limestone - honed, polished, and distressed to create a subtle image of the British flag."

Traditional Home Hampton Designer Showhouse 2010.

Text by Jenny Bradley.

Traditional Home.

A bar cart by Piero Fornasetti adorned with trompe l'oeil bows.

Milan home of Barnaba Fornasetti, son of the late Piero Fornasetti.

Photography by Andrea Ferrari.

"Magical Thinking" styled and produced by Paola Moretti.

Elle Decor (January 2013). 

By Enrico Decca (Originally in Elle Decor India.)

"The living room features a metal bar made by Francois-Xavier Lalanne for Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge."

Photography by Oberto Gili.

Styled by Carlos Mota.

"Carla Fendi's Eclectic Roman Apartment" written and produced by Marella Caracciolo.

Architectural Digest (October 2012). 

"The living room features a metal bar made by Francois-Xavier Lalanne for Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge. On one side of the living room, a pair of Lalanne bronzes - a desk in the form of a preening mountain sheep and a ram stool - flank a seating area."

Photography by Oberto Gili.

Styled by Carlos Mota.

"Carla Fendi's Eclectic Roman Apartment" written and produced by Marella Caracciolo.

Architectural Digest (October 2012).