Mix-Your-Own Martini Bar

For recent parties, I’ve been loving the idea of making the bar a decorative showpiece, as well as a spot that’s as much about social mingling as beverage mixing. This gorgeously minimal martini bar spotted on Sunday Suppers accomplishes both goals to perfection, and it also spotlights the trend towards classic cocktails in a crisp, modern setting.

Guests mixed drinks to their liking with Vodka, Vermouth, soda, dirty water, & garnishes (olives, cucumbers, & lemons.) I love how the clear glass vessels allow the beauty of the individual ingredients to take center stage. Rustic elements like a tarnished silver ice bucket & stir sticks are a unique counterpoint to the modern glass, and provide a bit of old-world character to the set-up.

Images: Karen Mordechai via Sunday Suppers.