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Beyond being a party on wheels, a great bar cart is also a pragmatic sorting system and portable countertop in one. And in its off-hours? It can serve as an extra set of kitchen shelves, double as a dessert bar at Friendsgiving, or live out life as an accent table, stacked with curated art books and potted jade plants.
After much testing — which included plenty of martini-shaking and cocktail-spilling — we found some favorites that will instantly turn casual drinks into something more festive.
Our 6 favorite bar carts→
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Plus: The best gifts for cocktail lovers |
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Whether you’re selecting a bottle for an in-the-know drinker or just planning to shake a round at your own gathering, our gifts experts’ handpicked booze (and booze-adjacent) finds are chic and satisfying.
Including next-level olives and a quality white rum→
Today’s very good gift: This lovely luxe shower gel |
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Some shower gels can be overly perfumey, while others, particularly ones marketed toward men, can tilt too far in the wood/cigar/leather direction. But this lovely pine-cedar gel, made in small batches in Los Angeles, is nicely balanced — evoking, as one of our gifts experts put, “a cedar soaking tub in the midst of a snowy pine-shrouded onsen.”
A great gift for boyfriends (or anyone, really)→
Your daily deal: A treasure chest of Japanese treats |
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 | Most gift baskets underwhelm. But this snack box — with its dazzling, shelf-stable Japanese delights — is an exception. Use promo code WIRECUTTER to get a box for $40.
Get the deal→ |
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Our favorite (actually good) gift baskets→
One last thing: “The folding mattress my overnight guests love” |
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Rather than subjecting your guests (and their backs) to a leaky, lumpy air mattress, consider upgrading them to a thick, comfortable tri-fold. This folding mattress’ high-density foam has the firm yet slightly sinking feeling of memory foam.
Plus, as folding mattresses go, it’s pretty good-looking→
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