New Year's Eve Bar Cart for Glam Style

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It’s that time! New Year’s vibes are in the air! If you like to put up a little pop of glitz after the Christmas season ends, this disco ball bar cart for New Year’s Eve is for you! In this post, we will show you how to style a festive New Year’s Eve bar cart with your small drinks trolley with just a few shiny touches.

New Year's Eve bar cart under a big blue painting

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I am determined to not buy any seasonal decor this year. In the past couple years, I went a little crazy with overbuying. So now I’m on a seasonal decor sabbatical. For my NYE bar cart, I am using a few things that were already purchased in past years.

The big thing is to not go overboard with the decorations – particularly if you have a small cart like mine. I am using my small round bar cart that I bought last year at Tuesday Morning. If you are on the lookout for a small gold bar cart, I am in love with this small vintage round gold bar cart at Amazon! If it weren’t for the fact of me already having mine, this one would be my go to! Target also carries some cute little gold bar trolleys.

Steps for Styling a New Year’s Eve Bar Cart with Your Small Drinks Trolley

Fill Your Liquor Bottles in First

Those bottles of rum and vodka are going to take first priority in the real estate space because…a bar cart with no liquor is a sad excuse for a bar cart, correct? Go ahead and fill in the liquor bottles first. If you find you are getting too cramped on space, you might remove duplicate bottles or just stick with your top favorites. Heavy bottles definitely should be at the bottom – unless it is a bottle you reach for regularly. If so, you might try to find a snug spot for it at the back of the top tray.

Add Glasses

Next, add your glasses to the bottom tray. At our house with a wild little running dog, I find it find it best to put fragile glasses on the bottom tier along with the heavy bottles. Don’t try to shove all your glasses onto the small round bar trolley. Only put out maybe four or so – maybe two different styles if you think each style of glass will get proper use. You can always keep your extra glasses stored elsewhere. I like to keep my stemless iridescent wine glasses that can also be used for wine or cocktails on display along with my Moscow mule mugs.

Add Plates, Napkins, and Straws

Add small New Year’s Eve napkins or plates for quick appetizers or for placing cocktail fruits on while making a drink. Places like Target, Hobby Lobby, Dollar Tree, Walmart, and Home Goods carry cute seasonal melamine plates, napkins, straws, Cheers drink stirrers (mine were from the Target dollar aisle) or disco ball drink stirrers. The prices vary, but you can often find a good sale at Hobby Lobby on the seasonal items.

Add a Few Glitzy Embellishments for a New Year’s Eve Bar Cart

Now, it’s time for the fun! Adding a few festive touches will make your New Year’s Eve bar cart party ready for midnight! Just be sure to not overdo it as you don’t want the bar cart to look so overstuffed that people are scared to touch it for fear things fall over. I usually add one to three non-essential yet festive items to mine – one or two on the top tier and one larger decorative piece at the bottom.

Some fun disco cups went on the top shelf.

On the bottom shelf, I put an LED candle and a plant in a disco ball. Now, as you all might have realized before, I’m a real plant kind of gal. I stumbled across this disco planter with fake plant at Five Below at the last second before NYE last year. This year, I will chisel out the fake rock and fake plant and pop a real plant baby into this planter.

BUT…there are disco ball planters on Amazon that are ready to pop a new plant right inside AND they come with drainage holes.

woman holds disco ball planter in front of a NYE bar cart

In this case, I propped a large disco ball pillow against the wall next to the cart. This adds a pop of fun at the lower eye level without interfering with anyone’s ability to grab a glass or a bottle from the bottom shelf.

I found this Disco ball in the Target dollar aisle a few years ago. I haven’t been able to find another one like it anywhere.

Add a NYE Bunting or Banner for Extra Glam

I used one of my many NYE buntings that I keep stored in a tub in the attic with my NYE decorations. This one I used is a tissue paper bunting from the Target dollar aisle.

New Year's Eve bar cart with disco ball pillow beside

New Year's Eve bar cart with Malibu and disco ball planter with plant

Add a Fun Artwork or a NYE sign to Your NYE Bar Cart

You can find a whole collection of fun New Year’s Eve quotes here on our site linked at the end of this post. I didn’t add a letter board to my cart because it was feeling pretty full. But if you can squeeze in a small letter board onto your bar cart, that will add an extra dose of fun!