The Luxe Cocktail Hour Edit – 18 Stylish Bar Accessories to Elevate Your Seasonal Hosting Setup

From glassware to bar tools, these gorgeous pieces will transform your cocktail hour routine

Luxury cocktail hour accessories
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Designer Bryan Graybill describes the perfect home bar as a 'still life': a curation of tools and accessories inviting quiet indulgence at the end of a long day. Cocktail hour, in Graybill's view, is 'a pause, a reset, and a touch of glamor tossed into the mundane.'

With this sense of quiet luxury in mind, perfecting your home bar setup means creating a space that feels elevated and yet blissfully simple. Whether you're stocking a bar cart or arranging a few tools on a cocktail tray, 'it should look intentional but not fussy – like it’s always waiting for you,' reflects Graybill.

Below, you'll find a collection of luxury accessories to transform your own cocktail hour routine – for both evening entertaining and those precious, private moments of pause.


The Round is Homes & Gardens' collection of the must-have pieces shaping styles, trends, and ideas. It brings together thoughtfully curated products that express a single moment offering readers inspiring ways to style their homes through seasonal themes, emerging looks, and everyday pieces.

Martha Davies
Content Editor

Martha is a Content Editor on the Living team at Homes & Gardens. Her love for lifestyle journalism began when she interned at Time Out Dubai when she was 15 years old; she went on to study English and German at Oxford, before covering property and interior design at Country & Town House magazine. To Martha, living beautifully is all about good food and lots of colorful home decor.