A bar drawer — sometimes called a cocktail drawer — is a kitchen or living-area drawer dedicated to the home bar kit: shakers, jiggers, strainers, bottle openers, corkscrews, peelers, citrus juicers and other small tools used for making drinks.
What a bar drawer holds
- Mixing tools. Shakers, mixing glasses and bar spoons.
- Measuring tools. Jiggers and measuring cups.
- Strainers. Hawthorne strainers, julep strainers and fine mesh strainers.
- Openers. Bottle openers and corkscrews.
- Garnish tools. Peelers, juicers, zesters and knives.
- Small accessories. Cocktail picks, straws and napkins.
Plan for different shapes
Bar tools have very different shapes from cutlery. Measure the drawer and the tools you want to store rather than assuming a fixed cutlery tray will suit them.
- Long, non-sharp tools. Keep bar spoons and straws together in a bay that matches their length.
- Medium tools. Group jiggers, strainers and bottle openers in modules that match their measured footprint.
- Large or irregular tools. Leave an open area where a shaker or opened corkscrew does not suit a narrow bay.
- Sharp tools. Keep knives, peelers and other blades in storage designed for sharp tools. Ordinary open modules are not presented as blade holders.
Modules to compare
- Long Utensil 9×3 — compare its current dimensions for bar spoons, straws and other non-sharp tools.
- Versatile Rectangle 8×6 — compare its current dimensions for jiggers, strainers and bottle openers.
Rearrange as the contents change
A modular grid lets you swap and rearrange modules instead of replacing the entire layout when your home-bar tools change.
Browse the current kitchen drawer organisers, or use the drawer builder to arrange a modular layout from your measurements.