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Rockstar Bar Carts

Bar carts are for parties! But they are also for everyday. An artfully styled bar cart is much more fun and out of the way than a countertop full of bottles and glassware.  Starting with my favorite bar cart, this beautiful Z-shaped rose gold bar cart.

Rose Gold Z-Shaped Metal and Mirror Bar Cart
Rose Gold Z-Shaped Metal and Mirror Bar Cart

In addition to  providing a drink station outside of the kitchen for parties, I love using a bar cart in a dining room where there isn’t space for a traditional china cabinet. China cabinets are great, but they aren’t exactly rock n roll. I love the sculptural lines of this one:

Oval metal bar cart with clear glass shelves
Oval metal bar cart with clear glass shelves

Above all, I really like adding a bar cart to a living room. In the living room a glamorous bar cart looks ready to entertain yet functions as storage for your beautiful glassware, bar tools, and bottles.

Metal and clear glass bar cart
Metal and clear glass bar cart
Round polished chrome metal bar cart
Round polished metal bar cart

 

Sleek X-shaped 3-shelf bar cart
Sleek X-shaped 3-shelf bar cart

When you live like a rockstar, the most important thing is to have fun and be comfortable in your living space.  It’s about knowing what you love and enjoying it with your friends.

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Music and wine racks

I have written about wine racks before. At the time I didn’t realize just how popular rockstar wine racks would be, and I didn’t realize just how fast the available styles change. Here is a new collection of music themed wine racks – a perfect way to store your wine and show your rockstar style!

Guitar wine racks
Large guitar wine rack
Electric guitar wine rack
Wine Bottle Holder - Wine Rack - Guitar Style
Guitar headstock wine bottle holder

 

Cello wine rack

Though we don’t normally associate the cello with rock n roll, I couldn’t leave enough alone – given the beautiful shape and large storage capacity.

Metal cello wine rack
Cello wine rack
Black large cello wine rack with stemware holder
Piano wine rack
14-bottle piano wine rack with wineglass holder
Non-instrument wine racks with rockstar style
Industrial nut 3-bottle wine rack
Studded and banded elm wine rack
Motorcyle wine racks 

Don’t drink and ride!

Harley Davidson distressed metal wine rack
Harley Davidson Motorcycles Wall mounted wine rack
Harley Davidson Leatherette wine rack
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Barbecue like a rockstar

Backyard barbecues are all about enjoying the nice weather and some good food with friends. Have some fun and bring some rockstar barbecue tools and cutting boards to match your playlist.

Here are all the products featured in the video.

Guitar salad tongs (acoustic and electric guitar)

Drumstick serving spoons
   
Sing along microphone tongs – nonstick

Stainless steel guitar serving spatula set
   
Gibson Explorer guitar BBQ tongs
Fender Stratocaster BBQ spatula

Blue silicon Fender Strat spatula also available in red

      
Black silicon Fender strat spatula

Double neck black electric guitar silicon spatula

Acoustic guitar non-stick silicon spatula

    

Stainless Steel Electric Guitar Spatula

BBQ rockin’ fork (metal horns up!)

Wood Cutting Boards

Wood cutting boards make a great carving surface for cooked food.
      
Fender Telecaster shaped wood cutting board

Fender Stratocaster shaped wood cutting board

Rounded Guitar shaped wood cutting board

Bamboo electric guitar wood cutting board 

Glass cutting boards

Glass cutting boards are non-porous, which makes them great for preparing raw food. Their good looks make them ideal for serving or transporting food from the kitchen to the grill.

         guitar glass cutting board   flame guitar glass cutting board
Boombox glass cutting board
Record player glass cutting board
Vinyl record glass cutting board

Acoustic guitar glass cutting board

Flame guitar glass cutting board

Don’t forget to be safe when handling an open flame
Tattoo oven mit
More barbecue tools and cutting boards
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Gift Guide- the best gifts for your favorite rockstar

If you are shopping for a gift for a rockstar, an aspiring rockstar, or yourself as a rockstar, here is the best list of gifts for giving and receiving. Your rockstar may appreciate the gift card to the music store, but that is a bit the same as how your rockstar will appreciate getting socks & underwear as a gift from Grandma.

Cooking/entertaining

Chances are, if your rockstar loves to perform then your rockstar also loves to cook and/or entertain.

Boom Box Worktop Saver and Cutting Board. Boom Box Kitchen Beats. Keep the kitchen rocking with these fun music-themed designs. Made from toughened glass and with non-slip rubber feet, these multi-function boards provide a hygienic, odour- and stain-resistant work surface for all types of food preparation and presentation. In addition they can be used to protect tables and worktops from serving bowls and dishes. They are heat resistant up to 280 C/536 F. Hand wash only.:
Boom Box Worktop Saver – Use as a cutting board or serving surface.

Black and White Skull Measuring Cups. Ceramic. 1 cup, 1/2 cup, 1/3 cup and 1/4 cup measurements.:
Skull measuring cups – Goth rock cooking anyone?

Guitar cheese board with corkscrew, cheese knives! This will be awesome for any casual party featuring a live band!:
Guitar cheeseboard & tools – Perfect mix of music, wine and cheese with wine opener and cheese knife in a nice guitar package.

More rockstar cooking and entertaining products

Home décor

Your rockstar’s home needs to rock too!

#Studded #Votive - Set of 2. Mercury glass hard-rock accessory.:

Studded votive set of 2 – these mercury glass votive candle holders are elegant and rock n roll at the same time.

Rock Star Guitar Soap Dish:

Guitar soap dish – A little rock n roll by the sink. Or use it to hold business cards.
Disco ball lotion (or soap) dispenser- #bling for your #bath or bedroom! Buy: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001O3M2PS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001O3M2PS&linkCode=as2&tag=futurerockstar-20&linkId=JJGWHR55CP3MY43K:
Disco ball soap/lotion dispenser – bling for your sink or dressing table

More rockstar home and bathroom products

Drinkware/Barware

Whether your rockstar drinks whisky, water, wine, or beer – some great gift ideas:

Harley Davidson wine gift set (wine coaster, wine stopper, and wine opener). livelikearockstar.us:

Harley Davidson wine gift set – a best seller! Wine opener, wine coaster, and wine stopper (in that order).

Marshall Fridge. Refrigerator styled like a Marshall Amp or Marshall Stack. People swooned over this at NAMM last year. Buy: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008K4FTV8/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B008K4FTV8&linkCode=as2&tag=livlikarocsta-20&linkId=FXOCJ37XPDLKMASC:

Marhsall amp stack fridge – for the music studio, man cave, or music office. Mini refrigerator with freezer that looks like a Marshall stack.

Mixtape Glasses - Set of 6. Take all-occasion glassware on a retro rewind with these colorful mixtape glasses. The blank tape allows partygoers to write their names or favorite power ballad on the cassette using the included wax pencil, giving you a personalized playlist and a great way to keep track of drinks. Made in USA.:

Mixtape drink glasses – fun idea for your next party or “mixer”!

Ralph Lauren Ayers Barware. Handcrafted barware. Decanter, highballs, and double old-fashioneds made of hand-blown, hand-cut cased black 24% lead crystal. Hand wash. Tray made of leather with silver-leaf embossed Ayers skull and crossbones pattern.:

Ralph Lauren skull barware set – crystal decanter and glasses with leather tray. Pick your poison.

More rockstar glassware and  bottle openers and other wine accessories

Maybe you are keeping it simple with a nice rockstar bottle of wine or liquor.  You need something to put it in

Skull Knit Bottle Coverall. Fits most bottles or cans. Use to keep your drink cold, or use as a fun reusable gift bag.:

Skull knit bottle coverall – keep drinks cold with this coverall. Or use as a gift bag.

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Skulls for the rockstar home

Set the skull table
Skull drink openers

Skull glassware
Skull drink accessories
    

DripTeez silver skull wine drip stopper 

 

Skulls for the bathroom
 
Skull bedroom
Other skulls around the house
More skulls on Pinterest

Some of the latest skull finds:

Follow Live Like A Rock Star’s board Skulls for the rockstar home on Pinterest.

 

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Now’s the time of the evening that the band has a drink…

Cocktail anyone?

Depending on the type of rockstar you are (or live with), National Beer Day may not have been especially celebratory.  If you are having a rockin’ cocktail gathering or stocking your bar cart, here are some things to get you started.

Fender Stratocaster decanter set:

This set features the classic stratocaster shape on the decanter and two straight sided glasses.

I think these ice cube/stirrers shaped like guitars are especially fun.

If you are having a martini, here are some skull and crossbones martini glasses.

Personally, I think any 10-ounce martini glasses should come with a skull and crossbones warning.

More rockstar glassware

Maybe it is a beer-out-of-the-bottle night (or day) – some rockin’ bottle openers

Wine products for a rockstar

 

The personal touch

Part of what inspired me to start Live Like A Rock Star was the idea of a hand-curated site with quality rock n roll merchandise and ideas.  Robots cannot do this job.  An automated search for any music or rockstar search terms will yield hundreds or thousands of hits that are not relevant to music or rockstars.  Or it will return hundreds (or thousands) of coffee mugs.

To have a real rock n roll selection of products requires a personal touch.  An actual human being that will find the otherwise hard to find awesome products and put them in one place.  We want our homes to be a personal reflection, and robots are not well suited to this job.  There is no “awesome” search filter to get rid of the “lame” and “irrelevant”.

The personal touch works best in teams.  Live Like A Rock Star recently got a shoutout from DripTeez on their blog.  Live Like A Rock Star has been featuring the DripTeez wine drip stoppers that are most fitting the rock n roll home.  This all came about through actual, real, human, person-to-person interaction.  No robots involved.

Wine band accessory drip stopper with furry leopard band dripteez  Wine accessory drip stopper band with edgey silver skull  Wine accessory bottle band drip stopper with silver motorcycle  

 

If you are a real person and know some products that are worthy of a rock star home, send me a human-generated message on FacebookTwitter or in the comments section of this page.  We will chat (person-to-person) and figure out if we are a good match.

Rock on!

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