5 Ways to Use Your Kitchen Cart for Style and Function

Achieving a unique look in your home is all about thinking outside the box. To do this, many homeowners get creative with the functionality and style of their interior décor. For instance, they may use old produce crates as magazine holders, milk jugs as floral vases, and trunks as entryway benches.

These examples all have a vintage flair to them, but with ideas and inspiration from Twin Star Home®, you can flex your interior design skills while using a common, contemporary household item: a kitchen cart. Packed with storage opportunities and equipped for movement, there are seemingly countless ways to use them. To help you impress future guests with your bold thinking, we’ve compiled six different ways to apply a kitchen cart in your home.

1. Free-Roaming Buffet Station

If you have a smaller dining room table, you can put your kitchen cart to work by loading it up with appetizer, entrée, and dessert items and parking it beside your guests. By devoting it to this more traditional purpose, you can free up table space for a one-of-a-kind centerpiece or more placemats. In between admiring your home’s décor, your guests will be free to serve themselves with the food you’ve stocked in your impressive cart.

Alternatively, for gatherings that gravitate towards the living room, you can pile your kitchen cart high with finger foods and bubbly drinks before wheeling it out to the party. No matter how you choose to use it, your guests will be impressed to see a well-adorned kitchen cart put to good, functional use.

2. Chic Coffee or Liquor Bar

Looking for a more innovative way to use your kitchen cart? Try fully stocking it with teacups and saucers, coffee mugs, a French press, and all of the necessary fixings to make it into an imaginative coffee bar. The Dionisio Rolling Kitchen Cart at Wayfair (shown below) is a great piece to use in this way. While its sliding barn door can conceal your serving ware, its open-air shelving is perfect for displaying seasonal accents or other items that show off your style. Or if caffeine isn’t your thing, fill it up with cocktail glasses, a shaker, some bottles of liquor, and swizzle sticks to create a fully mobile bar for both you and your guests to enjoy.

3. Mobile Bookshelf

To really kick your furniture game up a notch, try using your kitchen cart as a tiered display for your favorite books. Simply pile them into its shelves, or, if they’re open-air, add a few bookends to keep your titles from sliding while the cart is in motion. This kitchen cart application is great not only for daring interior decorators but also for students of all ages.

4. Kitchen Cart Craft Station?

Another inventive way to use your kitchen cart is as a craft station on wheels. No matter your hobby of choice, from knitting to painting, you can store your equipment in one of these mobile carts and take it wherever your inspiration calls you. From the comforts of your couch to the structure of your home office, this application makes it possible to flex your creative muscles throughout your home.

5. A Kitchen Cart is the new Kitchen Island

For those L-shaped and space-tight kitchens that can’t quite accommodate a large, stationary island, a kitchen cart can stand up to the task. This unique application will keep your culinary space feeling light and airy while still providing additional prep and storage space. With a smooth, flat top, two levels of shelving, and a cabinet door with a glass pane, the Wommack Rolling Kitchen Cart With Solid Wood Top at Wayfair is an ideal stand-in for a kitchen island.

Get Creative with Your Kitchen Cart Today

With these quick and easy tips, you can add more function and style to your home using a new or existing kitchen cart. For more tips about how to elevate your home’s style, check out some tips from Twin Star Home on our Instagram!