I love these two little bar sets from Krypton Furniture. Pair them with the right wallpaper (I need to hunt…) and pina coladas, or Tom Collins’ — and the party’s on.

Their price tag is high at $925. If you don’t care to swing that – note the look, and watch for something along the same lines at tag sales.

If you’re handy, you could probably even build one yourself. My Dad did that in 1969, when we moved into our groovy California split level. Black naugahyde padded bar, wrought iron bar stools, red velvet cushions. Johnny Cash on the intercom 8-track, whiskey sours’ in the blender. Man oh man, this is no story.

BTW, my best friend Therese’s father was a Naugahyde Executive, from Naugatuck, CT.