You don't need special appliances for everyday functioning in your home, but there are some special appliances that can make entertaining at home a lot easier for you and more comfortable for your guests. Even if you don't think you need a fancy kitchen with advanced technology and modern appliance designs, consider some of these appliances for the purpose of entertaining. If you entertain with large numbers of guests, you will definitely need to set up your home for those special occasions.
Gourmet Ice Machine
Ice is important whether you are serving Coke products at a book club or cocktails at a dinner party. You need to have fresh ice ready to go for a variety of different drinks and a gourmet ice machine is the easiest way to keep it covered. These machines can be very compact or they can be larger sized to hold a larger amount of ice at once.
Consider putting a gourmet ice machine near the bar, in the theater room where you will be serving up chilled drinks, or just in the kitchen or dining area for easy, fast access while preparing drinks in that centralized location. Wherever the drink mixing action tends to happen is where your ice machine should be located.
Wine Coolers with Refrigeration
Of course you need at least one good wine cooler in your home, but what about a wine cooler with an attached refrigerator? These units are now coming out from top wine cooler manufacturers and are offered by many brand names under the Tasco umbrella. They are unique because they allow you to keep wine fresh and cold with a convenient refrigeration area directly underneath the wine bottles.
The refrigeration unit can be used for all the side ingredients needed to make your favorite drinks from lemon slices to juices. You can also keep finger foods, snacks and bottles of water that can be grabbed during everyday life when entertaining is not happening.
Beverage Centers
These are great to have in various rooms of the home even if you aren't planning to entertain frequently. Put cans and bottles of drinks your family members love and they can easily grab something refreshing while watching a move, doing homework, or just crashing after a hard day. These centers can hold all types of bottles from wine to water. They can also hold sippy cups for the littlest members of the family and cans for the older children. Whatever your family drinks, you can keep it in convenient locations of the home for easy access.
One great thing about beverage centers is they keep children from running in and out of the kitchen all day long. Parents can enjoy cooking and don't have to worry about messes being made when they are in other areas of the home. This is one of the primary motivations some parents have for purchasing beverage centers. Rather than storing wine they turn their centers into small fridges for the kids.
Just make sure to also keep a trash bin in these rooms so the bottles and cans don't end up all over the floor or left on tables.
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