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25 Ways to Add Southern Soul to Your Home

7. Stock a Cellaret.

These lidded wooden liquor cases fitted onto tall-legged stands tip their cap to early Southern history. “A lot of people have never seen one, never heard of one,” says John Leake, the proprietor of Leake Furniture Makers, who with his son Jay makes dozens of custom cellarets each year at their workshop in York, South Carolina. Also known as bottle cases, brandy cases, or gin cases, cellarets originated in the 1700s in the Southern colonies, and remained popular into the early nineteenth century. They marked the confluence of two currents: planters’ wealth, and the abundant flow of alcohol. Today they provide a surefire way to elevate cocktail hour.

Photo: Brie Williams

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