Take It Outside

Pretty vessels for hosting a crowd

Dispenser
Stock this sturdy glass and ceramic number from the pottery experts at Casafina, in Portugal, with a specialty cocktail, and let your guests serve themselves ($130; casafinagifts.com).

Punch Bowl Set
A lovely engraved wisteria motif weaves around each piece of this stunning set by William Yeoward, ready and waiting for your favorite punch recipe, spiked or not ($895; williamyeowardcrystal.com).

Pitcher & Glasses
The Bahamian designer Amanda Lindroth’s eponymous collection of home goods exalts all things tropical, including this seagrass-wrapped pitcher ($75), ideal for from-scratch lemonade, and matching glasses ($64 for four; amandalindroth.com).

Stage a bar at home, for either inside or out

Table
Rain, shine, whatever—this simple teak bar by Alabama’s Summer Classics transitions easily from screened porch to backyard for a pour-your-own garden soiree ($2,170; summerclassicshome.com).

Lamp
The right lighting makes all the difference—this sleek rechargeable lamp from Zafferano America, for instance, will cast a warm glow for hours without a cumbersome cord ($169; zafferanoamerica.com).

Glassware
Wineglasses and tumblers with playful stripes by VIETRI punch up the personality of a party ($45–$65 each; vietri.com).

Cocktail Napkins
Sip and smile at the Charleston, South Carolina, artist Lia Burke Libaire’s jubilant renderings of raccoons, frogs, roosters, bees, and more imbibing their way across pink cocktail napkins ($120 for six; courtlandandco.com).

Cooler
This bright-white molded resin champagne cooler with leather handles by Tina Frey looks as much like a sculpture as it does a place for ice cubes ($419; onlyontheavenue.com).

Spoon
Stir things up properly with a hand-forged ME Speak Design brass spoon ($95; ggfieldshop.com).

A stylish method for icing down your beverages

Cooler
Using a bathtub as a cooler is an age-old party trick (cue Breakfast at Tiffany’s), but the vintage baby bathtubs from Williams-Sonoma Home let you relocate the idea outside in style. No two porcelain tubs or metal stands are exactly alike, but they all date to the thirties and feature a charming patina ($300; williams-sonoma.com).

Clever ways to take your picnic to the next level

Cocktail Caddy
Make every outdoor concert or beach trip a little lighter with a convertible wooden caddy by Weston Table. On the way to a fete, it functions as a repository for food, drinks, and utensils. But on-site it quickly unfolds into a tabletop for two ($295; westontable.com).

Glassware
Tumblers and champagne flutes in lively hues from OKA offer a twist on tradition and the perfect avenues for elevating your outdoor spread ($60–$90 for four; oka.com).