New Year

Planning a New Year’s Eve celebration [1]?  Consider injecting your party with a little something special.  Whether you’re planning a quiet gathering of your closest friends, or an all-out wild bash; whether your party will be black-tie or blue jeans, there’s an idea here to add panache to every at-home New Year’s Eve soiree.

For the Low-Key New Year’s Eve:  A Compact Wine Cooler

Sure, you could pull your bottle of chardonnay out from between the dill pickles and last week’s dried-out layer cake – but why, when you can upgrade to a compact wine cooler like this one [2] from Koolatron?  Hey, this is a brand new year, so start it by treating yourself and your guests [3] to something new.  The Koolatron WC04 Compact Thermoelectric 4-Bottle Wine Cooler keeps up to four 25-ounce bottles of vino chilled and at the ready.  It can be mounted vertically or horizontally (under your kitchen cabinets, for instance) or it works free-standing (like on the corner of your home bar [4]).  It’ll look attractive no matter where you put it, with its transparent door, removable contoured shelves and soft interior lights. And retailing for around $130, it’s a wine enthusiast’s upgrade that’ll cost you less than your best bottle of bubbly.

For the Class-Act Bash:  A Champagne Fountain

Wow your guests for that midnight toast with your very own light-up champagne fountain [5]!  You can make your [6]