Holidays are around the corner and it is time to prepare your home to welcome your guests. Hosting a holiday can be overwhelming when you want everything to be perfect. You spend a lot of time and effort making your home look the best. But if you are thinking of upgrading your home, now is not the time. Keep the big tasks aside.
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Focus on the simple tasks right now. Regardless of whether you’re planning a party for the first time or if you’re a pro at planning parties (you can still do with some new ideas), the below list will help you keep your home guest-ready for the holidays.
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What is in your fridge?
Holidays mean a lot of food – and you need to find room for the leftovers as well. Before your guests arrive, clear your refrigerator of food or food supplies you might not be needing. While you are at it, clean the outside and underneath areas of the fridge (cooling cools, etc.). Once the dust and debris are cleared, your refrigerator will not take too long to cool.
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Check on your toilets
Check on your toilets’ condition. Will you be needing a plumber to fix it? It will be better to avoid having a plumber while your guests are at your place.
Examine for leaks. Certain problems are common to most toilets and can be fixed easily. -
Cleaning your guest room
If you are already well-organized, you probably don’t need to clean your guest room. But for those, who wait for a particular occasion to start cleaning, now is the time. Guest rooms are usually treated as storage areas when no guests are around. There might be boxes, coats, bed linens, or other items lying around in the guest room.
When your guests are coming around for the holidays, it is the right time to clean up the guest room. You can start moving the things that belong elsewhere from the guest room. If you start organizing things, you might find room to accommodate those items within the room. You can throw away things that are not in use.
If your guests have been traveling, it is likely that the traveling affected their appetite, and a treat will be just what they need. You can keep a basket of small treats (including fruits, granola bars, or energy bars) in the guest room.
Your guests might have forgotten to carry a hairdryer and comb. It will be thoughtful to leave a hair dryer and comb on the counter.
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Bottled water
Your guests might be dehydrated. Keep bottled water to help prevent dehydration.
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Towels in the bathroom
Don’t make it difficult for your guest to take a shower, requesting supplies. Leave towels and washcloths in the bathroom.
Sometimes, your guests might carry small bottles of lotions or shampoos. However, stocking their bathroom with the essential toilet supplies (soaps, shampoos, conditioners, lotions, and hair sprays) is a great idea.
Also, it would be thoughtful to include a contact lens solution in case your guests are wearing contacts.
Make sure to have your bathroom fully stocked with toilet paper.
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Light up your house
This is the time of the year when the sun sets early, which makes it necessary to have a clean and well-lit entrance. For your front yard, you can replace the bulbs or install new porch lights. If you see any shrubbery affecting the walkway, have it cleared.
You can leave open the blinds on the front windows when your guests are home so that they can bask in the warmth and mood of the season. You can use solar lights to light up your walkways and paths.
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Is your space kid-friendly?
Your guests might include kids. So, while you take all the effort to prepare your house for the elders, give some thought to what you can do to welcome their kids as well.
If you have a spare room or upstairs bedroom, you can turn that into a changing area for a new mom. You can set up a corner of your dining room or living area with toys or books with some comfy pillows so that the kids can stay as close to their parents as possible.
If they are bringing toddlers to your place, have your space baby-proofed. It will help keep them safe from any hazards.
Closing thoughts
If your guests arrive unannounced, you might not be able to do a lot about it. However, you can always be ready: stuff away things into closets to make room for people. You can borrow some extra chairs, tables and bed linens.
However, you can always think of investing in buying chairs and tables for your home.
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