Top 10 tips for Preparing Guest Rooms and Bathrooms

Whether for a weekend stay or longer, welcoming guests into your home is always a fun, if not a little bit stressful. So where to start getting ready? Here are 10 tips to streamline the process and break it down into easy to-do steps.

1. Air it out: Unless the weather is totally inclement, open the windows and doors, turn on the overhead fan to get stale air moving.
2. Start off clean: This is more than the basic cleaning you might do on a weekend, this is down to the baseboard clean. Wipe down windowsills and clean the windows. Move the bed and other furniture to vacuum underneath and around. Wipe down the baseboards, chair rails, and furniture.
3. Update the bedroom: Are the curtains a little dated? The bed spread not quite meshing with the new carpeting or furniture? Replace these to give the room a quick facelift.
4. Make room: Even if the guest room doubles as a catch-all storage, guests have to put their luggage somewhere. Clear a place in a closet or purchase and inexpensive luggage rack to place at the end of the bed for a suitcase.
5. Give the bath a facelift: The guest bath is often the most overlooked when it comes to simple remodeling, however changes from the purchase of new towel racks to a new vanity, can update the room considerably.
6. Stock up: Make sure the bath is stocked with toiletries, Q-tips, cotton balls, shampoo, soaps, extra toothpaste and brush. Make sure extra toilet paper is available.
7. Linens: Lay out guest towels and washrags where they are easily seen and accessed.
8. Check out the lights: Make sure there is a working bedside lamp and overhead light bulbs are all present and working.
9. Add scents: Make sure that the scents of both rooms don’t clash with the addition of soaps, potpourri, and air fresheners that work together.
10. The extra touch: Add a vase of fresh flowers to the top of a dresser or an arrangement in the bathroom that says welcome.

Relax after everything is done and enjoy your guests!

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