Ready for Your Holiday Guests?

Hint for Prepping for

Holiday Guests

Perhaps you are like many with family or college buddies planning to stop in for the Holidays.   With Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Eve almost upon us, it is time to prep for the invited and may be the uninvited!!

I know when we have guests that we always look to take care of their every need. Perhaps we have gone about it the wrong way.   Better Homes & Gardens has some great tips to make your life easier and your guests' visit better.

In fact, as you click the link below and read the numerous hints, you may just wonder how much you should actually do.  You may not want them to be so comfortable that they never leave!!!!!!!

Read and enjoy!!!                           Special Touches for Holiday Guests

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Uniting the House

Have you ever gone through a house(or note in your house) how nothing seems to flow?   The space is sufficient for the occupants' need or perhaps the buyer inspecting the house but the space is disjointed or has this room too small and that one too big.

It is a problem more frequently than those of you with smooth flowing floor plans may know.  It isn't always due to the age of the house!!!

As you will see in this article from Home By Design, a couple in Atlanta had built their dream home(8000 sq.ft. dream home).   But after a few years, they found that three cozy areas walled off from one another limited the couples ability to entertain during the holidays.

Though perhaps you don't think you would have any problem with 8000 sq. ft. of house, you could very well gain a good understanding of the changes you can make to your 1800 sq.ft. ranch or 2700 sq. ft. colonial or that cape cod you bought from a love of the home's elevation.

Of course, if you only want to see how the "other half " live, great.  It is a gorgeous kitchen when completed.

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Comfy English Cottage

Family Gathering

Time of Year

 With Fall comes so many wonderful times to gather with family and friends.

Football games, Halloween Parties, Class Reunions, Work Events, Holiday Parties, and on and on are among the amply opportunities to host the best and the worst of your family and/or friends! 

Everyone loves to be invited to a good time!

What if you had a lovely new kitchen that was cozy and comfortable?   This weeks Home by Design has a kitchen that could make many of our homes feel very homsey and comfortable.  Yes, not all of us have this much room for a kitchen but elements of the coziness of the English Cottage could be added!

So have fun this Fall entertaining!!! 

An English Cottage Kitchen

Freshen the Bedrooms for your Xmas Guests

                                        Prep for Company

Normally, I am talking all about staging a home to present the house in the best possible light for the buyers that will tour the home.  I never will stop sharing the importance of a house sweeping a buyer off his/her/their feet.

At this time, I would suspect most readers will focus on the section of this Better Home & Gardens article that allow them to freshen a bedroom or two before the in-laws or kids come for the holidays.

Perhaps a comfortable and cozy, perhaps even luxurious bedroom will give the ample rest that every one can be civil.  We all know how mixing many personalities can be the challenge of the holidays.

Enjoy!!!!    Prepare!!!    Enjoy!!!

Bedroom Makeover