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 | From Diane Schmidt, your About House & Home Editor For the first time in a long time, we're not hosting holiday guests. So why the newsletter dedicated to hosting? Because we'll be visiting and staying with family, I'm a little more appreciative of how difficult and stressful it can be to host friends and family during the holidays. | |
Tips for Hosting Houseguests
Whether you're hosting guests for a day or two long weeks, this article is a must-read. Not only does it offer suggestions for being a good host, but as a guest this year, this article gave me some useful tips that will help me be the perfect guest.
| Fast Home Remodeling for When Guests Come to Stay
Most of us have been through this kind of scenario: family are coming to stay and the guest room is not quite ready now that it's been turned into the home office or junkyard storage locker. If you find yourself panicking over where everyone is going to sleep, check out this how-to for quick renovations to get your home ready for holiday guests.
| How to Fake a Clean House
This article saved my life more times than I can count. Especially over the holidays when things can get a little out of control. Take last week when my in-laws called from the ferry to announce that they'd be arriving at our house for an impromptu visit in less than 30 minutes. Our house was a disaster. But we managed to make the place presentable just following these easy tips. Whew!
| Christmas Decorating All Around the House
So after you've prepared as best you can for holiday guests, don't forget to decorate your home with the things that make the season sparkle and shine. And you can do it all without breaking your holiday budget.
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