Is Your Guest Room Ready For Christmas Visitors?
Wouldn’t it be great to have a beautiful guest room in your home that made your family and friends feel like they were staying in a luxury hotel whenever they came to stay? Of course it would, and browsing some of these fantastic guest room designs can make a lot of us pretty envious, considering in most houses, the guest room is more like a storage room for all kinds of general stuff we don’t really know what else to do with.
With the Christmas season approaching very rapidly, I am sure a lot of people out there are expecting guests, and wondering how to quickly transform their general ‘spare room’ into a comfortable and attractive place for guests to stay. This is not a good time of year for totally redecorating a room, so here are some tips to work with what you’ve got to make your spare room a nicer guest room.
Beautiful Bedlinen
Whatever the room looks like, your guests will hopefully be spending most of their awake time with you enjoying Christmas, so the most important thing is how comfortable the bed is when the lights go out! One thing that can really make or break the comfort level of a bed is the bed linen. Crisp, clean cotton with a high thread count can feel better than even silk, while adding more weight and warmth – which is something you really need for your guests in December. Threel.co.uk is a pretty good place to buy 100% cotton duvet covers and other bed linen online if you don’t feel like hitting the shops (and who does in the run up to Christmas?). You can choose a colour that goes nicely with the rest of the room, opt for classic white that will be equally great when you have guests in the summer, or go all out festive with a rich, warm, Christmassy red.
Storage
Most guests are happy to leave their stuff in their cases when they stay with people, but with it being Christmas, clear a little wardrobe space in case they bring some of their best clothes to wear for Christmas parties and want to hang them up.
Nice Touches
Some nice little touches that can make your guest room more welcoming can include putting some subtle Christmas decorations in there (in other seasons fresh flowers are a nice choice, but as it is Christmas, why not a small Christmas tree or a poinsettia?), and adding a few cosy extras like some slippers and bathrobes they can use – many people don’t bring these things when they travel but they can make a big difference after taking a shower on a winter morning!
Creating a lovely guest room that will feel comfortable and snug doesn’t mean a complete overhaul – people tend to care more about comfort than aesthetics when they are guests and understand that this room isn’t one of your home decoration priorities! Simply make sure you add thoughtful touches that let them know you want them to enjoy their stay!
