If you are having some guests coming over or if you plan on cooking a meal for those who are paying your home a visit then you will want to do everything you can to make the whole experience very entertaining. This is easier said than done, but there are things that you can do to make their experience flawless.
Open Up the Room
Depending on how many guests you have coming over, you may want to try and open up the doors. When you do this, you can have way more guests in the room and you can also give everyone the space that they need as well. If your design for the living room just isn’t very open then you may want to try and change this around so that you can have more people over at any one time. You will also want to have somewhere for the drinks to go, and somewhere the guests can sit down and relax as well. For this reason, footstools are great, because they take up very little room but they can still provide you with a very comfortable seating option.
If you have guests coming over then having some music is a must. The main thing that you have to take note of here is that you won’t want to get up to change the CD all the time because this can really take you away from good conversations and this is the last thing that you need. If you want to avoid this then you can easily automate your music by creating a playlist. You can even combine this with smart home lighting as well. You can have any colour of lights you want when you have all of this installed and in some instances you can even coordinate the lighting to work with the mood of the music. This can work wonders for your guests’ entertainment level and you’d be surprised at what a difference this can make to their overall experience.
Candles
When your guests arrive, they might not want to smell the food that you have been making all day. If you want to freshen up the room then one thing that you can do is light some candles and even spray some air freshener. After all, when you have a lot of people in one room, the heat can quickly become too much and this is especially the case when you are trying to cook in the kitchen as well. An air freshener can go a long way here and you may even want to open up the windows as well. If you have an air conditioning unit then make sure that this is fully functioning before the guests arrive, as this will be crucial if you are trying to entertain in the middle of summer.
So there are a ton of things that you can do to try and make your guests feel more comfortable when they arrive in your home, and you’d be surprised at how easy it is for you to really give them the support they need.
XOXO
Debbie
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