The Organized Holiday Hosting Checklist
The Organized Holiday Hosting Checklist
Expecting guests? Here’s your checklist.
With seasonal festivities comes holiday hosting…
and as we approach the time of year for gathering and entertaining guests, we like to make a mental checklist of what we want to refresh to get our spaces guest ready. If you’re looking to elevate your space in time for the holiday season, here are some of our go-to tips.
First, if you need to declutter, organize or refresh your space(s), be sure to check out our posts, How To Declutter Your Home and Top Organizing Tips For Every Room in Your Home. Then, you can begin to focus on the finer details within your home that make a guest’s stay extra special. Also be sure to check out our blog post, Our Guide To Entertaining, full of our top tips for making events more beautiful and less of a hassle.
Elevated Linens
When it comes to necessities for enhancing our guest’s experiences, refreshed linens are at the top of our list. From the sheets and towels in your guest spaces to the hand in your powder room and kitchen, it’s all about quality materials that feel thoughtful. We love classic crisp white towels and bedding for that hotel-like feel, and a pretty patterned or textural throw pillow and end-of-bed blanket.
“When it comes to necessities for enhancing our guest’s experiences, refreshed linens are at the top of our list.”
Refreshed guest-approved linens
Give your guests a hotel-like experience with soft, quality linens.
Fresh Fragrances
Fragrance can add so much to how we experience a space, especially during the holiday season. In cold winter months, we always try to create warmth and aroma with our senses, and when hosting, we pay special attention to how the fragrances in our home layer — from the hand soap in our kitchens to the scents from the candles we burn. Our all-time favorite fragrance is Brooklyn Candle Studio’s Catskills, and we love to use it in different ways all throughout the house— an air diffuser in the common spaces, a candle in the bedroom, and a reed diffuser in the bathroom. To give our guests an even more elevated experience, we also love using a fresh, natural laundry fragrance when washing sheets and towels.
“Fragrance can add so much to how we experience a space, especially during the holiday season.”
Scents for layering
Create warmth and aroma by igniting the senses.
Pretty Serveware
Holiday hosting brings the perfect excuse to finally update your serveware, especially if you’re hosting guests. During this time of year, we’re taking inventory of everything, from our mugs to entertaining necessities like breadboards, pitchers, and serving bowls in order to ensure we have everything we need to share our favorite snacks and treats. A morning coffee and breakfast station is a thoughtful way to wow your guests.
“Holiday hosting brings the perfect excuse to finally update your serveware.”
Serveware for the occasion
Elevate your breakfast bar with pretty serveware.
Extra Cozy Throws
You can never have too many throws during the colder months. We love adding cozy throw blankets to our spaces for our guests to access in living and bedroom spaces. Plus, a few throws can go a long way in making your home feel more layered and textural.
“A few throws can go a long way in making your home feel more layered and textural.”
Throws for layering
Cozy extras for adding warmth to your space.
We hope you enjoy the items recommended here. At A Good Home, we put a lot of thought and intention into our recommended items, only suggesting things we love and use (and think you might, as well). We also like transparency, so, full disclosure: We may collect a share of sales or other compensation if you purchase through the external links on this page.